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.
Renewables
DNV GL advises Tokyo Gas on $22m WindFloat acquisition deal
DNV GL has been selected by Tokyo Gas to provide technical and market advice on $22 million investment in Principle Power's floating wind technology.
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.
Renewables
German green hydrogen project gets go ahead
They plan behind the project is to produce green hydrogen, transport it in the gas network, use it in industrial processes and interlink different material cycles within the existing infrastructure.
Renewables
China’s wind capacity expanding despite subsidy termination
Research firm Wood Mackenzie predicts China will install 251GW of new wind energy capacity between 2020 and 2029 despite subsidy termination.
Renewables
Acquisition to strengthen RWE’s renewables position in Europe
RWE has announced its plan to acquire a European onshore wind and solar development platform from Nordex SE.
Renewables
Siemens Gamesa awarded Vietnam’s largest-ever nearshore project
Siemens Gamesa has strengthened its presence in Vietnam after securing its fifth nearshore wind project as the country advances on its renewables goals.
Renewables
Air Liquide’s first renewables deal in Europe to power Spanish operations
Air Liquide will be able to use renewable energy sources to supply some of its industrial and medical gas production assets in Spain.
Emissions & Environment
UK’s National Grid 2050 scenarios – net zero ‘requires immediate action’
The UK’s power network operator National Grid ESO has published its latest annual energy system forecast to 2050, the country’s target year for complete decarbonisation. Three of the four projected scenarios see the country meet the target, but with several urgent actions required.
Europe
Continental Europe’s first floating wind farm now fully operational
Windplus consortium has confirmed that the WindFloat Atlantic wind farm is now fully operational and supplying clean energy to Portugal's electrical grid.
