Other renewables

Star Energy has acquired 51% of the issued share capital of A14 Energy Ltd, a Croatian geothermal development company.

Sikkim Power Development Corporation Ltd is the latest member to join the International Hydropower Association, and the sole representative from India, with many others to follow.

Aker Solutions Subsea and Mocean Energy will explore low-carbon solutions that increase the lifetime of brownfield energy infrastructure by using locally generated ocean power to tie-back stranded reservoirs.

GE Vernova has been selected by Yangtze Power to upgrade the Xiangjiaba Hydropower Plant in China.

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.