Author: Arnes Biogradlija

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) will strengthen relations to place the energy transformation powered by renewables at the heart of Latin America and the Caribbean economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak. Speeding up sustainable energy production could provide a long-term strategy for the Latin American region to tackle social disparities, access to electricity and energy security. Renewables will also fuel the growth of renewable energy usage in the industrial, agricultural, manufacturing and transportation sectors, thus reducing the region’s carbon emissions by 21 percent by 2030 compared to today’s rates, leading to global decarbonization…

Iberdrola has signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) to promote green recovery through the development of new capacity for renewable energy in Spain. The EIB and ICO will provide the Spanish energy business with €600 million and €200 million respectively to fund the construction of over 20 projects with a total capacity greater than 2.000 MW. Such new facilities would provide renewable, affordable energy equal to the average annual energy use of almost 1 million households. The contributions made under this agreement would have a significant effect on economic and job…

Ørsted and Taiwan-based TSMC have signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA). TSMC will take over the full production from the 920MW Ørsted Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farm, making it the largest renewable energy contract of its kind. Once Greater Changhua 2b & 4 reaches commercial operations in 2025/2026, the 20-year fixed-price contract period begins, subject to grid availability and the final investment decision by Ørsted. “TSMC is happy for this opportunity to collaborate with Ørsted and not only expand the adoption of renewable energy, but also to work towards Taiwan’s energy transition to build world-class industrial…

Vestas has received a 166 MW order for two projects awarded at the Polish wind-solar-energy auction in December 2019. With this order, Vestas has supported its customers to succeed in competitive auctions and win more than 1 GW of onshore wind energy projects in Poland since the country introduced its auction scheme in 2018. Vestas has installed more than 2.1 GW, accounting for a 36 percent market share. Debnica Kazubska and the Bialy Bor wind projects will comprise six and 42 V126-3.45 MW turbines respectively. Providing an exceptional fit for the sites’ low wind conditions, the customized solutions with 117m…

There are over 350 GWO Certified Training Centres in 43 countries around the world and up to 83% told a recent survey that they will have reopened their doors by the end of May. The companies, who deliver standardised safety and technical training to GWO standards are proceeding with extreme caution and have made careful adaptations to minimise the risk of exposure for their course participants, instructors, and staff. The GWO market survey found that globally, training providers expected to deliver 59% of the number of courses in May 2020 when compared to the same period of last year. This…

Orbital Marine Power has appointed Black & Veatch as lead engineering partner to support technology optimization and cost reduction engineering under the company’s €5 million R&D program. Supported by the INTERREG France (Channel) England TIGER project, the four-year program will build on Orbital’s floating tidal turbine technology, the O2, in a focused initiative to identify and de-risk innovations capable of accelerating cost reductions for tidal stream energy.   INTERREG France, England TIGER will support the four-year program build on Orbital’s floating tidal turbine technology, the O2, in an attempt to cut costs on tidal stream energy projects.   “A central strand…

JinkoSolar will supply 126 MW of solar modules for the expansion of an existing 160 MW solar PV park in Chile. The existing PV plant has been in operation since 2016 and has already installed 668.160 JinkoSolar panels that generate 400 GWh annually. The expansion will add another 315.900 JinkoSolar bifacial modules. When the expansion is complete and operations begin, the PV plant will have a total of 984.060 photovoltaic JinkoSolar panels consisting of both monofacial and bifacial modules capable of producing 789 GWh per year. “This is the second project in Latin America to be equipped with our bifacial…

JinkoSolar have confirmed orders totaling more than 100MW with specialist wholesale distributor Blue Sun Group, with the focus of the orders on JinkoSolar’s Cheetah Plus panels. Cheetah Plus exceeds 20% efficiency and still saves on installation rail costs. A range of innovative technologies, including Cheetah Plus, Tiger N, Tiger Pro, will be introduced by Jinko Solar through 2020. “JinkoSolar is the world leader in panel shipments, and this success comes in no small part from the efforts of our solid partners in the distribution and EPC sectors, such as Blue Sun Group and our phenomenal team of Aussie installers.”Anita Li,…

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) have established a floating offshore wind task force with the participation of key players and organisations from the global industry to accelerate the global growth of offshore wind. Floating offshore wind is a significant market opportunity, and can increase offshore wind resource by tenfold by opening new markets where fixed-bottom offshore wind would not be possible. By the end of 2019, in the UK, Japan, Portugal, Norway and France, 65.7 MW of floating offshore wind capacity had been installed. In the light of the current project pipeline, 6.2 GW of floating offshore wind is…

MingYang Smart Energy Group has revealed the latest MySE11-203 turbine with a high reliability and a lower LCoE for the offshore wind farm. Designed on the basis of the IEC wind class IB, the new MySE11-203 features a nominal plate capacity of 11 MW, a rotor diameter of 203 meters, an annual energy production 31 percent higher than its predecessor, a super compact design and an optimal substructure at lower costs. Its 99-meter long MySE11-99A1 carbon-glass hybrid blades provide a swept area of 32.365 square meters, about as large as 5 standard football fields. In addition, only one MySE11-203 can…