Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Seajacks Japan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seajacks International, has been awarded a contract with Kajima Corporation for the transport and installation of 33 MHI Vestas V117–4.2 MW wind turbine generators in the Akita Port and Noshiro Port offshore wind farms in Japanese waters. The installation is expected to begin in 2022, when ‘Seajacks Zaratan’ will continue to be used for the project following the foundation’s installation campaign in the previous year. This will be the first commercial fixed base wind farm in Japan and the second one for Seajacks Zaratan in Asia following the Formosa 1 phase 2 project…

ENERCON handed over to Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) the first 25 wind energy converters of the 250 MW Markbygden Phase II North project before the scheduled end of the year deadline. To date, 47 wind energy converters have been installed at a wind farm in northern Sweden. ENERCON will install a total of 63 E-138 EP3 wind energy converters over the course of the project, the bulk of which was purchased by institutional investors advised by EIP in May of last year. Despite delays caused by subcontractors and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the last quarter of 2020,…

GameChange Solar has presented BifacialReflector, a patent-pending new technology which dramatically increases power production for the GameChange Solar Genius Tracker with bifacial modules. The technology is a highly reflective, permanent solid surface up to 4 meters wide, which reflects light from just above ground level to the back of the bifacial modules. This technology is a significant improvement over other ideas since it is not a ground cover which has a limited life and requires constant maintenance. BifacialReflector is a self-cleaning, long-term (40-year life) solution. The reflectors can boost the gain by up to an estimated total of 15-20% when…

Capstone Infrastructure Corporation has acquired 29 MW of operating wind projects, known as the Springwood, Whittington, Napier and Sumac Ridge wind facilities from wpd Europe Capstone purchased projects with a mix of equity and non-recurring project debt with MUFG Bank, Canada Branch and Associated Bank. The four facilities will remain on average for 14 years under their power purchase agreements and will be managed and maintained by Capstone’s in-house operations and maintenance staff. “These projects are an excellent addition to Capstone’s portfolio, with long-life contracts, located in close proximity to several of our existing wind farms which utilize the same…

Sembcorp Energy India Limited (SEIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp), has recently won a new 400MW solar power project. SEIL has won this bid through its renewables subsidiary, Sembcorp Green Infra, in a closely contested auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India. SEIL has received a letter of award from SECI for the construction of a project in Rajasthan, a region in northern India. It will be linked to the state transmission utility Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (RVPN). The entire production of the project will be sold to SECI under a 25-year long-term…

ITM Power, Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Element Energy have received €5 million in funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH2-JU) under the European Commission to demonstrate and investigate a hybrid wind turbine and electrolyser device planned for use in marine environments. The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (FCH2-JU), a public private collaboration of the European Commission, has awarded €5 million to the consortium behind the OYSTER project, consisting of ITM Power, Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Element Energy, to explore the feasibility and potential of integrating an offshore wind turbine directly with an…

Canadian Solar wholly-owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, has completed the sale of the 144 MWac Pflugerville solar project to Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy. The project is under construction in Travis County, Texas and is scheduled to be commercially operational by mid-2021. The electricity generated by the Pflugerville Solar project will be sold to Austin Energy under a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA). “This sale to Duke Energy Renewables is another milestone that demonstrates Recurrent Energy’s leadership position in the United States, where we currently have more than 5,700 MWac of solar projects under construction and in development.”The execution and sales process…

wpd has placed an order with the Nordex Group for 33 N163/5.X turbines for the 188 MW Karhunnevankangas project in Finland. The order also includes a deal for Premium Service covering a duration of 15 years and an option to extend it for another five years. The construction and completion of the wind farm in northern Ostrobothnia in western Finland is scheduled for 2022. The turbines will be supplied in a project-specific operating mode of 5.7 MW, resulting in a cumulative wind farm production of 188 MW. For the first time, the Nordex Group will mount turbines on tubular steel…

Peninsula Clean Energy has agreed to purchase 245 megawatts of power from three California wind projects, a major complement to an increasing solar generation portfolio that will help the agency achieve its target of providing reliable all-renewable, emission-free power by 2025. The additional generation of wind would put Peninsula Clean Energy closer to meeting its target of supplying renewable-only generation 24/7 by 2025. It will complement solar generation – including supply from newly commissioned 200-MW Wright Solar and 100-MW Mustang Two Whirlaway projects – particularly during colder months and other periods when solar power has historically declined. “In order to…

Canadian Solar has sold an ownership interest in its Hays and Jenner solar projects to BluEarth Renewables. BluEarth will also be responsible for overseeing the projects. Situated in southeastern Alberta, the two projects are 31 MWp (23 MWAC) in scale. The projects are co-owned by Conklin Métis Local 193, an indigenous group located in the rural hamlet of Conklin and part of the Athabasca Oil Sands area of eastern Alberta. Both projects are scheduled to begin commercial service in 2021. “This is our third transaction with BluEarth and given their strong Alberta presence and deep experience in operating and maintaining large-scale clean…