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Meyer Burger signs Swiss solar distribution deal 

The world’s green power surge depends on polysilicon made in China’s remote Northwest. No one really knows what’s going on inside the facilities

Bloomberg

Secrecy and Abuse Claims Haunt China’s Solar Factories in Xinjiang

A 20-year PPA was signed between EDF Renewables and SNCF Energie

Energy Live News

French trains to get on solar tracks with EDF’s PV plant

Plans have been submitted for a major "green hydrogen" scheme near Glasgow. The project includes a combined solar and battery energy storage scheme to help power the electrolyser.

Plans unveiled for 'green hydrogen' project near Glasgow

Capital Dynamics to build 200MW Indiana solar 

US Solar Fund seeks to raise $104.5m 

A consortium of Masdar, EDF Renewables and Nesma Company has reached financial close and started construction on a 300MW solar farm in Saudi Arabia. The plant, located near Jeddah, secured the project from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy after submitting the most cost-competitive bid of $16.24 a megawatt-hour, EDF said.

EDF, Masdar team break ground on 300MW Saudi solar

A consortium backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Saudi Power Procurement Company for electricity from an up to 1500MW solar farm. Initial commissioning of the Sudair project, located in Sudair Industrial City, is expected in the second half of 2022.

Saudi consortium secures 1.5GW solar PPA

Denmark’s Energinet has awarded Fugro a marine site characterisation contract for the Energy Island project in the North Sea. The contract is part of Energinet’s preliminary studies to build the world’s first ”hub and spoke” energy scheme: an energy island 80 kilometres off the Danish coast that will act as a transmission centre for hundreds of surrounding wind turbines.

Offshore Wind

Fugro to Survey Danish Energy Island Site

Portuguese energy company Galp Energia announced on March 26 that it has awarded the construction contract for its first large-scale PV project in the home country to a consortium formed by Jayme da Costa and Visabeira. Jayme da Costa specializes in building power plants and has been heavily involved in the renewable energy industry. Visabeira is a conglomerate with interests across several industries. Like Galp Energia, both entities are based in Portugal. 

Energy Trend

Construction of Galp Energia’s 144MW Solar Project in Portugal Will Begin in April

TPC’s Largest 150MW Ground Solar Plant Fully Connected to the Grid, with an Annual Power Generation Estimated at 200 Million kWh

According to reporting from various media outlets, the Iraqi government just entered into an agreement in principle with French energy giant Total to develop four major projects

Iraqi Government and Total to Collaborate on Major Energy Projects, Including 1GW of PV Generation

The Nigerian federal government has commenced its plan to deliver electricity through solar energy to Nigerians whose communities are off the national power grid.

ESI Africa

Solar rollout for 25m Nigerians to begin

The seven planned solar plants, in addition to the Sakaka solar PV and Dumat Al-Jandal wind power projects, would produce more than 3,600 megawatts (MW)

Utilities Middle East

Saudi Arabia Launches 300MW Sakaka PV Solar Power Plant As It Unveils Plans For 7 More Solar Projects

State-owned utility introduces sustainability goals as part of the emirates’ drive to wean itself away from oil  

Financial Times

UAE’s Taqa seeks to shine with solar energy push 

Plan to marshall a greener future for armed forces comes amid confusion around timetable for Army’s net zero goal, which was previously announced for an earlier date

Business Green

'Project Prometheus': British Army plots solar energy drive as it confirms 2050 net zero goal

As the Texas legislature barrels ahead with remedies for deadly blackouts like February’s, we still can’t pinpoint their exact causes. New revelations by ERCOT suggest that early assessments were wrong. As more facts emerge, we provide market design remedies to improve weatherization incentives.

Forbes

Let’s Mess With Texas’ Power Market—And Make It Stronger

EDF to power French trains

US renewables growth 'not enough' to meet low carbon goal

AI Concentrated Solar Technology Favored by Mining Giant, with Advanced Power Plant Initiating in 2022

Suleiman Babamanu is implementing the country’s largest investment in solar energy

Nigeria Bets on Solar to Power Its Covid Recovery

Advantech, thingnario Look to Dominate Green Energy Business via Taipower-Certified Full-Service Solution

Imagine the process of distributing electricity to homes from the power grid is like travelers boarding a train.

Tech Xplore

Framework could support more reliable electric power distribution systems

Spanish developer Ecoener eyes stock listing

A new power purchase agreement is expected to reduce energy costs at Rosh Pinah by 18%.

