SSE Renewables, a subsidiary of Scottish energy company SSE, has started construction of 31 MW solar project at the 77-acre site at Littleton Pastures in Worcestershire, in the UK. The project is situated at a site near Evesham. The company has appointed a Spain-based construction company, Grupotec, as the civil contractor for the project.
Read More
RWE, a German energy company, has officially launched Clocaenog Forest, its largest onshore wind farm in the UK. The 96 MW onshore wind farm in North Wales has 27 wind turbines and can generate enough clean energy to power 63,800 UK homes. The project’s main contractor was Jones Brothers Civil Engineering UK.
Read More
Iberdrola, a Spanish energy company, has set up a substation in Brittany, France, for its 500 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. Reportedly, the substation will start operating the following year and will be the first significant application of this technology in France. At the Saint-Brieuc power plant, 62 offshore wind turbines have been installed.
Read More
In Denmark, Eurowind Energy intends to build five big land based energy facilities. The overall capacity of all the centres will be around 2.5 GW. According to the business, all five projects will include wind turbines, solar PV, batteries, and PtX hydrogen synthesis. In addition, the business intends to focus on integrating biogas and hydrogen refining into the centres.
Read More
The Yeonggwang Project, a 1.2 GW floating wind project off the south-west coast of South Korea, has been the subject of a sale and purchase agreement signed by offshore wind developer Hexicon Korea. According to the agreement, Hexicon Korea will sell its 40 per cent stake in the project to an undisclosed buyer, who will then become the project’s 100 per cent owner and take over its financial management moving forward.
Read More
Siemens Financial Services has sold its remaining 20 per cent ownership in the 402 MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in Germany to engineering consulting firm KGAL, Commerz Real, and Ingka Group. No financial details have been disclosed. According to KGAL, the investment is a part of the KGAL ESPF IV fund for renewable energy.
Read More
RWE, a German energy company and Hellenic Petroleum Holdings, a Greece-based oil firm have agreed to jointly explore offshore wind opportunities in Greece. Through their respective subsidiaries, RWE Renewables and HELPE Renewables, the companies collaborated to develop, construct, and operate wind farms off the coast of Greece. The partnership comes as Greece plans to have 2 GW of operational offshore wind capacity by 2030.
Read More
Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision have signed an agreement to expand their Norwegian renewable energy joint venture (JV), Vårgrønn. Vårgrønn will be transformed into a tangible, full-cycle offshore wind player by the partners. The JV intends to have a total installed and sanctioned offshore wind capacity of 5GW by 2030, with a primary focus on markets in Northern Europe.
Read More
Hitachi Energy and Petrofac have joined forces to provide grid integration and associated infrastructure services for the offshore wind sector. The two companies will provide services to the market, with an emphasis on high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) solutions.
Read More
RWE, a German energy company, has signed an agreement with Siemens Gamesa to deliver offshore wind turbines for its FEW Baltic II offshore wind project in Poland. Siemens Gamesa will deliver 25 SG 14-236 DD wind turbines for the 350 MW project. A service agreement is also included with the order. Construction on the site is expected to start as early as 2024, depending on the final investment decision.
Read More
TenneT, the Dutch transmission system operator, intends to develop a $31.5 billion tender plan and contract partners for the construction of land and sea connections for 40 GW of offshore wind capacity in the German and Dutch North Sea. TenneT will be responsible for at least two-thirds of this target, connecting 20 GW of capacity in each of the German and Dutch North Seas.
Read More
Mitsubishi Power, a Japanese power company, will collaborate with renewable energy developer ION Renewables to construct four battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Ireland. Ion Renewables has signed an exclusive agreement with Mitsubishi Power Americas for the four projects, which will use Mitsubishi’s Emerald storage solutions and have a combined capacity of 185.5MW or 371MWh.
Read More
Siemens Gamesa, a Spanish energy company, has been awarded a contract to supply 60 wind turbine units for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind power project in Scotland. According to the agreement, the company will deliver its SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines, each having a capacity of 14.7MW. Each SG 14-222 DD turbine will have a 222 metre rotor diameter and use Siemens Gamesa’s 108 metre-long IntegralBlades.
Read More
In order to collaboratively develop offshore wind projects in Greece, Parkwind, a green energy company, located in Belgium, has teamed up with Intrakat, a Greek construction company. The collaboration is a component of Parkwind’s bigger international growth strategy. The agreement will combine Intrakat’s local infrastructure expertise and Parkwind’s expertise in offshore wind development.
Read More
EDF Renewables UK, the UK branch of the French energy firm, has announced that two of its solar projects have started the site preparation and construction phases. These projects, Porth Wen facility in Anglesey and the Burwell project in southeast Cambridgeshire, have a combined capacity of about 100 MW. These projects are expected to be online by the fourth quarter of 2022.
Read More
Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, has agreed to purchase an 85 per cent stake in two offshore wind farms in Gothenburg, Sweden, from Zephyr, a wind power company. The Vidar and Poseidon wind facilities will be constructed between 25 and 27 km north of Gothenburg, on the Swedish west coast.
Read More
Equinor has begun a study with partners in the Troll and Oseberg fields to determine the feasibility of a 1 GW floating offshore wind farm in Norway. TotalEnergies, Shell, and ConocoPhillips, Equinor’s partners, plan to create the Trollvind floating offshore plant in the Troll area, which is located about 65 km west of Bergen.
Read More
Voltalia, an international renewable energy company, has announced the completion of a new solar power facility near Alleins, France. The 8.16 megawatt Carrière des Plaines solar power plant is located in the municipality of Alleins in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, on the site of a former quarry.
Read More
Renewable Power Capital (RPC), a UK-based energy investment firm, has signed a grid connection agreement with E.ON Energy Distribution for four wind farms in Sweden’s Sollefte and Kramfors municipalities. The agreement would deliver up to 561 MW of clean energy to regional and national systems from four wind facilities.
Read More
Nordex Group, a German wind turbine manufacturer, has secured a 105 MW turbine supply order for the Krivaca wind farm in Serbia. The Krivaca wind project is located in the municipalities of Golubac, Kucevo, and Veliko Gradiste in eastern Serbia. It will have the capacity to generate 310 GWh of clean energy per year, which is approximately 1 per cent of the country’s total power consumption.
Read More