Author: Arnes Biogradlija

EDF Renewables, Enbridge and wpd have launched the Fécamp offshore wind farm after the consortium and its financial partners signed funding agreements over the weekend. The 500MW offshore wind farm Fécamp will consist of 71 wind turbines situated between 13 and 22 kilometers from the northwest coast of France. The commissioning of the project is expected in 2023. The power generated by the wind farm would provide sufficient annual electricity to meet the power needs of 770.000 people, or more than 60 percent of the population of the Seine-Maritime department. The construction of the project will create over 1,400 local jobs in total. Around 100…

Duke energy has reduced residential power bills by about 3.6 percent. As a result, average residential consumers who use 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month and purchase electric supply from Duke Energy Ohio will pay around $114 a month beginning with their June bills. That’s down about $4.24 from May. “We work each day to deliver safe and reliable energy to our customers at the best possible price. Our customers’ bills continue to be among the lowest in Ohio and well below the national average.” Amy Spiller, president of Duke Energy’s utility operations in Ohio and Kentucky. The reason for this reduction is…

MHI Vestas has signed a conditional agreement for the delivery of turbines comprising 1.140 MW for an offshore project in the UK. If and when the project turns into a firm order, a company announcement will be made by Vestas Wind Systems. The project will be handled by MHI Vestas, and will not join Vestas Wind Systems order backlog. The project’s materialization will be subject to a Final Investment Decision.

Modus Seabed Intrusion has completed a high-speed bathymetric and burial depth survey of the inter-array cable routes on the Gwynt-y-Môr wind farm operated by innogy using the HAUV-2 (Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle). The Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind farm contains 160 Siemens 3.6 MW WTGs situated approximately 8 miles from the Liverpool Bay coast of North Wales in water depths ranging from 12 to 28 meters. The WTG’s are linked via 161 inter-array cables with a total length of about 147 kilometres. Modus mobilized its HAUV-2 system, equipped with optimal ranging Orion cable tracking system and dual head R2Sonic 2024 multibeam echosounder,…

Goldwind has secured a new contract to supply 20 units of GW 121-2.5MW high temperature model wind turbines for the ACTII project. The project is located in Pakistan’s Jhimpir Province of Sindh, where it is well-known as the “wind corridor” with around 1GW installed wind capacity. This is the second time Goldwind and the established local wind project developer ACT Wind have partnered. The company’s first project – 30MW ACT wind power project has also employed Goldwind’s technology and well operated for around 4 years. Goldwind has developed customized environmental adaptability solutions to suit the market and customers well for…

RP Construction Services (RPCS) has launched a new logistics center in Kosciusko, Mississippi. The new facility is now the third RPCS-owned and operated distribution yard to serve the U.S. utility scale solar industry, complementing RPCS’s Texas and California sites. Consisting of two warehouses, the facility rests on a 10-acre site. Warehouse I (the West House) is a 25.000-square-foot kitting facility that will houe all necessary materials for pre-assembly operations by RPCS. The West House will also have a mechanic shop for servicing field crew equipment, tools, and toolboxes. Warehouse II (the East House) is a warehouse of 35.000 square feet…

The Fritz Family Farms partnered with Standard Solar on a 2.7MW solar array on 12 acres of their 400-acre grain, hay and cattle farm. Standard Solar, together with a joint venture comprising Earth and Air Technologies, and Ogos Energy designed and installed the one-axis solar tracking system optimized for Maryland’s Virtual Aggregate Net Energy Metering (ANEM) program, supported by the 2019 Clean Energy Jobs Act of Maryland. “This project provides economic benefit to the landowner, operator and community while harnessing clean renewable energy. We have been using our own solar energy in our operation since 2014 and felt this was…

Enel Green Power has been awarded 68MW of new renewable capacity for two wind projects in the second renewable auction launched by the Italian state owned energy service company GSE (Gestore Servizi Energetici). A nominal capacity of 38.3MW deriving from the repowering of already-operational hydro plants is also included. The two wind farms are located in Campania and Basilicata. The upgrading and useful life extension concerns the three hydro plants already operating in the municipalities of Castiglione dei Pepoli (Bologna), Civitella in Val di Chiana (Arezzo) and Montecreto (Modena). “With this second award we confirm the commitment to invest in…

Geronimo Energy and Big Rivers Electric have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the Unbridled solar project in Henderson and Webster Counties, Kentucky. Unbridled solar is a clean solar energy project of 160MW, located in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) market. “Big Rivers is excited to add this renewable energy source to our portfolio for the sole benefit of our member-owners. This is another example of our commitment to provide safe, reliable and sustainable energy to our members.”Bob Berry, president and CEO of Big Rivers Electric Corporation. Unbridled Solar is currently the largest solar project in the state of Kentucky,…

LOC has won a contract to provide Marine Warranty Services to support Jieyang Shenquan 1 OWF development, located in the South Sea region of Shenquan Town, Jieyang City, Southern China. Under the terms of the agreement, LOC China will provide all essential marine operations with document review , marine assurance and on-site inspections. The scope of the work would also involve reviews of the planned support fleet as well as risk evaluation and management meetings ahead of essential marine operations. The Jieyang Shenquan 1 offshore wind farm owned by State Power Investment Group and Guangdong Electric Power will consist of…