Renewable energy news updates

Three new wind turbines have recently started operating as part of RWE’s expansion of its Wiedenfelder Höhe wind farm in Bergheim in the Rhenish lignite area.

R.Power has signed a project finance facility of approximately €64 million for the construction of its 150 MW/300 MWh Jedwabno battery energy storage system in Poland.

The Greencells Group has signed the EPC contract for the 71.3 MWp Carlton solar farm in the UK with Enray Power.

Fugro has secured a two-year environmental services contract with EirGrid to deliver long-term marine mammal monitoring along Ireland’s south coast.

Ammongas, part of European Energy, has signed an agreement to supply a complete biomethane upgrading system for a new biomethane facility located in Spain.

Ecowende has installed its first of 52 wind turbines, approximately 53 km off the coast of IJmuiden.

Glamox has secured a contract from SPIE to supply 1500 specialised connected LED lights for the first Dutch land-based substation in TenneT’s 2 GW programme.

COPEL has awarded ANDRITZ two turnkey contracts for the supply and commissioning of additional generating units at the Foz do Areia and Segredo hydropower plants on the Iguaçu River in Paraná, Brazil.

Siemens Energy has reached an agreement to acquire Camlin Group, a Northern Ireland-based specialist in grid monitoring, analytics, and asset digitalisation technologies.

FairWind has secured its first project with Statkraft to deliver operations and maintenance across two onshore wind farms in Spain.

Lightsource bp has announced planning approval for Plas Power solar and energy storage, a proposed 57 MWac project in North East Wales.

Maraen Port of Nigg has awarded the construction contract for its Eastern Inner Dock Quay to McLaughlin & Harvey to strengthen Scotland’s offshore wind supply chain.

GlobalData has forecast that Malaysia is poised to surpass its 2040 renewable energy capacity target of 18.43 GW by 2031.

Trina Storage has completed shipment and site delivery for the Gamma battery energy storage system project in Romania.

OX2 has taken investment decisions for two significant renewable energy projects in Poland.

A new study led by researchers at The University of Manchester has carried out the first full environmental life cycle cost analysis of using abandoned onshore oil and gas wells to generate geothermal electricity.

British International Investment has committed US$20 million to Anzana Electric Group to support the construction of run-of-river hydropower projects across Africa.

Matrix Renewables and SOLV Energy have started construction on the 457 MWdc Tormes Solar project in Navarro County, Texas.

DEME has secured a contract for the Oga-Katagami-Akita offshore wind project, located in Japan.

Sumitomo Corp. has agreed to invest in multiple large scale battery energy storage system projects being developed by Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc.

The Zambezi River Authority has become a member of the International Hydropower Association.

TotalEnergies' wholly-owned project company, Centre Manche Energies, has applied for the single authorisation of the 1.5 GW offshore wind farm, which will be sited off the coast of Normandy.

RWE has received official sign-off from the Australian Energy Market Operator and Transgrid to operate the Limondale BESS at full capacity.

ContourGlobal has started the operation of the battery energy storage system at the Victor Jara hybrid plant in Chile.