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Sale of Bergen to TMH halted
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 by In an unusual use of the National Security act to prevent a transaction between private parties, the Norwegian government has announced that it has halted the sale of Bergen Engines...

Planning begins for Bornholm underwater cable routes
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 by As part of the Danish climate agreement of June 2020, it was decided to build two energy islands, in the Baltic and North Seas respectively, linked to offshore wind farms that...

GE and Sembcorp seal Sofia transmission deal
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 by The consortium of GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine has been awarded the full contract to supply the HVDC transmission system converter substations for RWE’s 1.4...

Giant stator by Voith Hydro is on the road
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 by During the night of Tuesday/Wednesday 6-7 April, Voith Hydro successfully completed the transporter journey of the first stator for the expansion of the hydropower plant Töging am Inn...

80 MWh energy storage project for Georgia
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 by Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to supply the ‘engineered equipment delivery’ (EEQ) of a 40 MW/80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage system to the Hickory Park Solar project...

UK pipeline for RE and storage projects grows to 86 GW
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 by The most recent figures from analyst Cornwall Insight's Renewables Pipeline Tracker indicates that the pipeline of renewable energy and storage projects across mainland Britain...

GE wins its largest-ever onshore wind contract
Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by GE Renewable Energy has contracted to provide onshore wind turbines for the 1485MW North Central Wind Energy Facilities in Oklahoma, its largest single onshore order to date. Under...

MHI strengthens footprint in EMEA region
Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by Effective 1 April, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has changed the name of its London-based European subsidiary from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...

ACWA Power signs financing for $1 billion gas project in Uzbekistan
Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by ACWA Power, a major developer, investor and operator of power generation and desalinated water plants, has announced the successful financial closure for the development, construction...

Ørsted to develop huge renewable hydrogen plant
Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by 'SeaH2Land' is an ambitious vision, linking GW-scale electrolysis to the large industrial demand in the Dutch-Flemish North Sea Port cluster through an envisaged regional...

Phanes Group signs PPA for 200 MW solar plant in Uzbekistan
Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by Phanes Group, a solar energy developer headquartered in Dubai, has signed a power purchase agreement and investment agreement for a 200 MWac grid-connected solar PV plant in Nurata,...

Crete’s record-breaking subsea interconnection completed
Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by On 1 April Prysmian Group and independent power transmission operator IPTO successfully completed the submarine interconnection between the island of Crete and the Peloponnese...

SEEIT acquires district energy system in USA
Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc, reputedly the first UK-listed investment company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, is to acquire a 100%...

Prysmian finalises Sofia offshore cable contract
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Prysmian Group has finalised its contract agreement with RWE Renewables, worth over €200 million, for the development of the turnkey high voltage submarine and land export...

US government plans for 30GW offshore wind
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by On 29 March secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joined the secretaries of Energy, Commerce, and Transportation in a White House forum to meet with representatives from states,...

Turkey’s first grid-stabilising battery commissioned
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Aggreko has successfully commissioned Turkey’s first grid-stabilising battery. The 500 kW, one-hour lithium-ion system will help the regional distribution system operator enhance...

Exide goes live with solar-plus-battery installation
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by On 25 March Exide Technologies and Energias de Portugal went live at their state-of-the-art solar installation at a Portuguese production facility in Castanheira do Ribatejo. It is...

GE wins order for 1.2 GW of power components in Malaysia
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by GE has secured an order from the engineering, procurement, and construction consortium of Posco Engineering & Construction (POSCO), Mitsubishi Corp and PEC Powercon Sdn to provide...

Ørsted FID for its largest onshore project to date
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Ørsted has taken a final investment decision on its largest onshore project to date, the 518 MW hybrid wind and solar PV project, Helena Energy Centre, with an expected operational...