Author: Arnes Biogradlija

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…

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…