Other renewables

Minesto has completed build and functional testing of sea-bed connection system for the 1.2 MW power plant Dragon 12.

AW-Energy has joined the Halliburton Labs Clean Energy Accelerator programme.

An assessment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that the global warming potential of pumped storage hydropower systems is the lowest among the technologies studied.

Eco Wave Power Global AB has announced that its station at the Port of Jaffa in Tel Aviv has officially connected to Israel’s national electrical grid.

ADNOC and the National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) have concluded testing on two geothermal wells at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi.

ENGIE Brasil Energia has awarded ANDRITZ a contract for modernisation of the Brazilian Jaguara hydropower plant.

An in-depth survey of developers working in the tidal and wave energy sectors is to be carried out by ORE Catapult on behalf of Crown Estate Scotland.

Exergy International has signed a new contract with Energy Development Corporation for the supply of a 28 MWe binary system in Leyte, Eastern Visayas, the Philippines.

RES has announced it will acquire Ingeteam’s Renewable Service division.

BC Hydro has reached a major milestone on the Site C project with the completion of the earthfill dam.

ITM and W. L. Gore & Associates intend to collaborate to further deepen their understanding of proton exchange membrane water electrolysis performance over lifetime, durability mechanisms and reliability.

Nesma & Partners, a leading contracting company in the Middle East, has signed an agreement to acquire Kent, a global energy services provider.

The International Hydropower Association has announced Queensland Hydro as the latest member to join.

Cincinnati-based Synthica St. Bernard has developed a renewable energy solution that will take more than 500 t of food waste every day and turn it into enough energy to power thousands of homes while removing thousands of tonnes of CO2 and methane from the atmosphere.

Elogen has announced the signature of a contract with Valmax Technology Corporation to design and manufacture a proton exchange membrane electrolyser with a power of 2.5 MW.