Author: Arnes Biogradlija

CorPower Ocean has been awarded a 10-year TUPEM license by the national Directorate-general for Natural Resources (DGRM). The license provides a permit for the private use of the maritime space up to 12 miles off the coast of Aguçadoura in northern Portugal. The permit unlocks the demonstration phase of the company’s flagship HiWave-5 project, paving the way for a new high-efficiency WEC product class. “CorPower has reached a series of milestones throughout 2020 and the TUPEM license is another significant step forward. This permit allows to kickstart the final phases of our demonstration work in the Atlantic Ocean, which will test…

AGL is developing a grid-scale battery in South Australia, as part of plans to roll-out 850 megawatts (MW) of energy storage capacity across the National Energy Market (NEM) by FY24. Constructed in phases, the battery system will be located at the Torrens Island Power Station with a capacity of up to 250MW and a duration of up to four hours. “With more renewable generation than any other state, South Australia has been a leading contributor to Australia’s low-emissions future. Wind generation is a major source of energy in South Australia and to ensure its reliability AGL is committed to delivering…

Hydrogen Renewables Australia (HRA) has agreed to partner with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on its 5000 MW Murchison renewable hydrogen project located near Kalbarri in the Midwest of Western Australia. The Murchison Renewable Hydrogen Project is a large-scale (up to 5000 MW) export-oriented green hydrogen project located at the 126,000-hectare Murchison House Station and will be powered by combined wind and solar power generation and desalinated water. The project aims to export large-scale hydrogen to Asian markets – especially Japan and Korea. “Our partnership with CIP will enable the Murchison Renewable Hydrogen Project to proceed with its planned development to…

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…