Author: Arnes Biogradlija

GE Renewable Energy has been selected by EDF RE and Mitsui & Co. to supply equipment for the 87 MW Taza onshore wind farm. Twenty-seven onshore wind turbines from GE’s 3.2-85 will be installed near Taza, in northern Morocco. The project is part of Morocco’s energy policy, which aims to produce 52 per cent of its installed electricity from renewable energy by 2030. At the beginning of 2022 the Taza project is scheduled to launch operations, supplying the equivalent of 350,000 homes and saving up to 200,000 tons of CO2. This project adds to the construction of the 200 MW…

The Dutch offshore access provider, Ampelmann, has signed a contract for a project with Seaway 7 expected to launch in 2021. This contract marks the first contract for the company in Taiwan and it is also the first time an Ampelmann device will be deployed in Asia for an offshore wind job. The Dutch company will be mobilized on Seaway Strashnov with one of its A-type ships, a Heavy Lift Vessel capable of raising structures up to 5,000 meters. Previously this combination was used for a similar purpose in the offshore wind sector in the North Sea. The campaign will…

Azipod propulsion will ensure reliable performance for Wasaline’s new Aurora Botnia ferry, thus generating operating cost savings of up to four days of annual time. The new ferry, launched by the Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions, will be run by Wasaline on the world’s northernmost all-year passenger route between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden. At the start of the operation in 2021, Aurora Botnia will have the capacity to carry 800 passengers and up to 1,500 lane meters of trucks and cars, doing two round trips a day during the high season. Dubbed one of the most environmentally friendly passenger…

Nordex Group recently installed the first N149/5.X turbine on the Genshagener Heide wind farm near Potsdam, Germany.  The Nordex Group launched the market segment for 5 MW turbines with this type of turbine in the spring of 2019. This month, the first N149/5.X will commence operations on time. Following the installation of the turbine, the training for the N149/5.X form certification measurement and validation program begins. With a wind speed of 6.4 m/s at a hub height of 105 meters, the site provides reasonable conditions for measuring the 5.7 MW turbine. In addition to the power curve, the Nordex Group…

As part of the standard validation and certification process for its turbines in the Delta4000 series, the Nordex Group replaced the gearboxes first mounted in two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in Wennerstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany. The turbines installed at this site in 2018 are the world’s first Delta4000 turbines of this model. The turbines have been in service since August and November 2018 respectively and are subject to a thorough evaluation of their condition within the first 15 and 24 months of operation. To this end, the manufacturer expertly disassembles the gearboxes into all parts in order to carry out a trained…

Cloudberry Clean Energy has received 100 percent approval for its bid to the shareholders of Scanvind2, the holding company of the Rewind Vänern offshore wind project. The transaction represents an additional step towards the goal of Cloudberry to become a major offshore wind developer in the Nordic countries. The 16-turbine/100 MW project is located in shallow water on the largest lake in Sweden, near the Karlstad office of Cloudberry, and will dramatically enhance access to clean and renewable energy in the area once fully built. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2021/2022. “We know the Rewind Vänern-project well from our…

Iberdrola has been awarded a grid link in the Algarve, Portugal for a hybrid photovoltaic project, with an installed capacity of 83 megawatts (MW) and a storage capacity of 14 MW, which will stabilize the system and control the discharge to the grid at times of high demand. With this latest award, Iberdrola will have a total of 1,519 MW of renewable energy capacity in Portugal: 1,158 MW of hydroelectric power, 255 MW of photovoltaic energy, 14 MW of battery storage and 92 MW of installed wind energy in operation. With an investment of more than €1.5 billion, the project involves…

Duke Energy and third-party solar developers as well as industry organizations are collaborating to create a pathway for more solar energy in the Carolinas.  Duke Energy and most of the major solar developers in North Carolina and South Carolina have agreed on a specified process and timetable that will link a significant additional amount of solar generation to the Duke Energy distribution system. “These agreements continue to advance renewable energy in the Carolinas. Collaborative engagement was key to taking this important step forward.”Stephen De May, Duke Energy’s North Carolina president. A total of several hundred megawatts of solar projects will…

GE Renewable Energy has been selected by PÜSPÖK Group as the supplier for two wind farms located in the Burgenland region in Austria. The 157 MW project, which will use 30 GE Cypress onshore wind turbines, represents significant progress for GE in the region. The arrangement, which includes a multi-year service contract, would allow GE to set up a service organization in the country next year. The PÜSPÖK Group will operate 5.5 MW Cypress turbines with a rotor diameter of 158 meters and two-piece blades supplied by LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy company. The estimated capacity of 157 MW…

Vattenfall has appointed Anna Borg as the new president and CEO. Since 2017, Anna Borg is the CFO of Vattenfall and has several years of experience in the energy business. Among other items, she was Senior Vice President for Vattenfall Business Area Markets, Head of Nordic Sales, Swedish Heat Business and the Swedish Heat business as well as the European B2C business. Anna Borg was also Nordic senior vice president at Klarna. “Anna Borg has a broad and deep experience that makes her very well suited to be CEO at Vattenfall. She has been involved in setting the company’s new…