Event News
Former Power Africa Coordinator Andrew Herscowitz wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Andrew Herscowitz, the former Coordinator of Power Africa, USAID’s programme to increase access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, has won the coveted African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.
Strategic Development
UKRI funding announced for offshore, geothermal clean energy innovation
The UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), supported by the UK government, has announced early-stage investment for seventeen new projects that will boost local growth via the UKRI’s Strength in Places Fund.
Strategic Development
Facebook to buy 170MW of windpower in landmark renewables deal
Apex Clean Energy has announced a 170MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Facebook from its Lincoln Land Wind project, making the social media giant it's largest corporate customer by megawatt.
Strategic Development
Siemens Gamesa’s in-house turbine test facility first to win IECRE approval
Wind energy major Siemens Gamesa’s blade test center in Aalborg, Denmark, home of the world’s largest test stand, is the first non-commercial in-house blade test facility in the world to gain approval from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
Strategic Development
Novel COVID-19 safety solutions for offshore wind workforce lauded
As the sector adjusts to social distancing and staff restrictions, the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health & Safety Organisation, in partnership with ORE Catapult, KTN and the Workboat Association, has recognised five organisations for innovative operational safety initiatives.
Strategic Development
Dutch innovation firm to pilot floating solar at North Sea wind...
Dutch innovation firm TNO will pilot a minimum 0.5 megawatt-peak (MWp) marine floating solar plant at the planned Hollandse Kust (North) offshore wind farm to be built by the CrossWind consortium, slated for completion in 2023.
Wind
GE Renewable Energy wins 209MW Australian turbine contract
GE Renewable Energy has announced contracts for the construction and operation of the 209MW Murra Warra II wind farm in the state of Victoria, Australia.
Emissions & Environment
University to develop battery capable of capturing carbon emissions
The UK’s University of Surrey is to begin work on a new lithium-ion battery technology that is able to capture CO2 emissions, following an award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
T&D Infrastructure
Hitachi ABB Power Grids to link Shetland islands to main UK...
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won a major order from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission to enable Europe’s first multi-terminal high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) interconnection, connect Shetland to the UK transmission system for the first time.
Event News
AUW & POWERGEN Africa: The (digital) show will go on!
The postponed live, in person edition of this leading conference and exhibition at the Cape Town International Convention Centre will take place from 11-13 May 2021.
