Other renewables

Turboden secures a contract for an organic rankine cycle heat recovery plant in Taiwan.

Polaris Infrastructure Inc., has announced that its two run-of-river hydro projects have achieved their respective Commercial Operation Dates and have received official extensions of the Power Purchase Agreements.

ENGIE and partners have won a competitive process conducted by EDP for the acquisition of a hydroelectric portfolio in Portugal, for an enterprise value and consideration of €2.2 billion.

Seven industrial partners have been awarded funding for a demonstration project in Denmark using offshore wind power to produce renewable hydrogen for road transport.

Nexif Energy has acquired 94% of the equity of the Song Giang Hydropower JSC, a company that owns two run-of-the-river hydropower projects in cascade on the same river totalling 49 MW in the Khanh Hoa province of Vietnam.

Aggreko has signed a 16 year contract with Resolute to deliver a hybrid power plant at the Syama gold mining complex in Mali.

Mott MacDonald has pledged to become carbon neutral by the end of 2020.

Siemens is providing two synchronous condensers for the South Australia network operators to allow it to ensure the stability of its grid as the contribution from renewable generation sources reaches a record level.

INEOS Styrolution and Agilyx have announced that they have partnered to develop a polystyrene chemical recycling facility in Illinois.

A non-interference geothermal heating system has been activated at the Western China Science & Technology Innovation Harbor in Fengxi New City, Xixian New Area, Shaanxi Province, according to the Party Committee of Fengxi New City, China.

ABB has won a US$2.5 million contract to upgrade Copel’s Governador José Richa hydro power plant.

The US Department of Energy has awarded US$300 000 in funding to a project that would advance the development of a process called Integrated CO2 Capture and Conversion to Methanol.

Shell has announced the successful conversion of plastic waste to chemicals through pyrolysis.

Ofgem has announced its final decision on its ‘Targeted Charging Review’

Residents in 364 homes across seven tower blocks in Sunderland are embracing the green housing revolution with the removal of their gas boilers in place of renewable and low carbon ground source heat pumps.