Statkraft has signed a cooperation agreement with Aker Offshore and Aker Horizons to explore the possibility of developing, operating and delivering energy from offshore wind projects in Norway. The said cooperation plans to explore the possibility of setting up a bottom-fixed offshore wind project at Sørlige Nordsjø II (“SN2”).
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Iberdrola, a Spanish power developer has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Danone, a French food company. As per the ten-year agreement, Iberdrola will supply of 73 GWh of power annually from the Francisco Pizarro plant. With this agreement, the entirety of the renewable electricity used in Danone’s plants and factories in Spain will come from this solar project.
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Dutch transmission systems operator, TenneT has announced that it will launch tenders for the development of grid connections with a transmission capacity of 2 GW. The project will ensure supporting infrastructure for the upcoming offshore wind projects in Europe. Under the first tender, transmission infrastructure for at least two projects will be developed in the Ijmuiden Ver wind area in the Netherlands which will be operational in 2028 and 2029. The following tenders will cover the BalWin 1 which will be operational in 2029 and also the BalWin 2 and BalWin 3 which will be operational by 2030.
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Dutch energy company Eneco and Danish European Energy have formed a new joint venture called Swan Wind. The two companies had joined forces so as to submit a proposal for the Thor offshore wind farm tender and Danish Energy Agency has recently qualified this joint venture for the said tender. Thor offshore wind farm is one of the two large offshore wind farms to be built in Denmark before 2030.
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Linde will build, own and operate the world’s largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer plant (24 MW) at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany. The electrolyzer will be built by ITM Linde Electrolysis GmbH, a joint venture between Linde and ITM Power.
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The consortium behind the OYSTER project comprising of ITM Power, Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and Element Energy has received EUR 5 million from The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH2-JU). FCH2-JU is a public private partnership of the European Commission.
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French energy giant Engie and ndependent power producer Neoen have announced plans to develop Europe’s largest solar-plus-storage plant . The project, “Horizeo” will have a installed capacity of 1 GW and include a green hydrogen production unit, an agrivoltaic plant, and a data center. It is estimated to cost Euro 1 billion and will be managed by French energy regulator CRE.
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Several major Danish firms, including Orsted and Moller-Maersk, have formed a partnership aiming...
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