Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Atlas Professionals has signed an exclusive contract with the global offshore wind company, Ørsted, to provide 14 local wind farm operations & maintenance professionals for Greater Changhua. The key recruiting activities will take place in the first two quarters of 2021, beginning in the next few months with the first two professionals. The chosen local professionals are being trained and prepared to be ready for action for the first quarter of 2022, to be part of the maintenance team at Ørsted. To attend national and international technical training courses, the practitioners must have fluent English skills and strong communication skills.…

JA Solar has supplied modules for the mountainous photovoltaic power plant project in South Korea, which is built with a capacity of 93 MW and constructed on the ground of an existing 40 MW wind farm. When the photovoltaic power plant is added, the total installed capacity of the wind-solar hybrid project becomes 133MW. It is estimated that the entire wind-solar hybrid project will produce 120 million kWh of electricity per year, which will meet the needs of about 30,000 households and bring in 30 billion won annual revenue ( $25 million). The 93 MW photovoltaic power plant is projected…

Construction has started on the Chisholm Grid battery energy storage system, the largest standalone battery energy storage project currently under construction outside of California in the US. Chisholm Grid, based in Fort Worth, Texas, will have an initial rated capacity of 100 megawatts (MWac) and is expected to start commercial operations by mid-2021. The Chisholm Grid battery energy storage system was built by Able Grid Infrastructure Holdings, a joint venture between Able Grid and MAP. Able Grid will provide on-site construction management services and operational asset management services. Astral Electricity, a privately owned energy storage power provider, owns Chisholm Grid.…

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has obtained an order from Go Bus, one of the biggest bus operators in New Zealand, to supply two of their bus depots with eBuses charging infrastructure. The order fulfills two separate contracts with Go Bus in Auckland and Christchurch. In Christchurch, 25 electric buses will be powered by Siemens systems, the first large-scale electric bus fleet in the region. The systems will charge nine buses in Auckland that will run on a new electric airport link. Operations are expected to begin early in 2021. New Zealand now boasts more than 80 percent renewable electricity generation. To…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived in some areas of the energy industry and has the potential to further advance the energy transition, according to an analysis by Germany’s energy agency (dena). “Initial positive examples from the energy industry show that AI can drive new business models, accelerate innovation and help increase the potential for efficiency. But it can only make a substantial contribution to the energy transition “if it is allowed free rein now and positive experiences from initial applications are transferred to other segments of the energy system”, he added.dena CEO Andreas Kuhlmann. AI’s greatest potential to contribute to…

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has been awarded a conditional contract with Liwei Wind Power Co. Ltd., a company wholly owned by wpd Group, for the transport and installation of 36 V164-9,722MW wind turbines on the Guanyin Offshore Windfarm in Taiwanese waters. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will continue to utilise Brave Tern – one of its special purpose-built jack-up installation vessels that arrived in Taiwan in July 2020 to work on the Asian emerging market. Installation on Guanyin begins in the summer of 2022. ”It has been important for us to partner up with an experienced T&I contractor for the new and growing…

Vestas has received an order of 86 MW for the Lakiakangas III project in Isojoki, in the South Ostrobothnia region of Finland, with German developer CPC Germania. The order covers the supply, installation and commissioning of 20 V150-4.2 MW wind turbines in 4.3 MW Power Improved Mode, as well as a 20-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement that will provide the customer with improved output and long-term business case sureness. Vestas has worked closely with CPC Germania to establish the most cost-effective and sustainable approach awarded in 2019 at Finland’s first technology-neutral auction for renewable energy. With this…

wpd has signed supply agreements with a strong group of contractors for the Guanyin 350 MW project off the Taoyuan (Taiwan) coast. They are now ready to commence construction with planned commissioning in 2022 as soon as the Taiwanese government issues the remaining permits. MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will supply the 36 V164 type turbines including local tower output at CS Wind Taiwan. Two Taiwanese heavyweights, Formosa Heavy Industry and CTCI Machinery will provide the monopile foundation structures with whom wpd is already cooperating in the 640 MW Yunlin project. The foundations will be set by Seaway Heavilift with HLV…

NTR has successfully completed a portfolio refinancing of €370 million of a 220 MW onshore wind portfolio for its NTR Wind 1 LP fund. NTR created the fund to build and operate onshore wind projects with lucrative long-term funding from REFIT (Ireland) and ROC (UK). With all projects in the fund now in operation from earlier this year, NTR took the opportunity to replace the current individual project funding packages with a highly affordable and versatile refinancing portfolio. Five lenders–AIB, LBBW, NatWest / Ulster Bank, Santander and Siemens Financial Services through Siemens Bank –are lead arrangers in the contract comprising…

With its latest N149 turbine from the Delta4000 series, the Nordex Group scores points in Germany: in the first half of 2020, the turbine model, which has already been sold 1,100 times totaling more than 5,100 MW worldwide, toped Germany’s most approved wind turbines. At the same time, the popular N117 model, which has been tried and tested for several years, also reached a new milestone: The Nordex Group has sold more than 800 turbines of this kind in Germany alone since the first order in 2011 with a repowering order from its customer BayWa for eight N117/3600 turbines in…