Mining.com

Solar power to reduce emissions, costs at Trevali’s Rosh Pinah mine

As climate change threatens the U.S. grid, Lynn Jurich is expanding her reach by appealing to homeowners’ desire for security

Sunrun’s CEO Is Selling Peace of Mind With Her Rooftop Solar Panels

The firm, which manufactures wafers, cells and panels, is the world’s largest solar company by market capitalization, at about $52 billion as of Friday’s close

Economic Times

World’s biggest solar company joins the hydrogen game

Predatory deals from the financial crisis are back—just in time for the climate crisis.

The Subprime Solar Trap for Low-Income Homeowners

The Nigerian federal government plans to ramp up its deployment in harnessing renewable energy to power critical infrastructure including schools, hospitals and homes.

Nigeria powering schools through renewable energy resources

The fact is, the current grid infrastructure is unable to meet the current power demands and unable to withstand the inclement weather extremes we are now facing. Because it is a single model – one integrated grid, it is a single point of failure without the resiliency we need moving forward.

Renewable Energy Is The Solution To Texas’ Blackouts, Not The Cause

Dubai group inks 200MW Uzbek PV offtake

RWE Renewables awards Wartsila US storage deal

Nexamp Obtains a US$440 Million Credit Facility to Develop PV and Energy Storage Assets

Despite COVID-19 pandemic, more than 260GW of renewable energy capacity added globally in 2020, beating previous record by almost 50%.  More than 80 per cent of all new electricity capacity added in 2020 was renewable, with solar and wind accounting for 91 per cent of new installations. 

IRENA

In 2020, the world installed more new renewable energy than ever

Rapidly increasing solar photovoltaic (PV) installations has led to environmental and supply chains concerns. The United States relies on imports of raw materials for solar module manufacturing and imports of PV cells and modules to meet domestic demand. As PV demand increases, so will the need to mine valuable materials—a motivation for domestic reuse and recycling.

What it takes to realize a circular economy for solar photovoltaic system materials

Japanese crew teams up on 240MW US solar-storage plant

After decades of false starts, the federal approval of a new testing site off the coast of Oregon could give the technology a much-needed jolt.

Wired

The US Is Finally Trying to Unlock the Power of Wave Energy

The layer of dust and pollen that settles on the windshield of your car is easily removed with a turn of the lever that activates wipers and water. Removing that layer from a solar panel—especially one inconveniently located from any source of moisture—requires considerably more work.

Scientists studying solar try solving a dusty problem

Aquila grows Portuguese solar portfolio

NextEnergy completes UK solar double

Leeward closes 10GW First Solar pipeline acquisition

Crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells are among the most promising solar technologies on the market. These solar cells have numerous advantageous properties, including a nearly optimum bandgap, high efficiency and stability. Notably, they can also be fabricated using raw materials that are widely available and easy to attain.

A new strategy to enhance the performance of silicon heterojunction solar cells

As environmental and energy crises become increasingly more common occurrences around the world, a thermal energy harvester capable of converting abundant thermal energy—such as solar radiation, waste heat, combustion of biomass, or geothermal energy—into mechanical energy appears to be a promising energy strategy to mitigate many crises.

Thermal power nanogenerator created without solid moving parts

To create a sustainable road traffic system, hundreds of thousands of fuel cells will be needed for hydrogen-powered cars in the future. Until now, though, fuel cell production has been complex and too slow. The Fraunhofer team is therefore developing a continuous production line that will be able to process fuel cell components in cycles lasting just seconds. The pilot line is set to be presented at the Hannover Messe Digital Edition from April 12 to April 16, 2021.

High production rates for fuel cells

A team of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) researchers has designed a 'smart' device to harvest daylight and relay it to underground spaces, reducing the need to draw on traditional energy sources for lighting.

Scientists design 'smart' device to harvest daylight

European Energy enters US solar market 

One Technical Bid Has Been Submitted So Far for the Conolophus Project on the Galapagos

Materials called perovskites are widely heralded as a likely replacement for silicon as the material of choice for solar cells, but their greatest drawback is their tendency to degrade relatively rapidly. Over recent years, the usable lifetime of perovskite-based cells has gradually improved from minutes to months, but it still lags far behind the decades expected from silicon, the material currently used for virtually all commercial solar panels.

