Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Swansea University and Hanson UK have installed new green hydrogen demonstration unit at the company’s Regen GGBS plant in Port Talbot, South Wales. The demonstration unit, which generates green hydrogen through renewable energy, has been developed as part of the £9.2m ‘Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions (RICE)’ project which has been part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government, and is aimed at the deployment of industrial scale demonstrations of new technology. Cement production is energy intensive due to the high temperatures required to produce clinker – the main component of Portland cement. Hanson’s Port Talbot plant produces…

Siemens Gamesa 5.X platform has gathered momentum in Sweden heading into 2021 following the signing of a 62 MW deal to supply two adjacent sites in the Sunne region. The deal with local utility firm Tekniska verken will cover the supply of 7 SG 5.8-170 turbines at Fryksdalshöjden and 3 of the same turbines at the closeby site of Norra Länsmansberget. These turbines will use a flexible power rating to adjust their nominal power to 6.2 MW, and are expected to be installed by late 2022 and will have a 115-meter hub height. The deal also includes a up to…

The Nordex Group has received an order comprising seven N133 turbines for a wind farm in Italy from Enel Green Power. The turbines will be installed at a 30 MW wind farm in the Basilicata region in the south of the country. The contract also includes a service contract of the turbines for an initial two-year contract. The construction and completion of the wind farm will take place at the beginning of 2022. In 2020, the Nordex Group installed a capacity of 41 MW in three projects in Italy, and is currently installing 65 MW beside of this new contract…

RWE and ASML have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Under the terms of the 10-year agreement ASML will be provided with more than 250 gigawatt hours of green electricity per year from RWE. The power will be delivered from a portfolio of various renewable energy sources across different technologies: two new RWE onshore wind farms and one solar plant in the Netherlands, as well as an offshore wind farm in Belgium. The two RWE wind farms Oostpolderdijk and Westereems 3, with a total installed capacity of 16.5 megawatts (MW), are located near Eemshaven and will both be commissioned during…

C-Zero has raised $11.5 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Eni Next, with participation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and AP Ventures. The funding will accelerate the first commercial-scale deployment of C-Zero’s drop-in decarbonization technology, which will allow industrial natural gas consumers to avoid producing CO2 in applications like electrical generation, process heating and the production of commodity chemicals like hydrogen and ammonia. “We are excited to enter the next stage of the company’s growth with support from investors who share our desire to scale up a technology with the potential to decarbonize…

Vestas has launched the V236-15.0 MW turbine. The new technology establishes a strong foundation for Vestas’ offshore leadership journey by elevating the industry benchmark for performance and continued cost reduction in offshore technology. “Introducing our new offshore platform is a huge achievement for everyone at Vestas, as it marks a big leap forward in a very important journey. As a global renewables leader, every decision Vestas takes today must be in service of building scale for renewables in the future – only by doing this can we ensure a more sustainable future energy system. Offshore wind will play an integral…

Howden has been selected to deliver a hydrogen compression solution for Everfuel’s green hydrogen production facility under development adjacent to the Fredericia refinery in Denmark. Hydrogen compression is the second-most critical component of the 20 MW hydrogen HySynergy facility under development at Fredericia after the alkaline electrolyser, which is supplied by NEL. The compression solution is scheduled to be delivered in early 2022 and the contract value is just below €2 million. “This is the second major contract we have awarded to develop our own green hydrogen production at the HySynergy electrolyser. We have worked closely with Howden and Nelto…

According to GlobalData, the German onshore wind market has seen a significant annual rise in installations of 46 percent with the addition of 1.431 MW or 420 turbines in 2020. By 2030 the country wants to obtain 65 percent of its electricity from wind, solar energy and other renewable energies, and then subsequently emerge as carbon neutral by 2050. However, the nation requires an average of 5GW+ of new onshore wind energy licenses annually from now until 2050 in order to meet its climate goal. The German onshore wind industry has suffered with stringent distance legislation of the federals and…

Uniper and Port of Rotterdam Authority have started feasibility study for green hydrogen plant at Maasvlakte. The parties have the ambition to realise a hydrogen plant on the site of Uniper by 2025 with a capacity of 100MW and to expand this capacity to 500MW. The feasibility study will be completed this summer. “Our location at Maasvlakte is the perfect place for large-scale production of green hydrogen. This is where everything comes together: large amounts of renewable energy, the required infrastructure, and industrial customers. A better place for green hydrogen production is hardly imaginable.”Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO of Uniper. “The production…

Siemens Energy and Air Liquide have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective to combine their expertise in PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolysis technology. They intend to focus their activities on these key areas: co-creation of large industrial-scale hydrogen projects in collaboration with customers, laying the ground for mass manufacturing of electrolyzers in Europe, especially in Germany and France, and R&D activities to co-develop next generation electrolyzer technologies. Hydrogen will play an essential role to achieve the European Union’s objectives for CO2 and greenhouse gas emission reduction. In order to meet rapidly growing demand, and to lower costs, it…