Wind
Jan De Nul’s pioneering jack-up vessel to debut at Dogger Bank
Jan De Nul's jack-up vessel, Voltaire, will have a lifting capacity of over 3,000 tonnes and when fully extended will measure 325 meters tall – taller than the Eiffel Tower.
Gas & Oil Fired
Siemens and bp to expand largest gas-to-power project in Latin America
SPIC has signed a deal with EIG Global Energy Partners, bp and Siemens to acquire a 33% stake in the largest gas-to-power project in Latin America.
Strategic Development
Achieving net zero: Too cheap to meter or too expensive to...
Overall, if the paths to net zero are taken, significant upfront investment will have to be made over a sustained period and at the moment there is not the market signals to make this happen.
Solar
Egypt scraps West Nile solar tender as new PV assembly line...
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has cancelled its 200MW tender to establish a solar photovoltaic power plant in the West Nile area.
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).
Emissions & Environment
Citi announces $250 billion environmental finance strategy
American multinational bank Citi has announced its new five-year 2025 Sustainable Progress Strategy to help accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Renewables
Enel Green Power connects €4.6 million project to Spanish grid
Enel Green Power España has connected a new 3.46MW wind farm in the towns of Mallén and Fréscano, in the province of Zaragoza, to the electricity grid.
Renewables
European energy giants partner on Portugal green hydrogen project
EDP, Galp, Martifer, REN and Vestas to implement an industrial cluster for the production of green hydrogen based in Sines.
