Author: Anela Dokso

The foundation for the converter station in Emden/East, part of the TenneT’s DolWin6 grid connection project, has been laid. The laying of the time capsule with coins marked the start of the construction, with only a couple of people attending, due to restrictions imposed by Covid-19 pandemic. DolWin6 is a 900 megawatt high voltage direct current connection. The wind power produced offshore will be fed as three-phase current to a converter platform, where it will be converted into direct current and transported a total of 90 kilometres to the converter station in Emden. Here the electricity will be converted back into…

Austria is committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2040 at the latest – 10 years earlier than the goal set by the European Union. To meet this deadline, the Austrian government will need to step up decarbonization efforts across all parts of its energy sector, the International Energy Agency said in its in-depth review of the country’s energy policies. Austria’s main challenge in its transition to a cleaner energy future – a challenge shared by many IEA countries – is the decarbonization of the heating and transport sectors. Austria’s CO2 emissions have grown since 2014, largely driven by an increase in…

MARLIN STAR project, set to revolutionize local renewable energy generation, storage and use, has been launched. The £1.4 million project is led by Plymouth-based technology developer Frontier Technical. The MARLIN STAR, funded by the Energy Catalyst programme, will progress the development and commercialization of an innovative modular, floating renewable energy platform that will enable coastal community access to stored and transferable clean energy. The platform will be capable of hosting a wind turbine with capacity up to 2MW, as well as onboard energy storage and transfer capabilities. Its controllable float modules fit into standard ISO shipping containers and assembly completed…

SSE has published its greenprint for a cleaner, more resilient recovery from the economic impact of coronavirus. SSE submitted a five-point action plan to the UK Government to meet the twin objectives of helping the economy rebound whilst taking climate action to meet net zero targets. The report recommends the Government should green light billions of pounds of private investment in low carbon infrastructure, committing to a net zero power sector by 2040 and help get the UK on track to meet the climate action commitments. Targeting 75GW of offshore wind projects, five carbon capture and storage, plus hydrogen power…

The Covid-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year – from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency – the International Energy Agency has shown in a new report. The unparalleled decline is staggering in both its scale and swiftness, with serious potential implications for energy security and clean energy transitions. At the start of 2020, global energy investment was on track for growth of around 2%, which would have been the largest annual rise in spending in six years. But after the…

Roll Group is supporting Jan de Nul with the provision of its BigRoll vessels for the offshore wind farm project located off the coast of Virginia Beach. With the operational kick-off of the construction of the offshore wind farm, Jan De Nul formally entered the American offshore renewables market for the first time. The wind farm will be located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, generating a combined total of 12MW, a cooperation between Dominion and Ørsted Wind Power North America, with Jan De Nul as subcontractor. The first foundation components for two windmills were loaded onto the BigRoll…

DEME has completed the installation of inter-array cables at Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm, SeaMade, utilizing Living Stone vessel. The work on the installation of the inter array cables started in April and was finalized on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Living Stone operated at peak production levels, laying up to three cables per day, DEME said on its social media. The vessel laid 64 cables with a total length of 71.2 km at the wind farm site in the Belgian North Sea. “Everyone on board and onshore made exceptional efforts to ensure the project remained firmly on track, maintaining safe…

Sunrun has introduced its Brightbox rechargeable solar battery system to Colorado and Nevada.  “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, America’s energy system was not keeping up with our evolving needs. Now with Americans at home across the country, people need to know that their power will be there when they need it most. Our Brightbox rechargeable solar battery system helps households keep the lights on and better manage energy costs. We’re excited to bring Brightbox to Colorado and Nevada to help even more households take control of their home energy.”Lynn Jurich, Sunrun’s co-founder and CEO.  Clean energy produced from rooftop solar…

Inovateus Solar and En-Trust are joining forces on a portfolio of solar and energy efficiency projects for six Ohio school districts. When completed in 2020, the initial ten solar and energy efficiency improvements will provide an average of 25% annual utility savings for each school with escalated additional savings over 30 years. Collectively, the schools will offset an average of 6432 tons of carbon emissions annually. Inovateus is now in the process of completing the 10 solar installations at the Ayersville, Elida, Holgate, Liberty, Wauseon, and Millcreek-West Unity school districts. Because every district’s energy usage varies, Inovateus has designed the…

Three tidal developers, SABELLA, Orbital Marine Power and Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) have formed a Tidal Alliance to present at OEE2020. The Tidal Alliance is the result of industry players believing in the potential of the sector to be both a climate-friendly solution and an economic opportunity. Ocean Energy Europe CEO Rémi Gruet highlighted the significance of these three companies coming together to support the sector and its annual event. “Tidal continues to make enormous strides both in innovation and in its exponential power production, generating 50% more in 2019 than the year before. Investing in ocean energy today will…