Renewable energy news updates

Ormat Technologies Inc. has announced a US$25 million equity investment in an over US$97 million Series B funding round for Sage Geosystems Inc.

Enviromena has secured planning permission for a new solar farm in Kent, the UK.

Zenobe has powered up the 300 MW/600 MWh Kilmarnock South battery storage project.

DNV has supported Ørsted as technical advisor to support the divestment of a stake in the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.

R.Power and Axpo have signed an optimisation agreement for a 150 MW/300 MWh battery energy storage system.

The Santo Antônio hydropower project in Brazil has achieved Gold certification under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard after addressing gaps identified by an earlier assessment.

Aquila Clean Energy and Energy Gates have announced the closing of a transaction involving a ready-to-build 50 MW/100 MWh battery energy storage system project located in Lithuania.

Doosan Enerbility has selected ANDRITZ to supply the pump turbine units for the new Yeongdong pumped storage plant in Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

OX2 has completed the 455.4 MW Lestijärvi wind farm for a consortium formed by Kymppivoima, Oulun Energia, and Kuopion Energia.

Greenvolt Group has secured a €58.9 million project finance with UniCredit Bank for Hungary’s largest battery storage project.

Ardian has acquired Furukraft, a 62 MW wind farm in Sweden, from ERG.

ScottishPower Renewables has chosen BOSLAN to supervise the manufacturing and quality control of key components for its East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

Innagreen Investments has completed the acquisition of the consented Dunbeg South wind farm in Northern Ireland, marking its first investment in the UK renewable energy market.

DNV has played a pivotal role as market consultant in securing a US$325 million financing package for T Power, the renewable energy platform managed by Toesca.

VERBUND Green Power and Nordex Group have signed a multi-year framework agreement for the supply of wind turbines totalling 700 MW.

NKT has been awarded SSEN Transmission’s biggest ever contract for the Western Isles and Spittal to Peterhead subsea cable projects.

Masdar and ENGIE have achieved financial close for the 1.5 GW Khazna solar project in Abu Dhabi.

Eco Wave Power Global AB has announced key progress in the development of its 1 MW wave energy project in Porto, Portugal.

R.Power has secured project finance financing for a photovoltaic power plant, its first-ever on the German market.

Avangrid has commissioned the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission network, a strategic infrastructure connecting the US and Canada.

JERA Nex bp has acquired EnBW’s stake in the Mona offshore wind farm and signs a lease agreement with The Crown Estate.

Bison Energy has completed the sale of its Australia and New Zealand renewables portfolio to I Squared Capital.

Statera Energy has secured planning approval for the 500 MW Sundon battery storage project to power 540 000 homes.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. has been awarded the Telaga Ranu Geothermal Working Area by the Government of Indonesia under the authority of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.