News Brief May 15 – China-Serbia Deal, JinkoSolar, Finnish Wind Farm Updated On Wed, May 15th, 2024 by Saurenergy China’s Hunan Rich Inks Deal With Serbia for 1GW PV module factory in Serbia The Serbian government has signed an MoU with Chinese firm Hunan Rich Photovoltaic Science and Technology to build a 1GW solar module production facility in Serbia. Serbian minister of mining and energy, Dubravka Đedović Handanović, signed the deal last week, which […] Read more
TotalEnergies, European Energy Expand Their Collaboration In Wind Energy Updated On Tue, Jan 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy TotalEnergies, a multi-energy company, announced its collaboration with European Energy, which develops and constructs renewable energy projects. It recently signed a new agreement with European Energy to develop offshore wind projects in three Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland and Sweden. This collaboration forms a part of its integrated development in electricity. 405 MW of offshore wind […] Read more
Neoen, Prokon Set the Ball Rolling for Two Wind Farms in Finland Totalling 161.2 MW Updated On Wed, May 24th, 2023 by Saurenergy French renewable energy player Neoen has begun the construction of the Storbötet and Lumivaara wind farms in Finland in association with Irish RE cooperative Prokon. The two firms have provided notice to proceed to Vestas regarding the wind farms they own jointly. The total capacity of the wind farms stands at 161.2 MW. Neoen said […] Read more
Wartsila Wins Contract For Delivering Australia’s Largest Energy Storage Project Updated On Thu, Apr 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy Origin Energy has selected technology group Wartsila as their preferred contractor to deliver energy storage solutions for Australia’s largest energy storage projects in the first phase. The project in its first phase has plans to have 460 Megawatt (MW) and 920 MW of energy storage systems. These Eraring batteries will be stationed at Origin’s Power […] Read more
Finland, Luxembourg Commit For EU’s Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism Updated On Tue, Feb 28th, 2023 by Saurenergy The implementation of the EU renewable energy financing mechanism has taken an important step forward as binding commitments have come from Finland and Luxembourg who will now take part in a cross-border tender for renewable energy. The announcement by the two countries follows an invitation by the Commission to all EU countries last year to […] Read more
Finland’s Wind Energy Saw 75% Surge in 2022 Updated On Fri, Jan 13th, 2023 by Saurenergy As per the Finnish Wind Energy Association (FWPA), the wind power capacity of Finland witnessed a 75% surge in 2022. Of this, nearly half of it was owned by Finland domestically. “Wind power is now increasing our country’s energy self-sufficiency at a really good pace – just when new and affordable electricity production is most […] Read more
German Developer ib vogt Sells 206 MW Solar project In Finland Updated On Thu, Dec 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy International solar developer ib vogt has sold a 206 MWp solar PV project to Finnish energy company Helen. The solar farm is located in Kalanti, Uusikaupunki, in South-West Finland and is ready to be built. As part of the offered turn-key solution, ib vogt will provide full EPC, O&M and Asset Management services and start construction […] Read more
Finland Begins Operation On World’s First Large Scale Sand Battery Updated On Thu, Jul 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy Finland has kickstarted operations on world’s first commercial large scale sand-based thermal energy storage system. The battery has been innovated by Polar Night Energy and operated by energy utility in West Finland, Vatajankoski. The dimensions of the steel container are 4×7 metre, which can hold hundreds of tonnes of sand. This sand is further heated […] Read more
Finland Plans For A National Hydrogen Network Updated On Fri, Jun 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy The race to carbon neutrality continues apace, at least in some parts of Europe. While the accelerating solar and wind energy expansion is partly due tothe Russian-Ukraine conflict that has pushed Europe to reduce and possibly end its dependence on the fossil fuel supplies from Russia. In a key development, the Finland Government has held […] Read more
