Author: Arnes Biogradlija

According to data collected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), project developers expect more than 23 GW of wind turbine generation capacity to come online in the United States in 2020 significantly more than the previous record of 13.2 GW installed in 2012. Just 5.0 GW of power came online in the first eight months of this year according to the EIA Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, but as is usual for wind turbine installations, most of the annual capacity additions come online in the final months of the year. Another 18.5 GW plan to be launched in September…

PKN ORLEN has started onshore geological surveys along the connecting route of its proposed offshore wind farm. The work will help to delineate an underground cable route to evacuate electricity from an offshore farm to an onshore power station. The measurements will be carried out in the municipality of Choczewo, where the transmission system will be installed. All of the wind farm’s power generation in the Baltic Sea will be extracted underground, both along the offshore and onshore parts of the connecting path. Onshore geological surveys would allow an optimum delineation of the cable link path. The first phase of the…

Community Windpower has submitted proposals for a new wind farm that would offer a major boost to Green Recovery in Southern Scotland and enable the region to resolve the climate emergency. Scoop Hill Community wind farm, located entirely in Dumfries & Galloway, will receive £1.8 billion of economic investment that will be felt in the regional economy, including employment and community benefits, in support of Green Recovery. This is the third Community renewable energy initiative in Southern Scotland, which will see the company spending a total of £4.05 billion and supplying enough clean green energy to power 1,25 million homes.…

Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Leeward to purchase wind power from Leeward’s two Aragon wind plants. The PPA was the outcome of a Wind Request for Proposal in September 2019. This PPA allows Leeward to sell 200 megawatts of wind power to APS over a period of 20 years through the regeneration of Leeward’s current 90-megawatt Aragonne wind project and the development of its 145-megawatt Aragonne Mesa wind project. Both facilities are located in Guadalupe County, New Mexico. This agreement will allow APS customers to power their homes and businesses with…

Vestas has received a 50 MW order for the Sandy Knowe wind project from ERG, one of the leading wind energy operators on the European market. The project will be located in Scotland and will feature 14 3.6 MW V112-3.45 MW Power Optimized Mode turbines to maximize the power output of the site while maintaining the lowest energy costs for energy users. The project confirms the growing competitiveness of onshore wind energy in the United Kingdom at a time when renewable energy is setting new records supplying almost 40 percent of UK electricity. “We are pleased to continue our longstanding…

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV),part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, is developing a second battery project, in partnership with UK developer Harmony Energy, as part of a strategic energy storage pipeline to be launched globally. Construction of the 34 MW/68 MWh Contego project is scheduled to begin this month near Burgess Hill in West Sussex, United Kingdom. When completed in2021, it will be one of the largest energy storage batteries in the UK, with a system of 28 Tesla Megapack lithium-ion batteries, using Tesla’s Autobidder AI software for real-time trading and control. Contego will be linked to the UK Power Networks…

Kansai Electric Power and e5 Lab have reached an agreement on a business partnership for the production and promotion of pure electrical vessels Water Urban Mobility (hereafter EV) in the Kansai Bay Area. In recent years, the Japanese shipping industry has faced problems such as the reduction of GHG pollution from vessels and the lack of qualified seafarers. The development of EV technology and autonomous navigation systems for vessels is therefore important. There is also strong hopes for the production of different mobility in preparation for the Osaka / Kansai Expo in 2025. e5 will be responsible for the planning…

Pacifico Renewables has secured exclusive access to a portfolio of 51.8 MW of wind farms in Poland. Wind parks are currently under construction and are projected to generate approximately 191 GWh of pure green electricity per year once fully operational, saving more than 154,000 tons of CO2 per year. Initially, Pacifico plans to refinance the current subordinated debt to the target entity. Later, after the satisfactory completion of the construction process, Pacifico intends to finalize talks on the acquisition of equity control of the project. The 51.8 MW project built by Pacifico Energy Partners, Pacifico Renewables strategic partner, consists of three…

PSA Marine Pte has been granted a three-year €30 million sustainability-related loan from DBS Bank for its business expansion into the offshore wind market in Europe. The loan includes an adjustment of the interest rate linked to the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) target. This includes a large deployment of the PSA Marine Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) fleet to support offshore wind energy operations, such as the transport and accommodation of staff, cargo and offshore wind farm equipment. The subsidiary of PSA Marine, Ventus Marine, currently owns and operates a fleet of 10 modern CTVs to support the renewable offshore…

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has gained ownership of closed-loop pump storage hydro projects in Swan Lake (Klamath County, Oregon) and Goldendale (Klickitat County, Washington). The projects were previously owned and built under a joint venture between Rye Development (Rye) and National Grid. Swan Lake is a 400 MW project that received its 50-year Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license in 2019. Goldendale is a 1,200 MW project that filed an application with FERC in June 2020. “At CIP, we focus on teaming with leading developers and making investments in energy infrastructure assets with a high degree of stability in cash…