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Iberdrola plans a new 600-MW wind project, following the agreement with Cosmo Eco Power and Hitz to jointly develop the Seihoku-oki project in Aomori prefecture, in the northwest of the country. The Seihoku-oki offshore wind farm will enter round 2 of the capacity auction planned by the Japanese government between this year and 2022. Following the transaction – subject to the usual regulatory approvals – the project will be led by Iberdrola and Cosmo Eco Power, with similar voting rights, together with Hitz. The deal takes place six months after the acquisition of 100% of Japanese developer Acacia Renewables -…

Vestas has received a 56 MW order for the Banie lV project from Energix, the wind farm’s majority owner and wind project developer in Poland. The contract covers the supply, construction, and commissioning of 16 V126-3.45 MW wind turbines with a 3.5 MW operating mode, as well as a 20-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM5000) service arrangement. The project, located in Banie, Western Pomerania, Poland, adds to Vestas’ existing installation of approximately 2.5 GW of onshore wind turbines in Poland. Vestas has already secured a further 1.2 GW of installation orders. This project highlights Vestas’ leadership role in Poland’s clean…

We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) is moving forward with a new 325-megawatt (MW) solar and battery storage project. The Darien Solar Energy Center is the company’s second proposed large-scale solar and battery project announced this year. If approved, the $446 million Darien Solar Energy Center would feature 250 MW of solar generation, which is equal to powering 75,000 homes, and 75 MW of battery storage, which can store solar-generated power and provide customers with “sunshine after sunset.” The project is planned to be built in Rock and Walworth counties, Wisconsin. Last month, the companies announced plans for the…

Canada and Germany have entered into an energy partnership, establishing a formal collaboration in a broad range of shared energy priorities aimed at facilitating private sector engagement, and trade and investment opportunities. Announced on the margins of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, the partnership positions Canada as a clean energy partner of choice for Germany, notably for hydrogen, critical minerals and liquefied natural gas. Canada and Germany will establish a High-Level Steering Committee, co-chaired at the Deputy Minister–level, to foster the energy transformation through exchanges on policy, best practices and technologies as well as through cooperative activities and projects focused…

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed the Solar Time-based Residential Analytics and Cycle time Estimator (Solar TRACE), an online tool to increase transparency into PII processes, requirements, and overall adoption cycle times nationwide. Users will be able to compare the timelines and requirements of PII for any jurisdiction in the United States, allowing contractors, homeowners, and other interested stakeholders to estimate how long various PII processes may take in a jurisdiction or utility as compared to its peers. In addition, it can help identify PII-related improvements that might be able to streamline cycle times and potentially reduce PII-related costs…

Economic Affairs Minister Peter Altmaier and Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing cooperation on hydrogen between Germany and Saudi Arabia. The agreement, which is set in the context of the German-Saudi Energy Dialogue, underscores the commitment of both countries to close cooperation regarding the production, processing, use and transport of green hydrogen. “Germany will need to import climate-neutral hydrogen if we are to achieve the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement and to make our energy transition a success. As we launch the German-Saudi hydrogen cooperation, we are delighted…

Disclaimer: The content shown in this post was not created nor does it belong to EnergyNews.biz.Credit entirelybelongs to GWEC.net GWEC and RE100, an initiative led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, are organising a webcast series on “Corporates in the Global Energy Transition” throughout 2020. The South East Asia & Australia edition was held on 6 October 2020, beginning with a webcast highlighting the opportunities and challenges for corporate procurement of renewable energy in the region of South East Asia and Australia. International law firm Baker McKenzie explained the legal and regulatory frameworks supporting the corporate market in…

Disclaimer: The content shown in this post was not created nor does it belong to EnergyNews.biz.Credit entirelybelongs to IIEC.org In India, Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC) has been supporting a project named “Integration of Renewable Energy in Buildings in India”. The broad objective of the project is to design, showcase and monitor building integrated and innovative renewable energy technologies suitable to and affordable in the local condition and applicable for different categories of buildings, which are currently given a major push at the government level in India. Considering that the project is expected to demonstrate the technological interventions for building…

Disclaimer: The content shown in this post was not created nor does it belong to EnergyNews.biz.Credit entirelybelongs to GWEC.net India is ranked 5th globally in terms of installed wind capacity. During 2015, it installed 2.62 GW – bringing the total to over 25 GW. Indian wind installations accounted for a 5.8 percent share of the global market in 2015. Among renewables, wind power accounted for almost two-thirds of the installed capacity. Wind power capacity accounted for over 8.7 percent of the total installed capacity in the country. India was also among the top 10 investing countries in renewable energy, with…

Disclaimer: The content shown in this post was not created nor does it belong to EnergyNews.biz.Credit entirelybelongs to IIEC.org Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) along with International Institute for Energy Conservation – India (IIEC-India) conducted a stakeholder webinar with key industry and corporate leaders in the southern and eastern part of the country to share and discuss the innovative EE mechanisms and schemes along with the success stories to initiate the dialogue and provide support in overcoming the technical and financial barriers in the implementation of energy efficiency. The webinar was attended by key industry and building sector stakeholder. Disclaimer:…