Homing in on longer-lasting perovskite solar cells

Due to stricter regulations of sustainability, we might see solar panels more often not only on sunny rooftops, but more and more on shaded roofs and facades as well,  which brings new challenges in their integration. In his thesis, Ádám Bognár developed a method to simulate solar irradiance based on LiDAR point clouds, leading to better simulation models for the integration of solar panels.

Integrating solar panels in shady places

Aquila portfolio swells to over 10GW

Renewables | Solar

US-based Ocergy announced it has secured investments from Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW) and Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) to fund offshore floating wind solutions.

New offshore floating wind solutions attract Series A equity funding

Europe injected an estimated €43 billion into new wind farms in 2020, a new report estimates

UK tops European wind energy investment ranking in 2020 with €13bn

German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) in charge of the Baltic Sea infrastructure, 50Hertz, […]

50Hertz Looking For UXO Team for Ostwind 3

Denmark’s Energinet has selected MMT to carry out the initial surveys of the seabed […]

MMT to Carry Out Seabed Surveys at Danish Energy Island Site

Taiwan’s Metal Industries Research and Development Centre (MIRDC) is set to train locals to […]

Saab Cougar Pounces in Taiwan

U.S. oil major Chevron, together with Norwegian company Moreld Ocean Wind, is set to […]

US Oil Major Chevron Enters Offshore Wind Market

Vattenfall has once again selected Denmark’s Port of Hvide Sande as an Operations & […]

Vattenfall Picks O&M Base for Danish Offshore Wind Farms

Vestas secures Faroe Islands order 

Japanese marine contractor Penta-Ocean Construction and DEME Offshore have signed a Memorandum of Agreement […]

DEME and Penta-Ocean Form Offshore Wind Tie-Up in Japan

Ocean Infinity joins geotechnical JV 

Nordex scoops 97MW Finnish prize

DEME forms Japanese JV with Penta-Ocean 

Investment in European wind sector saw a 70 per cent increase to €43 billion in 2020, driven by growing investment appetite on the back of net-zero goals. This resulted in an increase of 13GW of onshore and 7GW of offshore wind.

European Wind Powers Up To €43 Billion In 2020 On Growing Decarbonization Focus

Orsted completes sale of 25% Ocean Wind stake 

New Jersey’s Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) has completed the acquisition of a 25% […]

PSEG Completes Ocean Wind Stake Buy

Dublin pedal to the metal for offshore

GDG wins offshore ground modelling treble 

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has contracted Ulstein for the integration engineering for […]

Ulstein Wins New Work on US Rock Installation Vessel

Bakker Magnetics is about to start the production of magnetic assemblies for the GE […]

Dutch Magnetic Assemblies for Dogger Bank Haliade-X Turbines

EDPR starts up Italy wind farm 

The CrossWind consortium has selected ERSG to provide technical personnel for the Hollandse Kust […]

CrossWind Picks Technical Personnel Supplier for Hollandse Kust Noord

Offshore pre-survey operation for Enterprize Energy’s Thang Long offshore wind farm in Vietnam has […]

Offshore Pre-Survey Completed at Thang Long OWF

Kongstein and Inter Marine have entered into a cooperation agreement to provide combined services […]

Kongstein, Inter Marine Team Up for Polish Offshore Wind

Kongstein forges Polish offshore wind tie-up

Vineyard Wind has selected the US-based Southwire to design, manufacture, and install the onshore […]

Vineyard Wind Opts For Made in USA Onshore Cables

Hai Long Offshore Wind has received approval for its Industrial Relevance Plan from the […]

Hai Long Gets OK for Localization Plan

US floater platform outfit secures funding

Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has bought the subsea […]

Dong Fang Offshore Buys Pacific Constructor

Consenting on hold at Vattenfall’s 1.8GW Boreas

UK marine survey specialist Gardline Ltd has won a contract to carry out the […]

Gardline to Survey German Offshore Wind Farm

Iberdrola plants first turbine at 317MW Oz giant

The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Kwasi Kwarteng […]

More Setbacks for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Wind Farm

Nordex wins 42MW Polish order 

NKT upgrades underground cables in France

European wind investments hit €43bn in 2020

Ulstein bags US vessel engineering contract

Taipei backs Hai Long supply chain plan

German surveyors partner to offer joint offshore services

US Wind has kicked off oceanographic survey activities within the lease area offshore Maryland […]

US Wind Begins Surveys Offshore Maryland

Teras Offshore, which was awarded a wind turbine installation contract for the Taipower Offshore […]

Teras Offshore Broadens Its Work Scope for Taipower Phase II OWF

Bilfinger Salamis UK has formed a strategic partnership with blade repair and maintenance specialists GEV Wind Power. The new partnership aims to offer wind farm operators a complete service for the repair and maintenance of turbines, drawing on the specialist blade expertise of GEV alongside Bilfinger’s range of fabric repair, cleaning and inspection services.

