Author: Arnes Biogradlija

The Wind Energy Cluster WAB, with its Scottish partner DeepWind, has signed a three-year cooperation agreement. The agreement aims to work more closely with joint efforts to increase offshore wind power and to grow the market for green wind hydrogen. Among the proposed activities are collaborative matchmaking and networking events. In addition, information, experiences and expertise will be shared and evaluated by WAB and DeepWind and kept informed about progress in joint projects. In this way, the partners aim to promote the transnational offshore wind industry and the development of green hydrogen at sea and to help, in their exchange…

GE Renewable Energy announced a trio of orders for its 2.X onshore wind turbines with Invenergy. The 576 MW, 187-turbine order will power the equivalent of 160,000 American homes across three U.S. states. The agreement includes: 54 2.X-127 turbines for the 110 MW Crescent Wind Energy Center in Michigan30 2.X-127 and 6 2.X-116 turbines for the 166 MW Contrail Wind Energy Center in Iowa97 2.X-127 for the 300 MW Deuel Harvest Wind Energy Center in South Dakota GE’s best-selling 2 MW product platform has a total installed capacity of more than 15 GW and operates at an industry-leading average of…

Mitsubishi Power and Entergy Corporation, signed a joint development agreement in which they will collaborate to bring decarbonization projects to Entergy’s utility businesses in Arkansas, Louisiana, including the separate jurisdiction of New Orleans, Mississippi and Texas. The relationship will foster collaboration on project development and technology solutions toward enabling Entergy to create a cleaner, more sustainable future for stakeholders by limiting carbon emissions from electric power generation. Entergy has engaged with Mitsubishi Power because of the company’s demonstrated ability to provide innovative total solutions leveraging multiple technologies to reach decarbonization goals. Mitsubishi Power is a first mover in hydrogen-enabled gas…

Vestas has received a 46 MW order of 4 MW platform turbine components that qualify for the 60 percent PTC value from an undisclosed customer. These components will enable future wind energy projects that complete construction by the end of 2024.  The PTC terms set in the PATH act, passed by Congress in 2015, made the wind industry the first energy industry to agree to permanent tax reform and have resulted in billions of dollars in wind energy investment in the U.S., including expansions in domestic manufacturing and supply chain, construction, transportation, tax revenue to local communities, and the addition of tens of thousands of jobs…

Stena is creating a solution for the use of recycled batteries in port charging stations. Stena is now taking the next step in the field of shipping electrification: the development of a new form of energy storage, similar to very large power stations, which will be necessary for the rapid charging of electric ferries in the future. The project is part-funded by the EU and will examine, among other things, how used batteries from the transport sector can be reused for energy storage in ports. “An incredible amount is happening in the world of batteries. New solutions are being designed…

ABB will supply P&O Ferries’ two new vessels with electric, digital and connected solutions, including Azipod propulsion and energy storage, reducing fuel consumption by one ton per return trip across the English Channel. ABB has secured a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International for the supply of P&O Ferries’ two new vessels with a full range of integrated solutions. Using electric power from 8.8MWh batteries and diesel generators, the hybrid propulsion solution would reduce fuel consumption by 40 percent on the Dover-Calais route of P&O Ferries. Until more electric shore charging stations are available, the batteries will provide maximum power for…

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has called on the Government of Vietnam to expand the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) wind energy scheme with urgency. Due to uncertainty around the investment system, Vietnam’s wind industry is already facing a slowing of investment in 2020, and further delays in the extension of FiT would impede the growth of the supply chain and cost reduction in the developing wind market, thereby undermining Vietnam’s target of affordable, reliable and clean electricity. With 500 MW of onshore and offshore power currently installed and at least 4 GW expected to be commissioned by 2025, Vietnam is the…

Van Oord’s Deep Dig-It trencher crossed the busy shipping route Rotterdam Maasmond and is on its way to offshore Alpha jacket in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) wind farm area. TenneT is building the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore grid to connect new offshore wind farms. 4 cables will have to be buried into the North Sea seabed for this purpose. For the first 10 kilometres of the cable route, these cables will have to be buried more than 5 metres into the seabed in order to cross the busy shipping route Rotterdam Maasmond. The Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium will be installing…

SunPower has secured funding commitments for its residential solar lease program from Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (Hannon Armstrong) and other suppliers of capital, as well as its new SunPower Equinox system with SunVault storage solar plus storage program. Through mid-2021, SunPower expects the new fund to help meet anticipated customer demand. The solar loan and cash sale alternatives currently provided by SunPower would be augmented by these appealing consumer funding provisions. The new fund is organized as a collaboration of leveraged tax equity with a multi-party forward acquisition pledge. Funding commitments for this new fund are made by both…

The Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ocean (C4IR Ocean) has now secured a cooperation agreement with Microsoft to build technology-based solutions for improving ocean health. Behind the C4IR Ocean, which is part of a global network of 10 Centers for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), is Aker and the World Economic Forum. The network works to create projects that enable important societal tasks to be solved by technology and digitization. “We want to step up the use of technology to ensure future value creation. Whoever manages to exploit the potential that lies in new technology is tomorrow’s…