Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Scottish civil engineering contractor RJ McLeod has been awarded the main contract to build the 103-turbine Viking Wind Farm, one of the largest contracts of this type ever awarded in Scotland. The appointment follows SSE Renewables’ decision last month to invest £580 million in the 443 megawatt (MW) wind farm project developed by the Viking Energy Wind Farm partnership. As part of its contract, RJ McLeod’s team will build the network of access tracks through the wind farm site as well as the new Sandwater road, construction compounds, and the bases and crane pads for the turbines. RJ McLeod will…

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind confirms that the final of three V164 8.4 MW turbines is now generating power to the Portuguese grid. The third and final V164-8.4 MW turbine installed on Principle Power’s semi-submersible WindFloat floating platform has now completed testing at the WindFloat Atlantic project site, and is generating clean, renewable wind power to the Portuguese grid. The three V164-8.4 MW turbines are the largest commercially-operating wind turbines installed offshore on floating platforms anywhere in the world. The project site is located 20 km off the coast of Viana do Castelo in Portugal at a sea depth of 100…

At the former Lenin shipyard in polish Gdansk the steel construction for another offshore substation in the Baltic Sea has started. The platform was ordered by wind farm operator Parkwind in coordination with 50Hertz. On this platform, the electricity generated by the Arcadis Ost 1 wind farm located east of Rügen island, will be collected and transformed to the 220 kV level. From there, the electricity will flow through the Ostwind 2 submarine cables. After 95 kilometers, these reach the Lubmin substation at the Greifswald Bodden, where the electricity is integrated into 50Hertz’s extra high voltage grid. The contractor for…

WindFloat Atlantic is now fully operational and supplying clean energy to Portugal’s electrical grid. Following the connection of the last of the three platforms to the 20 m export cable connecting the wind farm to the substation at Viana do Castelo, Portugal, the construction of the wind farm is now complete. WindFloat Atlantic, which has a total installed capacity of 25 MW is the world’s first semi-submersible floating wind farm and will generate enough energy to supply the equivalent of 60,000 users per year, saving almost 1.1 million tons of CO2. Windplus has successfully installed and connected three platforms -…

Sonnedix, the global independent solar power producer (IPP), has boosted its operating capacity in Italy by 8.2 MW through the acquisition of two portfolios: a portfolio of 6 operating plants with a combined capacity of 5.2 MW was acquired from Silver Ridge Italia (Amaranto Group), and a portfolio of 3 operating plants with a combined capacity of 3 MW was acquired from Melfin (Melchioni Group). The operating plants benefit from the feed in tariff granted under the Italian Conto Energia Scheme. The 5.2 MW portfolio is comprised of 2 PV plants built on top of shelters in a parking lot…

In the first half of 2020, the amount of wind energy transmitted onshore by the transmission system operator TenneT from the North Sea rose to 11.51 terawatt-hours. This corresponds to an increase of 21.1 percent compared to the first half of 2019 (9.51 TWh). Power transmission from the North Sea accounts for a good 15.6 percent of total wind power generation in Germany, which reached 73.7 terawatt-hours in the first half of 2020. “The expansion and integration of offshore wind energy is of central importance for the European energy transition. With Borssele alpha and – from mid-August – Borssele beta,…

Duke Energy 200-megawatt alternating current Rambler Solar project in Tom Green County, Texas, has begun commercial operation. The Rambler Solar project is the second 200-MWac Texas solar facility that Duke Energy Renewables has brought online this year, bringing its total Texas solar portfolio to over 500 MWac in operation. In early July, the company announced the commercial operation of its Holstein Solar project in Nolan County. “We’re pleased to continue our expansion of solar energy resources in Texas, which is experiencing an increasing demand for power. The Rambler Solar project will bring significant economic benefit to the state and generate…

First Solar announced that Goldman Sachs Renewable Power acquired the 123-megawatt AC American Kings Solar project in a transaction that closed at the end of June 2020. Located in Kings County, California, the project is backed by a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement with Southern California Edison and is scheduled to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2020. “We are excited to partner with First Solar and M&T Bank in acquiring the American Kings Solar project. This is a bankable power plant backed by a long-term PPA, that is responsibly developed, and will generate the lowest carbon electricity possible today.…

Oman is exploring opportunities in the green hydrogen sector and for this purpose a committee has been set up under the leadership of Oman’s ministry of oil and gas, a senior official at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). “A committee, led by the ministry of oil and gas involving the ministry of technology and communication, companies operating in the oil and gas sector and academia, is currently studying opportunities in the green hydrogen sector”.Abdul-Amir Al Ajmi, External Affairs and Value Creation Director at PDO. “There is a big focus on hydrogen to power (opportunities) in Oman led by the ministry of…

The companies have signed an agreement, which will trigger investment of 150 million euros, to construct the largest plant to produce green hydrogen for industrial use in Europe. The Spanish companies are to build the plant in Puertollano and it will be operational in 2021. Iberdrola will be responsible for the production of green hydrogen from 100 % renewable sources. The solution will consist of a 100 MW photovoltaic solar plant, a lithium-ion battery system with a storage capacity of 20 MWh and one of the largest electrolytic hydrogen production systems in the world (20 MW). The green hydrogen produced…