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.
Renewables
Enel and CED sign Guatemala’s largest power purchase agreement
Enel has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement with Guatemala energy company Comercializadora de Energía para el Desarrollo
Strategic Development
Statkraft UK awarded 330MW in Ireland’s first renewable energy auction
Norwegian mega-utility Statkraft has been awarded a total of 330MW of the almost 1.3GW in clean energy capacity available in Ireland’s first renewable energy auction.
Renewables
Bosch seeks 2020 carbon neutrality with new RWE solar energy deal
Bosch has signed a 16-year power purchase agreement with utility firm RWE.
Wind
AFRY awarded contract for offshore wind farm project in Vietnam
AFRY has been awarded an owner’s engineering services assignment for the 48MW Tra Vinh Offshore Wind Farm.
Hydroelectric
GE and Walcha Energy to develop 500MW pumped hydro in Australia
GE Renewable Energy and Walcha Energy have signed an agreement to jointly develop the 500 MW Dungowan pumped hydro storage project in the New England Renewable Energy Zone.
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.
Coal Fired
COVID-19 pandemic may end coal in Europe 5 years earlier says...
Inflexible baseload coal will become part of Europe’s past more quickly than originally thought, with the pace of the transition being accelerated by more than five years, according to research by Wärtsilä Energy.
Strategic Development
BP announces ambitious net zero strategy after record second-quarter losses
bp's new strategy will reshape its business from being an oil company to an integrated energy company focused on delivering solutions for customers.
Hydroelectric
Ecuador updates hydropower studies to protect Amazon
Celec, the state power corporation of Ecuador, has launched bidding to update its hydroelectric potential of medium- and large-scale projects.
