Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Vestas has secured service agreements in partnership with EDL for the three Australian wind farms of Coober Pedy in South Australia, Cullerin Range in New South Wales and Wonthaggi in Victoria. Vestas will provide the maintenance of 23 Senvion MM82 and MM92-2.05 MW wind turbines across the three sites for a total of 47 MW. All agreements will start immediately and include the service program Active Output Management 4000 (AOM 4000), designed to maximize uptime and ensure optimized performance. “The multibrand service deals with EDL demonstrate how Vestas can leverage our market experience, broad service solutions capability and extensive supply…

OWC, an offshore wind unit of AqualisBraemar, has appointed Rassim Hariz as its new head of business development and principal consultant.  Hariz joins OWC from Siemens Offshore Transmission Global Centre of Competence where he was the sales and business development lead responsible for offshore renewables grid access EPC solutions. He is also a RenewableUK shadow board member. “OWC continues to rapidly expand both in-depth and into new geographies, enabling us to support a wider range of clients in more regions of the globe. Rassim joins the team with an impressive technical background, but also as an experienced business development professional with…

Vestas has received an order of 50 MW from a new customer China Three Gorge Renewables (CTG Renewables), one of China’s largest renewable energy developers, for the Juye I 50 MW project in Heze, Shandong, China. The order includes the supply of 15 V155-3.3 MW turbines with 142 meter towers and a 5-year service agreement for Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000). “We are glad to enter the partnership with Vestas, who is known as an international leading renewable energy solution provider. With Vestas’ latest 4 MW platform variant and high tower solution, we hope to make the Juye project, located in a…

Total has entered into an agreement with SSE Renewables to acquire a 51 percent stake in the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm project for an upfront payment at closing of £70 million and earn-outs up to £60 million in aggregate subject to performance conditions. The 1.140 MW project has reached a final investment decision and a financial close at the same time. The purchase agreement also covers a potential extension opportunity of up to 360 MW. Situated 27 kilometers from the coastline in the Scottish waters of the United Kingdom North Sea, Seagreen 1 secured all required major permits, and…

In 2019, U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel, including biodiesel and renewable diesel, increased by 26 percent to more than 27.000 barrels per day (b/d), reversing three years of decline. Imports of biomass-based diesel increased in 2019 because of the increase in renewable diesel imports from Singapore. Biodiesel is a combination of chemical compounds known as alkyl esters and is mostly mixed with diesel petroleum in 5 percent to 20 percent or B5 to B20 blends. Renewable diesel is made of hydrocarbon chains that are indistinguishable from petroleum diesel, meaning it meets the requirements for use in current infrastructure and diesel engines…

Photon Brothers have partnered with the Pueblo Regional Building Department and installed a new 57-kilowatt system on the downtown Pueblo building, that will bring the city to nearly $1 million in energy savings over the next 30 years. Utilizing the federal rebate incentive, the Department will be saving almost $65,000 on their system in rebates, with a projected 831% return on investment once the installation is completed. “As a fourth-generation Coloradan with a growing business in the Pueblo area, it feels good to partner with the Department who are the most thorough when it comes to any development planning. We are honored…

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), National Hydropower Association (NHA), and Energy Storage Association (ESA) have agreed to actively collaborate across their industry segments to achieve a shared vision of renewables reaching a majority of U.S. electricity generation by 2030. A collection of joint advocacy principles has been released by the four industries that will allow them to realize this ambitious vision of a majority renewables grid. Such common values, along with enhanced cooperation, include creating a more robust, effective, safe, and accessible grid, achieving carbon cuts, and promoting greater competition through fair market rules. “This collaborative promise…

Enercon has won the Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners (CSEIP) as majority shareholder for the northern part of the major Swedish wind energy project Markbygden Phase II. The Swiss investors will acquire up to 85 percent of the shares in the onshore wind farm in the municipality of Piteå in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten. In the project with a nominal output of 252.7 MW, Enercon is installing 63 Enercon E-138 EP3 wind turbines. Enercon itself will remain a long-term shareholder with a minority stake, thereby underlining its long-term strategic interest in Sweden as a wind energy location. Enercon…

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has acquired the Hunter Solar project in Emery County, Utah from Community Energy. DESRI also closed on financing and a tax equity commitment for the project. Hunter Solar is a 100 MW AC project with a long-term PPA with PacifiCorp which will provide the renewable energy certificates from the new solar power to Facebook’s data center operations. A syndicate of lenders led by HSBC as the Coordinating Lead Arranger and CIBC as the Joint Lead Arranger provided financing for the project, while Wells Fargo provided a commitment for tax equity funding. Swinerton Renewable Energy,…

Greenalia has launched its first floating offshore wind project in Gran Canaria, by filing the application for project & environmental planning. The Parque Eólico Gofio project is a 50 MW offshore wind farm situated in the south-eastern part of Gran Canaria Island, in front of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana and near to the port of Arinaga. Four 12.5MW offshore wind turbines form the power plant on top of floating foundations and they will deliver the energy produced by the use of submarine cables. As highlighted in many energy reports, the project is situated in one of the…