Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Construction works at SeaMade, Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm, have crossed the finish line with the last of 58 turbines successfully installed. The SeaMade wind farm will provide green energy for 485,000 households and will lead to a significant reduction of annual CO2 emissions of at least 500,000 tonnes. The offshore construction of the SeaMade wind farm began in September 2019 with the installation of the foundations. DEME was responsible for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of the foundations, turbines, inter-array and export cables, as well as for the installation of two offshore substations. DEME’s DP2 offshore installation…

Wärtsilä has secured the contract to supply the engines and a number of its electrical solutions for two new ferries under construction at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) in China. The vessels are being constructed for Finnlines, part of the Grimaldi Group, and are planned to incorporate the latest technological and environmental concepts. The order for engines was put in July 2020 and the remaining Wärtsilä equipment was ordered in September 2020. The two ‘Superstar’ vessels will operate across the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden. They will feature Wärtsilä 46F main engines, thrusters and an electrical package. This involves…

ReFLEX Orkney has unveiled a number of new low-carbon transport and power services for Orkney residents and companies to further decarbonize the island’s energy system. This would help pave the way for other regions in the United Kingdom to pursue a localized approach to integrated energy systems. This is a significant achievement for the €28.5 million ReFLEX Orkney project, part of which is financed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and is matched by private investment. Orkney now produces more than 100 percent of its energy demand from renewables annually. The goal of the…

The CEO of Ocean Energy Europe (OEE), Rémi Gruet and the director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Francesco La Camera, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the annual Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition. The partnership will deepen existing cooperation to accelerate the commercialization of ocean energy technologies, by promoting the right policy incentives and innovative business models in Europe and globally. Oceans have abundant, largely untapped, renewable energy resources that could fuel a robust global blue economy, as shown by two new studies released by IRENA. ‘Fostering a blue economy: Offshore renewable energy’ and the…

Alstom will supply six hydrogen fuel cell trains, with an option of eight more to FNM (Ferrovie Nord Milano), the main transport and mobility company in the Italian region of Lombardy, for a total amount of approximately €160 million. The first train delivery is expected within 36 months of the date of the order. The new hydrogen trains will be based on Alstom’s Coradia Stream regional train network, which is dedicated to the European market and is already being manufactured for Italy by Alstom’s main Italian sites. The hydrogen powered Coradia Stream for FNM will be fitted with the same…

GE Renewable Energy has launched the 6.0-164 variant of its Cypress onshore wind turbine platform, making it the company’s most efficient onshore wind turbine available. The 6.0-164 turbine would increase Annual Energy Production (AEP) by up to 11 percent compared to the 5.3-158 model. Like other products on the Cypress platform, the 6.0-164 features a proprietary two-piece blade that enhances logistics and lowers costs. Every 6.0-164 turbine will generate enough electricity to power about 5.800 European households. The model will be available in the field by 2022. “The Cypress platform is already providing our customers the ability to lower the…

RWE Renewables has signed a contract with DEME Offshore for the transport and construction of the latest technology of the RWE 342-MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm situated in the Germany North Sea, 35 kilometers north of the island of Heligoland. DEME Offshore is pleased to partner with RWE in this project, which highlights the emphasis of both companies on further refining advanced technologies and new ideas in the renewables field. “At our Kaskasi offshore wind farm we use innovative technologies that will set standards throughout the offshore industry. The collared monopile, a patented solution developed in-house, will help to increase…

Mostyn SeaPower, a subsidiary of The Port of Mostyn, has developed a proposal for a tidal lagoon in the outer Dee Estuary, North Wales. The Dee is a place of high conservation value in nature. It is therefore critical that detailed information is collected to explain the basic ecological conditions and to understand the changes that will occur as a result of the construction of the proposed lagoon. ABPmer is commissioned to lead a series of environmental surveys in the Estuary to inform the related impact assessment sponsored by the Hull Marine Laboratory and the Sea Watch Foundation. A two-year…

Danish renewables developer European Energy has been granted a €40 million loan facility by the Danish Green Investment Fund to help boost the construction of large scale wind and solar projects. The cooperation with the Danish Green Investment Fund will support the ambition of European Energy to construct 750 MW new green power capacity from solar and wind by 2021 and an additional 1 GW in 2022. “We appreciate working together with the Danish Green Investment Fund, as their loan facility enables us at European Energy to accelerate the erection of renewable energy production in order to move faster on…

Vestas has received a 43MW order from Mytilineos for the Makrynoros wind park, located in Central Greece. The contract includes the supply and installation of twelve V136-3.45 MW wind turbines delivered in 3.6 MW operating mode and a 20-year Active Output Management 4000 (AOM4000) service agreement. “We are very happy to work once again, with Vestas, on a large wind farm in Greece. It is the seventh  cooperation between our companies, for a total of 172 MW. This by itself, proves the trust we put in Vestas, as one of the main strategic partners of Mytilineos.”Dinos Benroubi, general manager of Mytilineos’ Business…