Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Canadian Solar has begun mass production of high-power, high-efficiency modules with up to 665 W of power output. The latest generation of monofacial HiKu7 and bifacial BiHiKu7 modules are built on 210 mm cells and are expected to provide one of the industry’s lowest levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) by lowering balance of system (BOS) and other costs for solar power plants. These modules have been optimized with leading tracker and inverter designs to ensure smooth solar system implementation. The HiKu7 and BiHiKu7 modules’ nameplate output capability will hit 10 GW by the end of 2021, with a large portion…

The Nordex Group has received an order from the VSB Group to supply 3MW turbines to Poland. The project developer has ordered 11 turbines for a wind cluster in Poland with a gross installed capacity of approximately 42 MW. In addition, the order includes a 20-year Premium Service package for the turbines. The turbine type and the project name are undisclosed as per customer request. The Nordex Group will supply and install the turbines in the autumn of 2022. The commissioning is scheduled to begin at the end of the same year. “Following projects in Germany and Finland, we are…

During electricity production runs over the last weeks Minesto’s DG100 power plant has delivered grid-compliant electricity at new record levels.

The project’s initial commissioning is expected during the second half of 2022. It is set to become one of the largest single-contracted Solar PV plants in the world and the largest of its kind in Saudi Arabia at an installed capacity of ~1,500MW.

McDermott International and New Energy Development company have finished the engineering for two 50-megawatt energy projects. Each modular, expandable hydrogen facility can generate approximately 24,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day. “The engineering ingenuity of this design became a reality through the collaboration of many skilled and talented individuals across our two companies. Companies all over the world are looking for tangible solutions to reduce their carbon footprint and this design provides a valuable hydrogen solution to accomplish that goal.”Cesar Canals, senior vice president of CB&I Storage Solutions. Each facility uses New Energy’s patented architecture to power a series of electrolyzers,…

Fugro has been awarded a marine site characterization contract by Energinet for the Danish Energy Island project in the North Sea. The deal is part of Energinet’s preliminary studies for the world’s first ‘hub and spoke’ energy scheme: a renewable island 80 kilometers off the Danish coast that will serve as a transmitting hub for hundreds of nearby wind turbines. Fugro will conduct geophysical and unexploded ordnance (UXO) magnetometry surveys, which will be used to create an advanced geological and geotechnical soil model for wind farm developers to base potential tenders on. The fieldwork will take place from May to…

Norges Bank Investment Management has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The agreement was signed earlier this month, and it is expected to be completed in the second or third quarter of 2021. Norges Bank Investment Management will pay €1.375 million for a 50% stake in the offshore wind farm. The deal would not require any additional debt funding. Ørsted is the seller of the 50% stake. Ørsted will continue to be a co-owner and developer of the project. “We are excited to have made our first investment…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has invested in Starfire Energy, a Denver, Colorado-based manufacturer of modular chemical plants for the manufacture of green ammonia and hydrogen using proprietary catalyst technology. The collaboration will be used to accelerate the growth of commercial-scale technologies to decarbonize ammonia supply and realize its promise as a zero-carbon energy carrier. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, made the investment, joining a group of partners that includes AP Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, New Energy Technologies, and Osaka Gas USA. Starfire Energy’s ‘Rapid Ramp NH3’ ammonia synthesis technology uses only renewable energy, air, and water as inputs to generate zero carbon…

ITM Power, along with project partners ScottishPower and BOC, has given an update on the Green Hydrogen for Glasgow project. A planning proposal for a 20MW electrolyzer to be located at ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee wind farm near Glasgow, the UK’s largest onshore wind farm, has now been submitted. In addition to industry demand, the proposed electrolyser scale capability has been doubled. ScottishPower anticipates that a decision on the planning proposal will be made by the end of autumn 2021. As part of the Green Hydrogen for Glasgow project, the Whitlee wind farm is the first site for which planning consent…

BIOVIC, a Valencian company recently purchased by FACSA, Grupo Gimeno, has taken another step toward green energy by signing an agreement with BayoTech, a US energy technology company, to sell its technologies in Spain and collaborate on project development. BIOVIC is an environmental consultancy firm that specializes in biogas, biomethane, and green hydrogen plants, as well as waste recovery and renewable energy. In Spain, the company is already carrying out a number of green hydrogen development projects based on biogas and biomethane plants, or manufactured on-site using biomethane through the natural gas network. When biomethane is derived from slurry or…