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RWE and Haltermann Carless collaborate on a UK green hydrogen project.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by German energy group RWE AG (ETR:RWE) and hydrocarbon specialty manufacturer Haltermann Carless to collaborate on a green hydrogen production project in the southeast of the United Kingdom. The plant is intended to be situated on a portion of the agrochemical and fuel additive manufacturing site of Haltermann Carless in Harwich, Essex. It ...
By RWE AG
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Uk Electricity Generation To Be Fossil Fuel Free By 2035?
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, stated that removing gas as a power source will help protect against price surges (during Conservative conference).Johnson has also confirmed plans to eliminate fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity generation process by 2035.The UK generated 43% of its electricity from renewable sources in 2020 but gas-fired power plants still account for a significant ...
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Path Proposed to Connect Garden State Energy to NJ Offshore Wind
National Grid Ventures (NGV) and Con Edison Transmission this week submitted a proposal to build transmission infrastructure that will carry offshore wind power to New Jersey’s electric grid.The Garden State Energy Path will enable delivery of approximately 6 gigawatts of offshore wind power from its point of landfall at the Sea Girt National Guard Training Center to the Larrabee Tri-Collector ...
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Biden-Harris Administration Approves Seventh Offshore Wind Project
The Biden-Harris administration this week announced the Department of the Interior’s approval of the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project – the nation’s seventh approval of a commercial-scale offshore wind project under President Biden’s leadership. These seven projects have the potential to provide more than 8 gigawatts of clean, renewable energy to power roughly 3 million homes, and support the ...
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Connecting the Dots: Putting Offshore Wind Energy to Work
By Tiffany Plate, NREL The most recent U.S. Census states that 44.4 million people, or nearly 14% of the population, live along the Atlantic Coast. That is a lot of people—who need a lot of electricity. And as the country pushes to decarbonize the energy sector, that power needs to increasingly come from renewable sources, like solar and wind. But densely populated coastlines often do not ...
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Survey: Business Leaders are Overwhelmingly Positive about the Green Transition
Most business leaders believe that responsibility for driving the green transition rests with the private sector rather than policymakers, with the vast majority anticipating more opportunities than challenges. However, rapid progress to a lower carbon economy is under threat from the failure of companies to develop and source sufficient green skills, according to the Green Skills Outlook – new ...
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ISO-NE's Study of Energy Shortfall Risks Produces Innovative Tool for Assessing Energy Adequacy
With the completion of the Operational Impact of Extreme Weather Events study, a first-of-its-kind analysis examining how the region's power system would fare under stressful weather and operational conditions, ISO New England has delivered a detailed snapshot of energy shortfall risks in 2027 and 2032. Energy shortfalls happen when the region's electricity supply falls below consumer demand. ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Invests Nearly $8.4 Million to Advance Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs)
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Nov 13) selected four organizations to receive nearly $8.4 million to develop technologies that will improve grid reliability, optimize electricity infrastructure, and facilitate grid connection with renewable resources. DOE's Office of Electricity and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) are jointly funding these projects from DOE's ...
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Osbit supplies tower lifting tools to GE for Dogger Bank Wind Farm
Osbit, the UK-headquartered offshore technology company, has delivered twin wind turbine tower lifting tools to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business. The tools will initially be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank. The wind farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn, will be situated around 130km off ...
By Osbit Ltd.
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Global demand for offshore wind farms drives significant Osbit growth
The company, which develops large-scale equipment used to construct offshore wind farms, has taken on new employees across the business. The intake consists of 11 Osbit engineers, three support staff, and one health, safety, security, environment, and quality (HSSEQ) team member, two draughting apprentices, a new commercial and contracts specialist, and a total of eight student placements, with ...
By Osbit Ltd.
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Osbit supplies upending hinge to Boskalis for US offshore wind project
Osbit, offshore wind technology supplier and member company in Venterra Group, has successfully delivered a monopile upending hinge to Boskalis to support its latest US East Coast operations. The hinge is initially being used by Boskalis on a project to install a significant number of monopile foundations. The hinge is designed to upend offshore wind monopile foundations from their horizontal, ...
By Osbit Ltd.
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Biden-Harris Administration Approves Largest Offshore Wind Project in the Nation
The Biden-Harris administration this week (Oct 31) announced its approval of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project - the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden's leadership. The announcement supports the Administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, following the approval of the ...
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DOE Announces $1.3 Billion to Build Out Electric Transmission in the U.S.
As part of the President Biden's Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, the U.S. Department of Energy this week (Oct 30) announced up to a $1.3 billion commitment in three transmission lines crossing six states. This commitment, made possible by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will advance transformative projects aimed at adding 3.5 gigawatts of additional grid ...
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TotalEnergies Starts Up in Texas a 380 MW Utility-Scale Solar Power Plant with Battery Storage
TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, its utility-scale operated solar farm in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar production and 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football fields, Myrtle produces ...
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The Energy World is Set to Change Significantly by 2030, Based on Today's Policy Settings Alone
Major shifts underway today are set to result in a considerably different global energy system by the end of this decade, according to the IEA's new World Energy Outlook 2023. The phenomenal rise of clean energy technologies such as solar, wind, electric cars and heat pumps is reshaping how we power everything from factories and vehicles to home appliances and heating systems. The latest edition ...
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RWE Gives Green Light for Utility-Scale Battery Storage Project in the Netherlands
RWE is further expanding its battery storage business worldwide. The company has now finalised its investment decision for a Dutch battery storage project with an installed power capacity of 35 megawatts and a storage capacity of 41 megawatt-hours. A total of 110 lithium-ion battery racks are to be installed at RWE's biomass plant in Eemshaven on an area of around 3,000 square metres. RWE plans ...
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Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Action Plan Released
This week (Sept 19) the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of the Interior released An Action Plan for Offshore Wind Transmission Development in the U.S. Atlantic Region. The plan details how wind resources could efficiently be captured off the Atlantic Coast of the United States and delivered to communities as clean, reliable power. It outlines immediate actions needed to connect ...
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Renewables Competitiveness Accelerates, Despite Cost Inflation
The fossil fuel price crisis has accelerated the competitiveness of renewable power. Around 86 per cent (187 gigawatts) of all the newly commissioned renewable capacity in 2022 had lower costs than fossil fuel-fired electricity. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022, published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this week (Aug 29) shows that the renewable power added in 2022 ...
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Vestas secures 158 MW repowering order in USA
Vestas has received a 158 MW order to repower three undisclosed projects in the USA. The order consists of 72 V120-2.2 MW turbines for the three projects. The orders include supply, delivery, and commissioning of the turbines, as well as a 10-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement, designed to ensure optimised performance of the asset. In the USA, Vestas has ...
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Biden Administration Approves Fourth Major Offshore Wind Project
The U.S. Department of the Interior this week (Aug 22) announced its approval of the Revolution Wind project. Located about 15 nautical miles southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, the project will have an estimated capacity of 704 megawatts of clean energy, capable of powering nearly 250,000 homes. The project is expected to create an estimated 1,200 local jobs during the construction phase. ...
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