Renewable energy news updates

Rolls-Royce has begun construction on an EPC contract from Voltaria Helios Energy Storage to supply a large scale battery energy storage facility in Falkirk, Scotland.

Ocean Winds has launched a four-month geophysical survey off the Gippsland coast in Australia to gather critical seabed and subsurface data for the proposed High Sea Wind project.

DNV has completed a climate impact assessment for Boralex in France.

Construction has started at R.Power’s 150 MW/300 MWh Jedwabno battery energy storage system.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the National Wealth Fund on a £600 million financing for ScottishPower’s subsea power link.

The Floating Offshore Wind Power Technology Research Association of Japan and Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration on technology development for floating offshore wind.

Hydro-Québec is issuing a request for information to assess options for the supply and transmission of electricity generated by offshore wind farms located off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Watson Farley & Williams has advised Elicio and BayWa r.e. on their capital open-ing to Q Energy for a stake in the 250 MW capacity Pennavel floating offshore wind farm in southern Brittany, France.

Matrix Renewables has partnered with EDF to optimise its flagship 500 MW battery energy storage system project in Scotland.

SSE has completed its Littleton solar farm and has entered full operation.

RWE has received approval for a further offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

The UK government and Associated British Ports have agreed terms for supporting the development of major floating offshore wind infrastructure at Port Talbot.

Vietnam Electricity and French partners have presented loan agreements for the Bac Ai pumped-storage hydropower project in Vietnam.

Smulders HSM is building the 3450 t offshore wind farm substation jacket foundation for East Anglia TWO on banks of the River Tyne.

Enersea has completed the detailed design of two offshore substation jackets for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.

Qair has fully commissioned its ‘Beehive’ solar portfolio and has secured €80 million financing for 203 MW of renewable energy projects.

ANDRITZ has been selected to supply 10 new turbines for the modernisation of the Vlasinske hydropower plants.

Vestas has announced plans to establish a nacelle and hub factory in Scotland, the UK, to meet growing demand for offshore wind in the UK and Europe.

I-Pulse and Sunrise Energy Metals have announced a partnership to deploy and validate I-Pulse’s G-Pulse pulsed power drilling technology in the Millungera Basin, a large scale geothermal clean energy resource located in northwest Queensland, Australia.

EOS Investment Management Group and Capital Dynamics have announced the completion of the sale of a portfolio of utility scale solar power plants in Italy.

Akuo to build battery energy storage system with a capacity of 80 MW of power and 220 MWh of energy storage at the Santas solar plant.

The Nordex Group has received a 28 MW order from Windpark Nuscheler GmbH.

RWE has officially opened a new operations and maintenance base for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, Thor.

Project InnerSpace and XPRIZE have announced a collaboration to design a major incentive prize targeting breakthroughs in integrated geothermal surface plant systems, including turbomachinery and other surface system components.