Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Bombora has joined forces with Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s marine energy engineering center of excellence (MEECE) in Wales to begin a research project on floating wave technology. The research will perform a techno-economic evaluation of the extension of Bombora’s mWave technology to an offshore setting and will examine the co-location feasibility with floating wind structures. The patented Bombora membrane mWave wave energy converter offers a unique opportunity to quickly develop a solution for a floating wave platform. This solution offers considerable advantages in terms of increased use of the infrastructure and maximizing capacity. “We believe Bombora’s mWave technology offers an innovative…

Deutsche Windtechnik and Senvion have signed service contracts for 110 additional turbines at 32 wind farms. The onshore wind farms are located in Germany, Belgium, France, and the UK and include a wide variety of turbine types from all generations of technology. The complete portfolio of Senvion wind turbines at Deutsche Windtechnik now comprises of 2.446 MW. Sixty-nine of the recently contracted wind turbines are located in Germany, Belgium, and France, and most of them receive full maintenance. They have already been integrated seamlessly into the service network of Deutsche Windtechnik. The German business unit provides support for service for…

Vestas Power Solutions has appointed Anders Nielsen as executive vice president (chief technology officer), while Tommy Rahbek Nielsen will become the permanent COO. Nielsen is taking over from Anders Vedel who will continue as chief scientific advisor. Anders Nielsen brings more than 30 years of automotive industry experience including executive positions at Scania, Man Truck & Bus and Volkswagen Truck & Bus. Most recently, Nielsen worked as CTO of Traton Group, a Volkswagen Group subsidiary, and has a established track record in innovation, modularization, and technology partnerships and collaboration. “On behalf of all of Vestas, I’m delighted to welcome Anders Nielsen as our…

The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management have accepted a plan to construct and operate the largest solar project in the history of the United States. U.S. secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for Solar Partners XI to build a 690-MW photovoltaic solar electric generating and auxiliary facilities about 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The estimated $1 billion Gemini solar project will be the world’s 8th largest solar power plant once completed, and is expected to produce enough electricity to power 260.000 homes in the Las Vegas region and future…

E.ON has increased its investments in climate-friendly, the technologically advanced energy infrastructure in order to give powerful impetus, in partnership with its customers, to the green energy transition in Germany and Europe. E.ON increased its first-quarter earnings, primarily because of the innogy takeover. The COVID-19 pandemic had only a limited impact on the first quarter. At the first-quarter mark, however, the pandemic’s overall implications for the company cannot yet be reliably estimated. E.ON SE CEO Johannes Teyssen emphasized that E.ON, despite the corona crisis, will continue to do everything it can to combat climate change and foster a technologically advanced,…

Singapore-based Penguin International has selected SCHOTTEL’s Tunnel Thruster STT 51 FP for its Flex-42X series of eight executive fast crew boats. With a 95 kW electric motor controlled by a variable frequency drive, the STT will be installed in the new vessels being built by the customer’s shipyards in Singapore and Indonesia. As the vessels are based on a completely re-designed aluminium monohull form, the STTs feature an aluminium tunnel as well as an aluminium lower gear housing. They thus support the vessel’s overall material properties with the advantages of reduced vessel weight and enhanced performance. Apart from this, the…

In May 2020, SUNRISE launched the Single-Glass Bifacial solar modules with transparent backsheet coated with grid glaze that combines anti-LID technology, half-cut module technology and grid glaze technology. Compared to traditional solar modules, Bifacial solar modules can increase power generation capacity under a certain environment by about 5 – 25 percent, which reduces the LCOE. SUNRISE selected 3.2 mm low-iron ultra-white tempered AR glass through product testing during the R&D period to ensure the ability to bear the same snow and wind load capacity as classic solar modules while improving light transmission. To realize the power increase on the front of the product, Bifacial solar…

Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has arrived at the Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind field in the Baltic Sea. The Svanen will begin construction works for the offshore wind farm foundations. Van Oord signed an agreement with Vattenfall to transport and install the foundations for the Kriegers Flak wind farm. Van Oord will install the 72 monopiles and the transition pieces. Kriegers Flak will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm with a production capacity of just over 600 MW and is expected to be fully operational by 2021. The Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm is constructed about 15 to…

Mortenson has began constructing an 86MW solar facility for Silicon Ranch in Jeff Davis County in Southeast Georgia. When the project is finished, Silicon Ranch will supply the renewable energy it produces to Green Power EMC, the renewable energy provider for 38 Georgia Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs) across the state, at cost-competitive rates. Mortenson is in charge of the facility’s design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover. Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent solar power producers, is funding the installation and will own and run the array for the long term. The design of the project includes civil, foundations,…

CIT Group unit Power and Energy served as lead arranger on a $217 million financing for the 200-megawatt Hillcrest solar photovoltaic project in Brown County, Ohio. The financing was arranged on behalf of Innergex Renewable Energy, a Canada-based independent renewable power producer that develops, acquires, owns and operates hydroelectric facilities, wind farms, and solar farms. Innergex’s portfolio includes 68 operating renewable energy facilities with an aggregate net installed capacity of 2,588 megawatts. In leading this financing, CIT extends its track record as one of the top renewable energy lenders nationwide, according to market research firm Inframation, an Acuris company. “Securing Hillcrest’s financing is an important step…