Author: Arnes Biogradlija

The Windpark Hopsten has placed a 25 MW order with Vestas for their citizen wind park Hopsten that will be located in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The order comes after the two sides signed a partnership agreement in 2017, wherein Vestas supported the building permit application. “For the past years, we have been offering planning support to our citizen wind park customers, and I am delighted to see that this partnership approach has secured us this latest deal. At Vestas, we pride ourselves on being flexible enough to find the right solution for all our customers, be that global utilities…

Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has, on behalf of the Australian Government, provided $2.6 million in funding to Horizon Power to build Australia’s first remote microgrid using renewable hydrogen generation in Denham, Western Australia. The project will be a first-of-its-kind demonstration that will utilize solar and renewable hydrogen generation and storage to provide 526 MWh of dispatchable renewable electricity, enough to power the equivalent of 100 residential homes. The plant will consist of a 348 kW hydrogen electrolyser with accompanying compression and storage and 100 kW fuel cell, alongside 704 kW of solar that will power the electrolyser to produce…

The last of 77 MHI Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines has now been installed at the Borssele III/IV project site in the Dutch North Sea. The final set of turbines will now be commissioned and tested in preparation for maximum power generation. The Borssele III/IV project is rated at 731.5 MW and once completed, will supply enough clean renewable energy to supply up to 2.3 percent of the total Dutch electricity demand. The Borssele III/IV project, located 22 kilometers off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands, is being built by the Blauwwind consortium, consisting of the Partners Group, Shell, Eneco, Diamond Generating Europe…

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) will set up GWEC India to work with governments and stakeholders to restore momentum to wind power growth and to assist India in achieving its ambitious renewable energy targets. The new industry association will focus on building India’s vast potential and local supply capacity, resolving regulatory bottlenecks, sharing best international practices and experience, and fostering dialog and collaboration between government and industry stakeholders. India is the world’s fourth-largest onshore wind market with a combined capacity of almost 38 GW. The Government has set an ambitious target of 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity…

Ørsted has fully commissioned the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm.  The wind farm has a capacity of 752 MW, making it the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and the second largest offshore wind farm in the world. Borssele 1 & 2 supplies enough renewable energy to power one million Dutch households. Borssele 1 & 2 is the first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. “This is an important milestone for the green transformation and for Ørsted. We’re proud that we’ve commissioned our first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, who is among the global frontrunners in…

In collaboration with Global Power Generation, a subsidiary of Naturgy Group, Vestas has secured a 328 MW deal for two wind projects in Victoria, Australia. The order includes the supply and installation of 52 V136-4.2 MW wind turbines for the Ryan Corner wind farm, as well as the engineering, procurement and construction of 26 V136-4.2 MW wind turbines for the second phase of the Berrybank wind farm. Upon completion, Vestas will enter into a 15-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM5000) service agreement for both projects. With a guarantee of energy-based supply, service agreements would optimize energy efficiency and provide long-term business…

LONGi has supplied its Hi-MO 4 Series modules for Phase I of the Xuan Thien Ea Sup Project in Dak Lak, Vietnam. Commissioned the 600 MWac / 831 MWp utility-scale solar plant is estimated to have an electricity output of 1.5 billion kWh per year. With nearly 2 million solar panels, 500 kV / 1,200 MVA transformer station and 22.2 km of 500 kV line, this is so far the largest solar power plant in Southeast Asia. The plant, which has been set up at an estimated cost of 20,000 billion dong, has been commissioned five months earlier than the…

The technology group Wärtsilä’s extensive experience in marine hybrid propulsion solutions will enable a greatly decreased emissions footprint for three newbuild eco-friendly 5,000 dwt bulk carriers. The 90 metres long ships are being built at the Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka for Misje Eco Bulk, a unit of the Norway based Misje Rederi group. The fully integrated Wärtsilä Hybrid Solution will enable the vessels to sail in and out of port, and to perform cargo operations, completely emissions-free. The order includes an option for an additional three vessels. The development of the efficient and sustainable propulsion solution was carried out…

Germany’s largest solar park in Werneuchen (Brandenburg) fed the first kilowatt hour of electricity into the grid. EnBW is gradually bringing into operation a solar park near Berlin with an output of 187 megawatts / 465,000 solar modules being installed in total. “This is an important milestone for our solar park – and for renewable energies overall. Large photovoltaic projects like this one ensure that photovoltaics are making a noticeable and cost-effective contribution to the Energiewende.”Thorsten Jörß, head of project development for photovoltaics at EnBW. Although the first modules and inverters have already been put into service at one end…

ABO Wind has generated gross proceeds of €16.2 million in the largest capital increase in the company’s history. Bankhaus Metzler placed the issue as sole bookrunner with selected institutional investors and achieved a 2.3-fold oversubscription. The approximately 30 new shareholders include internationally renowned investment companies. With the 550,000 new shares, the total number of shares increases to 9,220,893. The placement price for the new shares was €29.50 and was 4.5 percent below the average Xetra closing price on the ten trading days preceding the managing board’s decision to increase the capital. As a result of the capital increase, the share…