Ørsted has announced its new offshore wind farm, Borssele 1 & 2, has delivered power to the Dutch grid, as the first wind turbine is now supplying electricity. The project, the installation of which started in January, is located 22 kilometres off the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland at water depths ranging from […]
Giant 2GW project from Abu Dhabi Power Corporation set to claim title as world’s largest solar farm Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (ADPower) has confirmed plans for a record-breaking new solar farm, confirming that its latest project is set to be both the world’s largest solar development and will deliver power at a record low cost. […]
Wind power has overtaken natural gas as Ireland’s top source for electricity generation for a full quarter for the first time. Electricity from wind turbines provided 43.8pc of the State’s total needs from January to March, compared to 37pc in the same quarter a year ago, according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. It […]
French energy company Total has been awarded several solar power generation projects with a total capacity of around 135MW in France’s latest round of tenders. The company said the projects will be operated through its Total Quadran subsidiary, which is dedicated to developing and producing renewable energy in France. Total’s largest ground-mounted solar plant in […]
Bavarian ship management company Minship and its subsidiary Minmarine have announced that a bulk carrier in their fleet of managed vessels, Trudy, has successfully bunkered biofuel at the Port of Rotterdam. The biofuel bunkered by the 2009-built, 30,790dwt bulk carrier was GoodFuels’ sustainable Bio-fuel Oil MR1-100: which is a second generation sustainable biofuel produced from […]
Taiwanese solar developer Chenya Energy Co Ltd has obtained TWD 7.2 billion (USD 239.3m/EUR 222m) in financing for a 180-MW floating solar project in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park. The funds come from a consortium of seven international and local lenders, including Singapore’s DBS Bank, Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and France’s Societe Generale. The […]
Iberian energy company Repsol has begun constructing its first solar farm, a 126MW project in Ciudad Real, Spain. The €100m installation, located in the municipality of Manzanares, consists of three plants with installed capacities of 45MW, 45MW and 36MW. The plant will start commercial operation in early 2021. Repsol said construction works at its €200m […]
Plans for large wind farms in Shetland have received a boost after energy regulator Ofgem announced that it has approved the proposed subsea transmission link between the isles and the Scottish mainland. The Ofgem approval is subject to evidence that the Viking Energy project – which has been dependent on the cable getting the green light […]