Author: Arnes Biogradlija

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…

Nordex Group received further new orders totalling 227 MW from Europe. The main sales market was Germany with 86 MW, followed by the Netherlands with approximately 70 MW, France with 42 MW and Belgium with 29 MW.

Twenty countries have already decided on national hydrogen strategies or are planning to adopt them in the coming months, according to a study by the World Energy Council Germany. Germany is betting on hydrogen produced using renewable energy in its own national hydrogen strategy that underpins the country’s ambitions to become a global leader in the technology. But the new report underlines the challenges Germany will face as other countries pursue their own strategies. Some plans, such as Japan’s, have been in place for years and have set ambitious goals, Klaus Stratmann writes in Handelsblatt, citing the report. France, South Korea, Australia, Norway and…

Electricity storage inventions have grown 14% a year over the past decade, according to a new joint study by the European Patent Office and the IEA. Affordable and flexible electricity storage technologies are set to catalyze transitions to clean energy around the world, enabling cleaner electricity to penetrate a burgeoning range of applications. Between 2005 and 2018, patenting activity in batteries and other electricity storage technologies grew at an average annual rate of 14% worldwide, four times faster than the average of all technology fields, according to a new joint study published today by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International…

Energi Coast, North East England’s Offshore Wind Cluster, is launching a new Innovation Group, which aims to develop long term solutions to meet the requirements for new technology in offshore wind. The Innovation Group, led by Simon Hogg, Ørsted Professor in Renewable Energy and Head of the Department of Engineering at Durham University, will launch on 23rd September and be made up of key representatives from the offshore wind sector, regional universities, Local Enterprise Partnerships and industry. It is also supported by representatives from Dogger Bank Wind Farm developers Equinor and SSE Renewables, and Sofia Offshore Wind Farm developer, RWE…

Pivot Energy has agreed with Wazee Partners, a Denver-based real estate company, for a 445-kilowatt community solar subscription. The subscription will serve two income-qualified multi-family buildings in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The subscription represents the final amount of renewable energy needed to supply each building with 100% clean energy. Wazee Partners’ solar subscription will be fulfilled through a community solar garden developed and operated by Pivot Energy, and solely dedicated to serve income-qualified residents in Colorado. The solar subscription will avoid the amount of greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to nearly 150 passenger vehicles driven for an entire year.

LONGi has signed an agreement with TBEA Sunoasis to supply 360MW of its high-efficiency solar modules for TBEA’s energy production base at Shihezi City in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. As part of the agreement, LONGi will prioritize delivery of 103MW of its highly anticipated new product, which means that the market can officially evaluate the Hi-MO 5 module, designed for ultra-large ground power plants. LONGi released Hi-MO 5 in June and, just 70 days later, the first module rolled off the production line at its factory in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. With the construction of an additional factory in…

Trina Solar’s Vertex 600W/550W series ultra-high power modules has passed the comprehensive reliability test by TUV Rheinland. This is another milestone after both the IEC 61215 PV module performance standard and the IEC 61730 PV module safety standard certificates were awarded to Trina Solar in March 2020. The Vertex series has adopted a low voltage, high string power design and integrated advanced technology solutions based on Trina Solar’s multi-busbar technology, including non-destructive cutting and high-density cell interconnect technology, dramatically enhancing both micro-crack and heat spot resistance efficiency while further reducing device costs and levelized energy costs (LCO). The optimized Vertex…

Billions of euros in German taxpayers’ money are still flowing into stock transactions that contribute to a global warming trajectory far above that agreed on in the Paris Climate Agreement, divestment initiative Fossil Free says. The initiative carried out an analysis of all stock transactions by federal and state authorities in Germany in 2018 and found that 13.2 billion euros in tax money are going to about 1,700 listed companies without regular checks on the investments’ climate impact. According to Fossil Free, these companies are conducting their business in a way that could contribute to a global warming of 4…

The NOVACAVI team recently designed and produced a prototype of a robust and reliable custom-engineered cable solution built in Oslo Fjord, Norway, for an advanced floating solar power system for the marine environment. NOVACAVI managed to engineer a water blocked composite power and signal cable with polyurethane outer sheath to ensure optimum output without losing elasticity in persistent cold climates, water splashing or submersion and sun exposure, having been challenged by its unique permanent application on top of floating fully supported solar panels above water level. “Proud to apply our technical and manufacturing expertise and deliver our cable as a…