Other renewables

WSP, a leading engineering companies, has joined the International Hydropower Association.

ABB has selected Fervo Energy to deliver equipment and technology for next-generation geothermal project.

Minesto has been selected on a complementary basis for in-depth investment advisory support by the European Investment Bank for a tidal energy array located at a new targeted site within EU waters.

Rye Development and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a 40-year license for the Goldendale energy storage project.

The African Development Bank Group has approved a loan of US$16.5 million to support the development a geothermal power plant in Kenya, a flagship renewable energy project that will increase the country’s baseload generation and accelerate its clean energy transition.

World Bank Group has approved a financing package to support sustainable hydropower development in Bhutan.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Watson Farley & Williams has advised Magallanes Renovables on the development of its ATIR 2.0 project.

ANDRITZ and AXIA Energia have signed a contract for the supply of six 300-MVAr synchronous condensers and auxiliary systems to four substations within Brazil’s National Interconnected System.