Other renewables

Topsoe, ABB, and Fluor have joined forces to design standardised concept for building Topsoe’s next Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells factory.

Scottish firms Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine (UK) have formed a joint venture partnership to decommission OpenHydro’s tidal energy platform in the Orkney Islands.

Iberdrola has announced that it has received environmental approval to build the largest wind farm in Portugal using the same grid connection as the Tâmega pumped-storage hydro complex.

The Net Zero Technology Centre, Durham University, SHIFT Geothermal, and The Reece Foundation have announced the launch of the UK National Geothermal Centre.

Sevana Bioenergy has acquired Rialto bioenergy facility in California.

Zeevonk, a joint venture of Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, has been awarded a permit to build wind farm IJmuiden Ver Beta in the Netherlands.

INPEX CORP. will commence exploratory drilling for geothermal energy development in Hokkaido, Japan, where it has carried out surveys on the potential of geothermal resources.

The World Bank has approved US$1 billion in a second round of additional financing for the DASU hydropower stage I project.

The latest World Hydropower Outlook published by the International Hydropower Association shows that in 2023, hydropower capacity grew by 13.5 GW to 1412 GW, of which pumped storage hydropower grew by 6.5 GW to 182 GW.

Devlet Su Isleri has selected ANDRITZ to supply the electro-mechanical equipment for the new 160 MW Silvan hydropower plant in Türkiye.

Following a decrease in natural gas imports, the share of renewables in Italy is projected to increase to 69% in its power capacity mix, according to GlobalData.

Hitachi Energy has joined the US Department of Energy’s ‘H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond’ initiative with GTI Energy, Frontier Energy, The University of Texas Austin, and other industry stakeholders and partners.

Exploratory geothermal drilling and testing on the grounds of Stormont Estate has begun as part of the Department for the Economy’s £3 million GeoEnergy NI project.

The latest whitepaper in the Danfoss Impact Series, ‘Green Hydrogen: A Critical Balancing Act’, explores the opportunities and challenges for green hydrogen as governments and industry look for solutions to decrease carbon footprint and meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Yokogawa Electric Corp. has acquired BaxEnergy, a leading provider of renewable energy management solutions.