Author: Anela Dokso

U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has selected 10 projects to support marine energy research and development (R&D) and testing infrastructure with totaling up to $22 million funding. Seven out of the 10 projects selected will leverage the expertise and intellectual capital of non-federal research institutions, like universities, by supporting foundational R&D to complement research at the DOE National Labs. “For industry to move toward commercialization, we need to utilize all of our available resources. With this funding opportunity, we addressed several critical gaps in the marine energy industry to advance early-stage R&D and build testing…

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap, the Department’s first comprehensive energy storage strategy. Announced in January 2020 by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) seeks to create and sustain American leadership in energy storage. In addition to concerted research efforts, the Roadmap’s approach includes accelerating the transition of technologies from the lab to the marketplace, focusing on ways to competitively manufacture technologies at scale in the United States, and ensuring secure supply chains to enable domestic manufacturing. The Roadmap includes an aggressive but achievable goal: to develop…

EDF Renewables North America’s Space City Solar Project is progressing with critical development milestones having signed the first tranche of 55 megawatts (MWac) / 73 MWdc to BASF through a Power Purchase Agreement. The Project’s total capacity is up to 345 MWac / 455 MWdc. Space City Solar, located in Wharton County, Texas, is expected to start construction in Summer 2021 and begin delivery of clean electricity in Summer 2022. Approximately 300 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase with more than $30 million generated in new tax revenue over the operating life for Wharton County taxing…

Vestas has signed a new agreement with Casa dos Ventos for the 360 MW Babilônia project, located in the cities of Morro do Chapéu and Várzea Nova, in Bahia. As the fourth contract between the companies in just two years, the order takes the cooperation past the 1.5 GW mark and highlights Casa dos Ventos’ position as Vestas’ largest customer in Latin America and one of the largest investors in the development of wind projects in Brazil. The order includes 80 V150-4.2 MW wind turbines delivered in 4.5 MW Power Optimized Mode as well as a 20-year Active Output Management…

Scotland’s hydrogen sector will receive £100 million over the next five years to support a green recovery and transition to net zero. Scotland is set to become a leading hydrogen nation, with an ambition to generate 5GW of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 – enough to power the equivalent of 1.8 million homes. Economic impact research suggests the industry has the potential to be worth up to £25 billion a year to the Scottish economy by 2045. “We are the first country in the UK to publish a Hydrogen Policy Statement that sets out how we can make the…

Rem Offshore has signed a long-term charter contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for the newbuild CSV Rem Energy. The vessel will be performing maintenance on various wind farms in Germany. Rem Inspector will perform the role as frontrunner to the newbuild and having already worked on the Global Tech 1 wind farm for two seasons she will return for most of 2021. “The vessel has been developed in close cooperation with designer and client, and has several inventive features which meet future requirements for zero emission and optimal workflow. It has been a great pleasure to work in close…

AqualisBraemar has completed the acquisition of 100 percent shares in LOC Group. AqualisBraemar has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Neptune Midco 1 from the ultimate parent company of the LOC Group, LOC Group Holdings, the shareholders of which include pan-European investment group Bridgepoint and key employees of LOC. The purchase price consideration was a $20.2 million cash consideration plus two million conditional warrants in AqualisBraemar. All conditions for completion of the transaction have been fulfilled, and the transaction has now been completed, AqualisBraemar informed. “This is a great day for both AqualisBraemar and our clients. We effectively double…

U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) plans to make $4 million in federal funding available for cost-shared research and development of tools and methods to optimize safe, secure, and verifiable carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. Funding opportunity announcement (FOA) ‘Emerging CO2 Storage Technologies: Optimizing Performance Through Minimization of Seismicity Risks and Monitoring Caprock Integrity’, will support the goals of the Advanced Storage R&D technology area of DOE’s Carbon Storage Program. DOE’s Carbon Storage Program focuses on developing, testing, and verifying technologies and techniques that address challenges related to long-term, commercial-scale storage of CO2 in the deep subsurface.…

Vestas has received an order from Eneco Verda, a subsidiary of Eneco, for the 34 MW wind project Landtong Rozenburg. Located on a peninsula in the port of Rotterdam, the project features nine V126-3.45 MW turbines in 3.8 MW Power Optimized Mode with 130 meter towers. Combined with a 15-year service contract with energy-based availability warranty, the customized solution will optimize the annual energy production at the sites’ high wind conditions, while offering competitive levelized cost of energy. “We are pleased to have Vestas selected as the supplier of the wind turbines for this landmark project, which after construction will…

European Energy has signed an agreement for the sale of solar park Naessundvej with a total capacity of approximately 30 MW in Denmark to Conquest Group. A corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) has been made with a leading technology company for the project. The CPPA is a long-term agreement, which ensures green electricity at a competitive fixed price for the customer. ”We are delighted to hand this important solar park off to Conquest and hope to work together on future investment opportunities within our broad European portfolio. In the meantime, we are going to take care of Conquest’s investment as…