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Cubico has joined OSMI Australia as a joint venture partner in the Delburn wind farm and will buy 100 percent of the project prior to the start of construction. OSMI will continue to be the public face of the project through the agreements. The company will provide on-going services such as community involvement, compliance development permits and land management over the construction phase and early operations, considering its current knowledge of the project, local area and existing partnerships with key stakeholders. “We are excited to be investing in this innovative project in the Latrobe Valley – Victoria’s energy generation heartland…

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EDF Renewables has purchased 100 percent of EnterSolar, a national supplier of distributed generation solar systems for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers. EDF Renewables previously had a 50 percent stake in EnterSolar in a joint alliance announced in September 2018. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of EDF Renewables, EnterSolar will run as part of the Distributed Solutions Group and will benefit from improved financial flexibility and wider offerings, including electricity efficiency and smart electric vehicle charging. With 59 MW of solar energy deployed in 2020 alone, EnterSolar has consistently rated among the top developers of C&I solar power in the U.S. Via this…

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K2 Management has been awarded a four-year construction supervision contract for the first two phases of the world’s largest offshore wind farm development, Dogger Bank wind farm, which reached financial close in November. The appointment comes as a result of the successful two-year position as Lender’s Technical Advisor, which saw K2 Management providing technical guidance to lenders on behalf of the joint venture partners SSE Renewables and Equinor. This will be the first wind farm in the world to mount the 13MW Haliade-X turbine of GE Renewable Energy. The venture will also be the first to use a High Voltage…

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The study published by the hydrogen import coalition – a collaboration between DEME, ENGIE, Exmar, Fluxys, Port of Antwerp, Port of Zeebrugge and WaterstofNet – has concluded that in order to meet the challenge of the transition to a carbon-neutral society by 2050, we need to look beyond our own production of renewable energy generated domestically or offshore. The thorough feasibility study is the first tangible result of the collaboration between the companies involved, each with its own specific and complementary expertise and experience. This laid the basis for concrete next steps, including pilot projects for the supply of sustainable…

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Statkraft, Aker Offshore Wind and Aker Horizons have signed a partnership agreement to explore prospects for offshore wind projects in Norway. The companies would combine their strong, complementary skills and experience to work together to explore the possibilities of building, running and supplying power from commercial offshore wind turbines in Norway. Last year, the Norwegian Government declared that it will open applications for licenses to build wind power in two areas of the North Sea, respectively Utsira Nord and Sørlige Nordsjø II. The partnership will discuss the potential for Sørlige Nordsjø II (SN2) to set up an integrated project team,…

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Lightsource bp has successfully closed a $380 million funding deal and mobilized the building of its Elm Branch and Briar Creek solar projects in Texas, both located about 40 miles south of Dallas. Tax equity funding of the ventures was secured from Bank of America. The debt for the facilities was provided by ING Capital and Societe Generale. “This transaction is a demonstration of the low risk and stable yield opportunities that renewable energy projects offer to investors, the quality and bankability of our developed assets, and the confidence that top tier investors have in Lightsource bp. Despite challenges posed with…

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Clean Power and PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling have entered into a final agreement with Humboldt Petroleum, Peninsula Petroleum and Colvin Oil (collectively the Andretti Group) to build PowerTap’s modular hydrogen fueling stations beginning in California in 2021. The Andretti Group has more than 100 company-owned and operated businesses in the United States, with 39 in California. There are nearly 111,000 conventional/oil gas stations in the industry in the United States, of which more than 11,000 are in California. Under the terms of the Definitive Agreement, PowerTap will install its 1,250-kilogram hydrogen production and fuel stations at some assets of the Andretti Group…

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Boralex has finalized a transaction with Delaware River Solar to purchase Sky High solar farm, based in New York State. Sky High Solar Farm is a 20MWac project located in Tully Town, Onondaga County. The project is ground-mounted and is being built on three different plots of land over 145 acres. The average electrical production is 35 gigawatt-hours a year, enough electricity to fuel 4,600 homes per year. The construction of the Sky High Solar Farm is scheduled to be finished in Q3 2022. “The acquisition of this mature development project marks our continual progress to achieving the growth and…

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Leeward Renewable Energy, a growth-oriented renewable energy business and portfolio company of OMERS Infrastructure, has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with First Solar in which Leeward will acquire from First Solar an approximately 10-gigawatt (GW)AC utility-scale solar project network. Upon conclusion of the deal, Leeward will purchase the project creation network, which comprises 773 megawatts (MW)AC of projects scheduled to begin implementation in the next two years, as well as the 30-MWAC Barilla Solar Project, which will be operational. The pipeline contains ventures in the California, Southwest and Southeast markets that are geographically complementary to Leeward’s portfolio. The…

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The DecomBlades consortium, composed of ten project partners, has secured support from the Innovation Fund Denmark for the three-year project aimed at creating a framework for the commercialization of renewable wind turbine recycling technologies. Ten Danish project partners have obtained support from the Innovation Fund Denmark’s Grand Solutions initiative to co-finance the ‘DecomBlades’ research and development project: a three-year project that aims to provide a foundation for commercializing sustainable solutions for the recycling of wind turbine blades. Project members are headquartered in Denmark, but many work around the world and have the potential to execute strategies on a global scale. The…

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