Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Plug Power has appointed Kimberly Harriman to its board of directors, and newest member to the company’s audit committee. Harriman currently serves as vice president, State Government Relations and Public Affairs, of Avangrid. Harriman has over twenty years of experience in the energy industry. With Avangrid, she coordinates state government relations and public affairs for electric and gas utility subsidiaries in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine and renewable onshore and offshore energy projects across 22 states. She contributes to the development of company policy positions on key energy issues, including greenhouse gas emission reductions, growth of renewable energy penetration,…

DEME Offshore has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for the foundations at Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost I offshore wind farm. The XXL monopiles will be the largest ever installed in Europe with a weight of around 2,000 tonnes each. The Arcadis Ost I wind farm is developed by the Belgian offshore wind specialist Parkwind and has a capacity of 257 MW. The wind farm will be located in the Baltic Sea, northeast of the island of Rügen in the coastal waters of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Manufactured by Steelwind in Germany, the 28 XXL monopile foundations will be…

Snam and Hera have signed a Letter of Intent for a technological collaboration aimed at developing hydrogen, for their own areas of activity. The aim is to test and subsequently implement a number of solutions able to respond to the decarbonization needs of the Emilia-Romagna region in a cross-cutting manner, from production to mobility to individual citizens. This agreement will also contribute to promote the development of renewable energies in Italy, in line with the guidelines set out by the European Union. The accord involves several areas of action, starting from the collaboration on power-to-gas technology. Specifically, an innovative plant…

Sumitomo Rubber Industries has joined the Japan Hydrogen Association, an organization that promotes global cooperation throughout the hydrogen industry as well as the formation of reliable supply chains for hydrogen. Founded with the aim of hastening the arrival of the Hydrogen Economy by means of carrying out various social implementation projects, the Japan Hydrogen Association is an open-participation organization whose members represent a wide range of industries, which gives the association a comprehensive overview of supply chains. Sumitomo Rubber Industries is working to achieve carbon neutrality in their manufacturing processes by the year 2050. Now as a member of the…

Siemens Gamesa has been awarded the firm order from the EDF Renewables-Enbridge-wpd consortium for the 448 MW Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind power project. Located 10 km off the Bessin coast, the project brings the total capacity awarded to Siemens Gamesa by the consortium in France to approx. 1 GW. Both the wind turbine nacelles and blades for the Courseulles-sur-Mer project are scheduled to be produced at the Siemens Gamesa facility currently under construction in Le Havre. “We are delighted to again be the partner of choice for EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd, and to deliver our second firm French offshore order…

Faurecia and Groupe Renault have collaborated on hydrogen storage systems for hydrogen light commercial vehicles. Starting at the end of 2021, Faurecia will supply hydrogen storage systems for a first fleet of light commercial vehicles. These systems will be developed and produced at its global center of expertise in Bavans, France. As volumes, increase production will be extended to a new plant dedicated to hydrogen storage systems that Faurecia is building in Allenjoie, France. “This partnership is an important illustration of our common vision for expanding the use of hydrogen as a cornerstone of the energy transition and as a…

The EDP Group has launched two units that will exploit the potential of green hydrogen and energy storage systems. The H2 Business Unit (H2BU) will be the group’s new arm for the development of green hydrogen projects, while the dedicated storage unit, built in EDPR NA, will aim to achieve a storage capacity of 1 GW within five years. With the creation of the new business unit, EDP aims to strengthen the integration of green hydrogen into the group’s portfolio in a strategic and cross-cutting way and promote investment in renewable. H2BU will be led by Ana Quelhas, director of…

Aker Clean Hydrogen, Tinn Municipality and Rjukan Næringsutvikling have signed an agreement for development of a hydrogen factory in Rjukan. The project will use access to hydropower locally to develop a hydrogen project with low life cycle costs (Levelized Cost of Hydrogen). The plant will have a capacity of 50 to 80 megawatts and produce green hydrogen for local marine transport such as passenger ferries in Eastern Norway. Aker Clean Hydrogen will develop and own the planned plant, and may invite other partners to join as co-owners later. Tinn municipality and Rjukan Næringsutvikling will contribute to the project, among other…

HyGear have signed a agreement with Rijngas in The Netherlands for the supply of hydrogen to a fuelling station in Amsterdam that is operated by Orangegas. This hydrogen fueling station is one of the first in Amsterdam and the sixth station in the country. As the world is moving towards a cleaner environment, there have been a significant pick up in the automotive industry. More hydrogen fueling stations are being built to support the increasing number of hydrogen fuel cells vehicles on the road. The hydrogen will be supplied by HyGear’s production site located in Arnhem by trailers where it…

Global Energy Ventures (GEV) has obtained commitments to raise $6,300,000 via share placement to institutional and sophisticated investors. The Placement is way of the issue of 63,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares at $0.10 per share raising a total of $6,300,000 to new and existing institutional and sophisticated investors. The issue price of the shares under the Placement represents a 20% discount to the last traded price of $0.125 per share and an 18.2% discount to the 15-day volume weighted average price of $0.123. Proceeds of the Placement will be used for CNG Optimum business development, development of the C-H2 compressed…