Author: Anela Dokso

Executive Growth Alliance (EGA), founded in Silicon Valley, has put its focus on the development of new ways to resolve challenges through collaboration and shared learning. EGA is using a different approach from the traditional business to solve challenges that the world leaders are facing in the current market with everything that’s going on with Covid-19. The peer learning methodology is showing how bringing together global leaders with common goals and needs can make new opportunities and help overcome the crisis that Coronavirus put on the economies and work opportunities. The peer learning approach consists of EGA members working with…

Equinor, together with eleven other companies and organizations, has submitted a joint proposal to create a low carbon cluster in the Humber, the UK’s largest and most carbon-intensive industrial region. The application by the Zero Carbon Humber (ZCH) Partnership is a first step to creating the world’s first net zero industrial cluster by 2040 and will support clean growth in the north-east of England. The bid, announced on Wednesday, for Phase Two funding from the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, builds on a successful application for Phase One funding which was announced in April. The ZCH Partnership includes Equinor,…

Airborne Oil & Gas, a manufacturer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP), has changed its name to Strohm from October 08, 2020, as the organization confirms its commitment to the oil and gas sector’s energy transition and accelerates its strategic growth into the renewables market. Strohm has built up a large track record for TCP with most major oil and gas companies utilizing its qualified products for jumper, flowline and well intervention applications. The firm has now firmly established TCP’s sustainability following analysis carried out to global Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s (GHG Protocol) emission measurement and management standards. It has proven that…

MHI Vestas has moved in to Able Seaton Port (ASP) in Hartlepool ready to install 90 of its V164-9.5 MW turbines at the Triton Knoll project in Q1 2021. ASP will serve as the turbine logistics and pre-assembly hub for the project, with components expected to arrive from next month. Turbine tower sections, blades and nacelles will be marshalled and pre-assembled at ASP, before being loaded onto vessels for transport to the wind farm. Triton Knoll, the 857 MW offshore wind farm, is being built by RWE Renewables in partnership with J-Power and Kansai Electric Power, and is RWE’s most…

Maid of the Mist has launched new generation of iconic ferries, running purely on sustainable power enabled by ABB. The pair of vessels installed with all-electric propulsion from ABB have been approved to enter service on October 6, 2020. The zero-emission ferries named the James V. Glynn and the Nikola Tesla, respectively in honor of the Maid of the Mist chairman and the renowned energy pioneer – are the first all-electric vessels built in the US, with power drawn from a high-capacity battery pack supplied and integrated by ABB. In addition to batteries, ABB has supplied a comprehensive integrated power…

The International Energy Agency and the European Patent Office (EPO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral cooperation with the aim of promoting innovation in sustainable energy technologies. Under the MoU, the two organizations will publish a series of joint studies over the next three years to inform policymakers and the public about technology trends in areas that are critical for the energy transition and climate change mitigation. The EPO and IEA published their first joint report, Innovation in batteries and electricity storage, revealing that over the past decade, patenting activity in these technologies grew four times faster…

Vestas has introduced low-wind variant suited for India’s wind market and expanded its production footprint in the country. The global demand for sustainable energy solutions in low and ultra-low wind areas continues to grow as renewable technology improves in efficiency and cost. This trend is especially prominent in India, the world’s fourth largest wind energy market, where the energy demand is expected to double and the government intends to add around 100 GW wind power in the predominantly low-wind market by 2030. While the new turbine is globally applicable, it initially targets low and ultra-low wind condition projects in India…

RWE has started commercial operation of the Cranell wind farm, a 220-megawatt (MW) project, located in Refugio County, Texas. The project is powered by 100 Vestas 2.2 MW turbines and will have the capacity to generate enough electricity to power more than 66,000 homes. With the addition of Cranell, RWE operates 25 onshore wind farms in the U.S. with a total installed capacity of more than 4,200 MW (RWE’s pro rata share is about 3,600 MW). The project represents an investment of $250 million in the South Texas region. Cranell is the second of RWE’s U.S. onshore wind projects to…

Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Tilbury has unveiled its largest solar roof top installation in Europe. The building has 2 million sq. ft. of operating space – equivalent to 28 football pitches – and has been fitted with more than 11,500 module solar panels which generate the equivalent amount of electricity required to power 700 homes for one year. “At Amazon, we are putting our scale and our inventive culture to work on sustainability and protecting the environment. We are proud of the fact that Amazon has a goal to power our global infrastructure using 100% renewable energy, and this solar…

Brookfield Renewable Partners has made several senior appointments. Mark Carney, who recently joined Brookfield Asset Management as vice chair and global head of ESG and Impact Investing, has been named a vice chair of Brookfield Renewable. Connor Teskey has been appointed CEO of Brookfield Renewable. Having been with Brookfield since 2012, Teskey has most recently served as Brookfield Renewable’s chief investment officer. In that role, he has been instrumental in developing and implementing the business’ growth strategy. Sachin Shah, currently CEO of Brookfield Renewable, has been named chief investment officer for Brookfield Asset Management. While Shah will relinquish his role…