UK duo form turbine maintenance team

Heerema wins Sofia platform installation job

Shipbuilder unveils new CTV design

US Wind has started oceanographic surveys within its offshore wind lease area off the state of Maryland. The developer said that a team of scientists and other experts will collect data starting this month until July to help inform the project design, including foundation type, turbine location and cable burial routes.

US Wind kicks off Maryland offshore surveys

Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a contract with Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine to transport and […]

Sleipnir to Install Sofia HVDC Offshore Platform

The first wind turbine at Windpark Fryslân has begun producing electricity, according to a […]

First Power Flows from Windpark Fryslân

ScottishPower files to build Whitelee clean energy hub

Fugro, MMT to carry out Danish energy island probes

Renewables | Wind

European Energy nets 'largest' Baltics PPA

547 Energy partners up to create multi GW platform

Icelandic developer/ operator Varmaorka has commissioned four additional modules expanding the capacity of the Kopavatn geothermal plant in Fludir, Iceland to 1.2 MW.


Think GeoEnergy

Kopsvatn geothermal plant in Iceland commissions expansion

IRENA and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), have undertaken an MoU that will see the two organisations work closely to support grid enhancements, system flexibility and sector-coupling in China and IRENA’s Clean Energy Corridor regions.

China: Creating clean energy corridors by improving grid support

In the first section of this article, the president of Shell Oil Company offers the company’s view on transitioning to a net-zero economy in America. But in making climate-focused business decisions, Shell relies in part on the input of climate-focused nonprofit organizations who recognize the value of partnering with the private sector. So it invited the president of Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), a nonprofit collaborating with businesses and policymakers at the local, global and international levels advancing climate solutions and energy technology to share this space in the second section to offer his own candid view on America’s net-zero 2050 target

GreenBiz

Getting to net-zero by 2050: Two independent perspectives on achieving one critically important goal

While the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the world, energy researchers in Europe have been assessing a drop in carbon emissions and an acceleration of the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable electricity.

Covid Vs Coal: Has The Pandemic Accelerated Europe’s Green Energy Transition?

Danish transmission system operator Energinet has hired Ramboll to map and recommend possible submerged […]

Ramboll to Map Out Bornholm Energy Island Export Cable Routes

As the world’s largest financial institutions jockey for leadership positions in financing the transition to a clean economy, JPMorgan Chase is creating a team dedicated to building deeper relationships with companies that sell "environmentally-friendly" products and services or that focus on environmental conservation.



JPMorgan Chase wants to be the commercial bank for ‘green economy’ companies

IRENA and SGCC have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the two organisations work closely to support grid enhancements, system flexibility and sector-coupling in China and IRENA’s Clean Energy Corridor regions.

IRENA and China State Grid Agree to Advance Transition Through Power System Enhancements

ORPC partners on new marine energy turbine initiative

Based on data in EIA's Monthly Energy Review, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions decreased by 11% in the United States in 2020 primarily because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions. U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions fell in every end-use sector for the first time since 2012.

Energy Information Administration

U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions declined by 11% in 2020

Carbon emissions in the first two months of 2021 were higher than in the first two pandemic-free months of 2020.

The Pandemic Isn’t Over, But Its Emissions Reduction Is

Nuclear energy is at heart the climate debate -- the only carbon-free fuel that can run around the clock. But can opponents transcend the accident at Fukushima?

Will Nuclear Energy’s No-Carbon Quality Outweigh The Fukushima Accident?

The plan that President Joe Biden unveiled in Pittsburgh on March 31st proposes over $2trn of spending on jobs and infrastructure. However, at the heart of the American Jobs Plan is action to combat climate change. It bristles with support for electric vehicles and renewable energy, as well as proposals for research and sorely needed large government-funded demonstration projects for potentially crucial technologies. Fans of transmission lines are well served; so are railway enthusiasts.

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