Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Austrom Hydrogen has secured land in Callide, Queensland with enough capacity to establish a 3.600 MW solar powered hydrogen facility. With close proximity to the existing power grid and the Port of Gladstone, it is ideally positioned to become Queensland’s new renewable power center. The facility will have the potential to produce over 200.000 tonnes of hydrogen annually. It will also develop an ambitious new export industry for Australia and its economy with enough hydrogen to cover 60 percent of Japans hydrogen strategy by 2030. The Pacific Solar Hydrogen project has already started initial environmental impact studies and irradiance monitoring…

COWI in collaboration with Energinet assisted the Danish Energy Agency in fine screening potential sites for future offshore wind farms and energy islands in Denmark. The screening shows that additional offshore wind farms in Denmark, either as standalone wind farms or farms connected to energy islands in the North Sea and near the island of Bornholm, can be built within selected areas. The site of Denmark’s latest offshore wind farms is one step closer to realization. COWI conducted a fine screening of the optimum sites for Denmark’s new, planned offshore turbines, on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency and in…

Siemens has received an order from Semco Maritime to provide the main electrical equipment for the electrical service platform (ESP) of the offshore wind project Mayflower Wind. The plant is located approximately 25 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts in the United States, in a federal lease area and will have the capacity to produce up to 1.6 GW of renewable energy. Siemens will supply the components for Semco Maritime by 2022. Earlier this year, a joint venture between the Danish companies Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime was chosen by end customer Mayflower Wind – a joint venture of Shell &…

Thyssenkrupp has expanded its manufacturing capacities as response to a rising demand for industrial electrolysis plants that can produce green hydrogen cost-efficiently. The expansion allows Thyssenkrupp to produce electrolysis cells with a total power consumption of up to one gigawatt annually, together with its strategic supplier and joint venture partner De Nora. “Many countries around the world are currently planning to enter the hydrogen economy. Water electrolysis is increasingly emerging as a key technology for building a sustainable, flexible energy system and carbon-free industry. This opens up new markets for us.”Sami Pelkonen, CEO of Thyssenkrupp’s chemical & process technologies business unit. Green…

Scatec Solar has commissioned a combined solar and battery storage plant in Malakal, South Sudan. The facility will power the Malakal Humanitarian Hub, which is operated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The project would reduce the Hub’s diesel consumption by at least 80%. “We are thrilled to have completed this project for IOM and the Humanitarian Hub in Malakal. This is our second hybrid project for a United Nations (UN) organisation in South Sudan, and with a third project to be completed for UNMISS in the next few weeks, we are reinforcing our support of the United Nations…

Adani Green Energy has secured the first of its kind manufacturing linked solar agreement from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). As part of the award, AGEL will develop 8 GW of solar projects. Adani Solar will also set up 2 GW of additional solar cell and manufacturing capacity for the modules. This award, the world’s largest of its kind ever, will entail a single investment of $6 billion and will generate 400.000 direct and indirect jobs. It would also displace over its lifespan 900 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. It is also another significant move in India continuing to…

The French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition has reveled the winners of the 10th round of tenders for commercial and industrial rooftop photovoltaic systems with generating capacity ranging from 100 kW to 8 MW. The ministry picked 306 projects in the procurement exercise, with a total installed capacity of 152 MW. The projects will value the electricity produced for projects with generating capacity ranging from 100 kW to 500 kW at an average price of € 96.49 / MWh and €86.17 / MWh for those with capacity ranging from 500 kW to 8 MW. However, the final average prices of…

When we continue to plan beyond the current crisis, the idea of a ‘green recovery’ seems to be one of the buzz words at the moment. Throughout the spectrum, activists, companies, academics , and politicians are calling for urgency and action to resolve the climate emergency as we find our way out of lockdown. With a significant economic downturn forecast, governments around the world look to balance the public health emergency with the need to take action to save the economy. But pressure is also mounting for recovery to focus on sustainability. With less traffic and less emissions, it was apparent…

Taking into account the postponement of several final investment decisions (FIDs) on projects and lower investments in offshore oil and gas, combined with increased activity in the offshore wind sector, the energy research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy expects the two markets to reach parity as early as next year. The oil market collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is set to delay several oil and gas developments in Western Europe, putting capital spending on an ongoing downward trajectory through 2022 in the offshore sector. Rystad Energy expect capital investment (capex) on offshore wind would exceed upstream European O&G…

Jan De Nul began construction works for the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Nearshore and onshore building work started at the landfall site in Miaoli County and Taichung port. The nearshore pre-trenching works and Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) from the shore has started at the landfall site in Miaoli County. Four HDDs will be drilled in total at the site of the landfall. For pre-trenching near HDD exits, the configuration of in-house developed Starfish excavators was specifically adapted to suit Taiwanese offshore wind projects. Meanwhile, 50 kilometers south in Taichung, work on onshore preparations is well underway with…