NYSERDA Awards 402 MW Solar Project to Swift Current Energy Updated On Thu, Nov 23rd, 2023 by Saurenergy New York State Energy Research Development Agency (NYSERDA) has awarded a twenty-year solar contract to Swift Current Energy. The Mineral Basin Solar project conferred upon the Boston-headquartered firm is for a capacity of 402 MW. The Mineral Basin Solar project, which is the largest land-based energy project, has been selected under NYSERDA’s 2022 Renewable Energy […] Read more
UK, German Moves To Support Offshore Wind Point To Challenges Ahead Updated On Fri, Nov 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy Ørsted’s Travails World’s biggest offshore wind energy developer- Danish firm Ørsted on November 1 this year announced ceasing developing two of its proposed offshore wind projects in the United States (US) at the cost of around £3bn in penalties. These projects were slated to come up at New Jersey off the US coast. They had […] Read more
UK Supports Slumping Offshore Wind Sector With 66% Hike In Auction Prices Updated On Fri, Nov 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy The UK, which has been one of the largest offshore wind markets until now, has moved to limit the damage and recover lost ground after a series of offshore wind projects were threatened or cancelled. The projects in the UK, and other regions, notably the US, were all cancelled due to rising costs and maintainance […] Read more
EU, US Frontrunners In Offshore Wind Patents: IRENA Report Updated On Fri, Nov 10th, 2023 by Saurenergy A latest joint report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) claimed that patents over offshore wind technologies are on the rise globally. The report titled; Offshore Wind Energy Patent Insights Report showed that between 2002-2022 patent filings for offshore wind technologies grew on average by 18%. This growth […] Read more
Aland Island Set for Large-Scale Integrated Renewable Energy Updated On Thu, Nov 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Flexens, and Lhyfe have formed a partnership for the development and construction of an ambitious integrated energy island solution enabling large-scale offshore wind, green hydrogen production, and other local anchored value creating activities on Åland. CIP, through Copenhagen Energy Islands, Lhyfe and Flexens have jointly launched the Åland Energy Island project. The project will […] Read more
US Five Offshore Wind Projects Can Power 1.75 million Homes: Report Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Biden-Harris administration recently approved the ‘Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind’ (CVOW) commercial project. This is the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership. This announcement supports the administration’s goal of deploying 30 Gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030. Some other projects approved under this are the […] Read more
Is Solar Trumping Wind, Again? Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Between 2017 and 2021, you wouldn’t be blamed if you thought the whole burden of adding renewable energy capacity had fallen on solar energy. Thus, even as wind turbine capacities were going up, actual wind capacity deployment, particularly onshore wind, was slumping, leaving in its wake a slew of firms struggling to survive. Dominated by […] Read more
Bids For Standalone Wind In Tranche XIV In June 2023 Awarded Between INR 3.18-3.24 Per kWh: GWEC Updated On Thu, Oct 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy The India’s Wind Energy Market Outlook 2023-2027 released by the Global Wind Energy Council, says that by the end of 2022, total renewable energy installed in India stood at 121 GW of total installations with wind contributing 35% of this, making India the fourth-largest wind market in the world, in terms of cumulative installed capacity. […] Read more
New York Government Clears the Path for 6.4 GW Clean Energy Projects Updated On Thu, Oct 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy The New York state government has announced a slew of initiatives that are set to accelerate capacity additions of renewable energy massively. Notable among these are Community Offshore Wind and Clean Path NY. In a recent announcement that further sets an optimistic tone for New York renewable energy industry, the government has given a green […] Read more
