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Aibel/ABB selected for Dogger Bank link
24 December, 2019
UK’s first offshore wind project to employ HVDC transmission.

Go-ahead for major tidal project in Nova Scotia
18 December, 2019
Nova Innovation has landed its largest project to date – it has received a permit to develop a 1.5 MW tidal array in Petit Passage, in the Bay of Fundy.

Aggreko signs new hybrid plant contract
18 December, 2019
Aggreko has signed a 16 year contract with mining company Resolute to deliver a new hybrid power plant at the Syama gold mining complex.

GE celebrates 100 years of supplying synchronous condensers
18 December, 2019
GE is celebrating 100 year anniversary of the supply of its first synchronous condenser, and in November officially inaugurated a new unit at the Uchtelfangen substation.

Power sector dampens global coal demand
18 December, 2019
Coal-fired power generation is set to experience its largest ever decline in 2019, reducing demand for coal globally.

New York switches site from gas to battery power
18 December, 2019
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has signed a contract with Lincoln Park DG LLC to build a 20 MW energy storage project.

Lekela connects PETN to the grid
18 December, 2019
African renewable energy developer Lekela has connected its 159 MW Parc Eolien Taiba N’Diaye (PETN) wind farm to the grid.

Major banks join the anti-fossil ranks
18 December, 2019
Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse have joined the growing list of financial institutions to tighten policies on fossil fuel financing.

EBRD funds 105 MW wind farm for Kosovo
17 December, 2019
The EBRD has agreed funding of €58 million for the 105 MW Bajgora wind farm in northern Kosovo.

Buk Danjin–Godeok link to be completed by 2020
17 December, 2019
GE has been awarded the contract to complete the final phase of KEPCO’s 33 km Buk Dangjin-Godeok HVDC link, to be commissioned in 2020.

ITM and Ørsted co-operate on PEM electrolyser scale-up
17 December, 2019
A UK government funded feasibility study is underway on Gigastack, a project to demonstrate production of green hydrogen via gigawatt scale polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis, with the aim of dramatically reducing the cost of electrolytic hydrogen through: development of a new 5 MW stack module design; innovative semi-automated manufacturing; deployment of very large scale, 100 MW+, electrolysers consisting of multiple 5 MW units; and exploiting siting synergies with GW scale renewables.

Construction underway on Van Phong 1
17 December, 2019
Construction is now underway in Vietnam on the 2 x 660 MWe Van Phong 1 supercritical coal-fired power plant of Van Phong Power Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo.

Prysmian commissions DolWin HVDC link
17 December, 2019
Prysmian has successfully commissioned an 85 km HVDC link to connect the wind array DolWyn3.

Ansaldo Energia and Equinor collaborate on 100% H2 gas turbine combustor
17 December, 2019
Sequential combustion, as incorporated in the GT26/GT36 technology acquired by Ansaldo Energia from Alstom, facilitates the use of high hydrogen – even 100% H2 – fuel for gas turbines.

GE expands its SF6-free HV offering
17 December, 2019
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has announced plans to invest tens of millions of dollars to expand by 2025 its range of sulphur hexafluoride–free high- voltage substation equipment to include all key high-voltage levels. This is one of Grid Solution’s biggest portfolio investments in years. GE is a leading producer of SF6-free high-voltage solutions with its Green Gas for Grid, or g3, offering, which is said to feature the same high performance and compact dimensional footprint as traditional products, but with a more than 99% reduction in global warming potential.

HyNet’s plan: hydrogen to the people by 2024
17 December, 2019
HyNet, which describes itself as “the most advanced hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage project in the UK” says it “could see hydrogen blended into the gas grid and piped into homes and businesses by 2024.”

First non-metallic armoured sea cable
17 December, 2019
Prysmian has launched what is claimed to be a breakthrough innovation in the submarine cable industry, and has successfully laid the first cable, to connect three Greek islands.

Pakistan’s CPHGC plant goes commercial
17 December, 2019
GE reports that the 2 x 660 MWe CPHGC (China Power Hub Generation Company) power plant in Pakistan has achieved commercial operation, on schedule and on budget.

Fresh impetus for UK offshore
17 December, 2019
The Crown Estate has launched the UK’s first major offshore wind leasing round in a decade, opening up the opportunity for 7GW or more of new installations.

Optimisation of lignite beater wheel mills using modern gas flow measurements
17 December, 2019
A new digital time-of-flight-based cross-correlation technique, employing pairs of robust infrared sensors, enables hot recirculation gas flow into lignite beater wheel mills to be accurately measured, with significant potential benefits for mill control and optimisation. By Hans Georg Conrads PROMECON, Barleben, Germany