Other renewables

Orbital Marine Power has been awarded an option agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth.

The Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has announced £750 000 for the Tidal Lagoon Challenge.

Lhfye has acquired a 49% stake in Flexens, a developer of renewable and green hydrogen and Power-to-X projects.

Enel Green Power has kicked off construction of a photovoltaic power plant with a capacity of approximately 170 MW, which will be its largest solar plant in Italy as well as the country’s biggest agrivoltaic plant.

Pamir Energy’s Sebzor hydropower project in Tajikistan has been announced as the world’s first project to be certified against the Hydropower Sustainability Standard.

Greenergy and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies have agreed terms for a joint pre-feasibility study on the development of a commercial scale hydrogen supply chain.

Africa’s total announced electrolyser pipeline capacity has reached 114 GW, with 61% of this tied to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Rystad Energy analysis.

SSE is providing a £100 million investment boost into what can be Britain’s biggest pumped hydro storage scheme in 40 years.

The MoU aims to scope areas in which DNV can support PETROJET with its technical expertise in design verification and project assurance, as PETROJET seeks a leading role as a green hydrogen EPC contractor.

The Industrialization and Energy Services Company and Reykjavik Geothermal have recently signed a joint venture agreement to establish TAQA Geothermal Energy LLC.

Baker Hughes and Egg Geo are working together to develop and deliver global geothermal district heating and waste heat recovery projects.

Lhyfe and Centrica have agreed to jointly develop offshore renewable green hydrogen in the UK in a first for the country.

WaterstofNet and Cluster Tweed have launched the Belgian Hydrogen Council to consolidate and strengthen Belgium’s position in Europe and on the global stage as a pioneering hub of excellence for clean hydrogen.

The transaction makes Infinity Power the largest renewable energy company on the African continent.

ESB and dCarbonX have signed a MoU that will allow the companies to evaluate and progress onshore large scale subsurface hydrogen energy storage opportunities in the UK.