Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Live demonstration of gridded, automatic renewable generation forecasts in South Australia (SA) is set to lead the way for a national roll-out of next-generation energy forecasting. ARENA awarded $994,685 in funding to Solcast to conduct its Gridded Renewables Nowcasting Demonstration project. Solcast will develop a forecasting tool which will track and predict renewable output in real time. Solcast’s forecasting tool will aim to predict up to six hours ahead in five-minute increments, distributed into 1-2km grids across SA. The 12-month project will deliver more frequently updated, high resolution weather forecasts specifically designed for the Australian energy industry. Solcast will track…

Abnormal Load Services – ALS along with Norsea, is further investing in the onshore and offshore renewables sector by launching a new logistics business Elevon whose primary focus is on supporting the wind industry. ALS and Norsea will combine their strengths in the logistics of large and complex projects and offshore logistics supplies. In the context, additional support will be provided by Wallenius Wilhelmsen and the Wilhelmsen group, owners of ALS and NorSea, respectively, via global networks, enabling Elevon to punch far above its weight. Elevon will provide project advisory services, logistics management and solutions, as well as technical services…

Canadian Solar has signed two private power purchase agreements (PPA) with Braskem and COPEL Energia for a total of 274 MWp in solar power projects in Brazil. Canadian Solar will develop and construct a 152 MWp project for this PPA in Minas Gerais State, in the same region as other projects already developed and constructed by the company. Construction will begin in 2021 and is expected to be in full service by the end of 2022. This is the first PPA directly signed between Canadian Solar and an industrial customer in Brazil. COPEL Energia is part of COPEL Group, one…

wpd and Finnish retailer K Group have signed a 15-year PPA that will see the Germans providing more than 40GWh of renewable electricity annually. Since 2017, 100 percent of the electricity consumption of K stores and other properties owned by the company has been supplied from renewable sources. The PPA with wpd is expected to increase the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the company’s total consumption six-fold by the end of 2022. “K Group is strongly committed to mitigating climate change, for example by purchasing electricity from renewable energy sources and also by improving the energy efficiency of…

Iberdrola has agreed to take majority investments in ventures with the renewable energy company Svea Vind Offshore (SVO) to build up to 9GW of offshore wind energy in Sweden in the future. A total of eight projects are in different stages of development, and operations are expected to begin in 2029. They are clustered around two regional clusters: Gavle (six wind farms with 5.1 GW in total) and Oxelosund (two offshore wind farms with 3.9 GW combined). The framework agreement would allow Iberdrola to take a majority stake in each of the offshore projects under construction in the future. SVO’s first…

MHI Vestas has entered into a contract to source high-voltage switchgear from Taiwan, extend existing supply chain commitments and become the first offshore wind turbine supplier to localize switchgear. With the participation of local Taiwanese producer, Shihlin Electric and Engineering Corporation (SEEC), MHI Vestas has signed a purchasing agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Europe to supply switchgear for upcoming offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The purchase agreement is expected to allow Mitsubishi Electric and SEEC to build expertise to prepare for potential exports to the wider Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by supplying MHI Vestas’ Taiwanese offshore wind projects. High-voltage (66kV) switchgear, a key…

Vestas has received an order for 249 MW of V136-4.2 MW turbines and V136-3.45 MW of turbines delivered in 3.6 MW of Power Optimized Mode for a U.S. project including 4 MW of previously purchased components, the project has a total capacity of 300 MW. The order includes the turbine delivery and commissioning as well as a multi-year AOM 5000 service agreement designed to ensure optimized performance throughout the project’s lifetime. The delivery of turbines will begin in the second quarter of 2021 with commissioning scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2021. The project and customer are undisclosed.

Innogy SE has selected 14 MW wind turbines for its 1.4 GW offshore wind farm Sofia, located 195 kilometers from the UK coast at Dogger Bank in the shallow central North Sea area. A corresponding preferred supplier deal with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been signed. The agreement includes a total of 100 turbines being manufactured, installed, and commissioned, each standing 262 meters tall. “The selection of these state-of-the-art offshore wind turbines for Sofia, our largest offshore wind development project, reflects our ambition to strive for continuous innovation. Siemens Gamesa’s towering 14 MW machine is a perfect match for our…

SIMEC Atlantis Energy has announce that the Prefecture de la Manche has approved the transfer of the lease to develop a 12MW tidal power project in Raz Blanchard from ENGIE to Normandie Hydroliennes. Normandie Hydroliennes is the marine energy development company set up between SIMEC Atlantis, the Development Agency for Normandy (AD Normandie), the regional agency for economic development in Normandy, the regional investment fund Normandie Participations and local industrial group EFINOR. Over the past 12 months, Normandie Hydroliennes has worked with the French Environmental and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) and all relevant government ministries to obtain the appropriate transfer…

JERA, ADEME Investissement and IDEOL have agreed on the key terms for setting up an investment vehicle to finance the development phase of at least 2 GW of projects using the patented Damping Pool technology from IDEOL. The upcoming tender for commercially floating offshore wind farms in Scotland and France, as well as a increasing range of initiatives in promising markets around the globe, such as–but not limited to–Japan and the US, confirm the acceleration of floating winds as well as their legitimate position in the global energy mix. To take full advantage of these unique opportunities, JERA, ADEME Investissement and…