Author: Arnes Biogradlija

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…

Antaisolar has delivered aluminum mounting structure for agricultural photovoltaic plant in South Korea. This is the first aluminum mounting structure delivered in the country for the largest photovoltaic plant in Korean territory to date, Antaisolar said. In addition to the pile-ground solar farms, Antaisolar provided solar racking for 400KW solar agriculture project in Korea. It’s known that the combination of solar energy and agriculture helps to utilize the land efficiently in a smart way. The farm solar mounting system will not obstruct crop production while meeting the demand for power generation. With the development of solar energy in South Korea,…

Belgian companies ENGIE Fabricom and Iemants will provide the offshore platform for the wind farm in the Hollandse Kust (North). TenneT had put out a tender for this. The tender also includes the option for the Hollandse Kust (west alpha) and Hollandse Kust (west beta). In the Hollandse Kust (north) wind zone a wind farm with a total installed capacity of at least 693 MW to a maximum of 760 MW will be built. The contract is for the design, engineering , production, delivery, transport and installation of an (unmanned) offshore platform. It concerns both the jacket foundation and the…

The Nordex Group has received an order for the supply and construction of 26 AW132/3465 turbines in Brazil from COPEL–Companhia Paranaense de Energia. The order also includes machine servicing with a 20-year contract term. The 90 MW ‘Jandaíra Copel’ wind farm will be constructed in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, near the city of Jandaíra in eastern Brazil. The Nordex Group will manufacture the 26 turbines at their Simões Filho production facility. The turbines will be installed on concrete towers of 120 meters, which the Group will produce not far from the site at its local plant in…