Renewable energy news updates

Iceland Drilling and Pertamina Drilling Services Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore and develop geothermal well construction.

David Bloxsom, Environmental Specialist, Xodus Group outlines the increasing importance of post-consent and need for it to be acknowledged as a critical phase rather than an after-thought.

Tanzania has commissioned a new 2115 MW hydropower plant, more than doubling the East African nation's electricity generation capacity and creating a surplus that officials say could support power exports and industrial growth, as reported by Reuters.

OX2 has started construction of its Muswellbrook solar farm and battery energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia.

Low Carbon has secured development consent for its Beacon Fen energy park in Lincolnshire, UK.

PGE and Ørsted have concluded the monopile installation phase of the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm.

Haventus and Dajin have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore opportunities to work together in the UK and European offshore wind market.

Scatec ASA has secured financing for its 77 MW Urleasca onshore wind project in Romania, enabling the project to start construction.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute have met to discuss best practices for hydropower environmental protection and opportunities and challenges in the context of the new power system.

GE Vernova has been chosen by Quinbrook for the third stage of the Supernode battery energy storage system project in Queensland, Australia.

Statkfraft has applied for a licence from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate to build new hydropower plants in Høyanger municipality.

WALDEVAR Energy and GEN-I Sonce have expanded their partnership with a 200 MWh battery energy storage project in Romania.

Druk Green Power Corp. Ltd and Hira Power & Steel Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore opportunities for the joint development of solar power projects in Bhutan.

Greencells Group has completed and handed over the 40 MWp Crays Hall Farm solar park in the UK to Aukera Energy.

EIG has announced that EIG Geothermal Catalyst Partners, L.P has completed its inaugural investment, partnering with Power Planet.

Harmony Energy has energised the Skeeby battery energy storage project in North Yorkshire, UK.

Jones Bros has secured a multi-million-pound contract to deliver key infrastructure for the first significant wind farm in mid Wales for almost a decade.

Capital Dynamics has acquired a 170 MW, 4-hour battery energy storage system project in the Republic of Ireland.

Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy has met with Renergy Group to review progress on an integrated solar and pumped-storage hydropower project in the El Tor area in Egypt.

Inox Clean Energy Ltd has announced the completion of its acquisition of BlackRock-owned GIP's Vena Energy India Holdings Pte Ltd for a total transaction value of approximately ?6000 crore.

Clean Air Task Force has launched the Geothermal Frontier Knowledge Sharing Platform, a free tool that maps institutional research capacity and country-level geothermal profiles in one place.

MEAG has completed the sale of its minority stake in the Horse Creek and Electra wind farms in Texas to Ardian.

Perigus Energy’s first Irish solar farm in Garreenleen, County Carlow, has been completed and is fully operational.

EDP and Redwood Coast Energy Authority have completed the Sandrini energy storage project, a 92 MW/368 MWh BESS in the US.