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New energy storage project will be one of world’s largest
23 December, 2020
Independent energy company InterGen, based in Edinburgh, has been granted consent for the UK’s largest battery energy storage project. The project is more than ten times the size of the UK’s current largest operational project and will be one of the world’s largest. It will provide fast-reacting power and system balancing to support the integration of renewable energy sources and is a significant piece of system architecture critical to the UK’s transition to Net Zero.

Contract for the 174 MW Asahan 3 hydro plant is awarded
23 December, 2020
Voith Hydro has been awarded by Mitsubishi Corporation the electro-mechanical equipment contract for the Asahan 3 hydropower project in Indonesia, which will be operated by the state-owned utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). The project is supported and financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Hitachi ABB launches first HV hybrid switchgear for offshore
23 December, 2020
Hitachi ABB Power Grids' latest high-voltage hybrid switchgear for offshore wind applications is the first-of-its-kind to enable the wind tower connecting grid to operate at a higher voltage level. Offshore wind turbines typically operate at 5 MW and 33 kV, but the growing demand for renewable energy and the corresponding increase in WTG rating has raised the maximum to 14 MW, a capability that is expected to reach 20 MW by 2030. Hitachi ABB has introduced a 72.5 kV high-voltage hybrid switchgear, ‘M00 – Wind’, using its plug and switch system (PASS).

Greencoat to acquire Cloghan and Taghart windfarms
22 December, 2020
Greencoat Renewables, the renewable infrastructure company, is to acquire the Cloghan and Taghart windfarms from Statkraft under a forward sale model for a combined consideration of €123 million. Construction of the wind farms is scheduled to begin shortly, with the acquisition due for completion once each wind farm is fully operational, expected in late 2022.

LevelTen Energy announces new RE-Store energy agreement
22 December, 2020
On 17 December LevelTen Energy announced its new RE-Store Energy Agreement, an innovative financial contract that enables corporations and Load-Serving Entities “easier access to the economic and risk-reducing benefits of energy storage projects.” The agreement, developed in collaboration with EnergyGPS, opens the door to billions of dollars of investment in large-scale energy storage projects by providing buyers a practical way to contract with storage developers, and by guaranteeing a revenue stream to developers to support project financing.

GenCell Energy to supply long-duration backup power to CFE Mexico
22 December, 2020
GenCell Energy, the Israel-based manufacturer of fuel cell energy solutions, has announced that following participation in an international tender for backup for substations executed by Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) the state-owned and largest utility in Mexico, GenCell has been selected to deploy its hydrogen-based DC backup solutions for CFE substations. The company has been contracted for delivery and two years of service and maintenance of 37 hydrogen-based fuel cells to substations across Mexico in a deal valued at approximately US$6 million.

Ansaldo wins €50 m turbine contract in Poland
22 December, 2020
Ansaldo Energia has been awarded a contract for the supply of an 80 MW AE64.3 gas turbine and the related maintenance contract to a value of approximately €50 m from Synthos, a Polish chemical company, a leading producer of rubbers and polymers.

UK government to end support for overseas fossil fuel projects
16 December, 2020
The UK government has announced that it will end direct support for fossil fuel projects overseas ‘with very limited exceptions’. The announcement came at the virtual Climate Ambition Summit, on 12 December, which the UK co-hosted with the UN and France.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids energises NordLink
16 December, 2020
On 9 December Hitachi ABB Power Grids announced energisation of the NordLink project, a 623 km long high voltage direct current interconnection that for the first time links German and Norwegian power markets and is the most powerful such interconnection in Europe. It marks a major milestone in Europe’s goal of linking national transmission grids to create an efficient and integrated energy market.

Accenture makes strategic investment in Reactive Technologies
16 December, 2020
Accenture has made a strategic investment and formed a strategic alliance with Reactive Technologies, a London-based provider of power and grid technology, to help utilities accelerate the transition to low-carbon energy.

Permits granted for Vesterhav Syd and Nord
16 December, 2020
On 14 December, the Danish Energy Agency approved Vattenfall's construction plans for, and environmental assessment of, the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord. The two arrays together will include 41 WTGs totalling 350 MW and increase Danish electricity production from wind turbines by around 10 %.

California needs up to 55 GW of long term storage
15 December, 2020
By 2045, California will require the deployment of up to a 55 GW of long duration energy storage to support its 100% clean electricity goals. This represents more than a 150X increase in the total of energy storage deployed in the state since 2010. Even by 2030, the state will require 2-11 GW of new operational LDES.

Vestas and MHI close partnership agreement
15 December, 2020
Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have closed an agreement officially announced in October to expand their partnership in sustainable energy. By closing the agreement, Vestas has acquired MHI’s shares in the MHI Vestas Offshore Wind joint venture, while MHI has acquired 2.5 % of Vestas and will be nominated to a seat on its board of directors. Bert Nordberg, chairman of the Board of Vestas, said “Welcoming offshore back is the beginning of a new chapter in Vestas’ history, offering strong growth opportunities towards 2030 and further acceleration of the deployment of renewable energy.“

Climate Ambition Summit – hugely encouraging signs for COP26
15 December, 2020
At the Climate Ambition Summit held simultaneously in New York, Paris and London on 12 December, global leaders took a major stride towards a resilient, net zero emissions future by presenting ambitious new commitments, urgent actions and concrete plans.

Roll-Royce to sell its nuclear I&C business
09 December, 2020
Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement to sell its civil nuclear instrumentation and control business to Framatome. The business includes all the Rolls-Royce activities and teams based in Grenoble (France), Prague (Czech Republic), Beijing and Shenzhen (China).

Siemens developing ‘wind to hydrogen’ project
09 December, 2020
Siemens is developing the Brande Hydrogen project, the first in the world to be capable of producing green hydrogen directly from wind in ‘island mode’ independent of the grid, that is, driving an electrolysis rig with no link to an electricity grid; it will also be able to operate connected to the grid. The pilot project in Denmark will be up and running by January 2021 with the aim of field-testing the technology.
The project is intended to serve as a test bed for making large-scale, cost-efficient hydrogen production a reality.

Vestas wins 534 MW order in Brazil
09 December, 2020
Casa dos Ventos, one of the pioneers and larger investors in the development of wind projects in Brazil, has placed a 534 MW order for the second stage of the of the Rio do Vento complex, located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The extension will add to the 504 MW first phase of the project that is currently under construction, and the combined complex of more than 1 GW will be the largest wind project in Latin America to date.

Ørsted takes FID on 430 MW solar PV project
09 December, 2020
Ørsted has taken a final investment decision on the Old 300 Solar Center, which is located in Fort Bend County, 40 miles from Houston, Texas, and is expected to come online in Q2 2022.

Gas-fired generation has increased in most US regions
08 December, 2020
Natural gas-fired generation has generally increased in most U.S. regions since 2015, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) ‘Power Plant Operations’ report. Annual electricity generation from natural gas power plants in the United States increased by 31% in the Northeast region, by 20% in the Central region, and by 17% in the South region between 2015 and 2019. In the West region of the continental United States, electric power generation from natural gas power plants remained relatively flat during the same period.

Denmark cancels new oil and gas permits
08 December, 2020
The Danish parliament has announced that it will cancel all future licencing rounds for new oil and gas exploration and production permits in the Danish part of the North Sea and end existing production by 2050. As a major oil producing country in the EU, Denmark’s announcement is a landmark decision towards the phase-out of fossil fuels.