Mitsubishi, Shell to build wind farms to manufacture green hydrogen Updated On Fri, Apr 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy Japan’s leading trading player Mitsubishi Corp and Britain’s oil giant Shell Plc are in discussions to collaborate for producing green hydrogen by developing major offshore wind farms in Europe to give a push to the global quest for decarbonisation. As per media reports, by 2030, the companies will create 400,000 tonnes of green hydrogen every […] Read more
ENGIE North America Gets $800m Financing for 665 MW Wind, Solar Projects Updated On Fri, Apr 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy ENGIE North America has announced that the company has successfully completed Tax-Equity financing for its Iron Star (Kansas) and Priddy (Texas) wind projects and Equity financing for the portfolio of these assets along with Hawtree solar project. The solar project was recently declared commercially operational. Together the projects total 665 MW. ENGIE says that leading […] Read more
Lightrock Power to Build 400 MW Solar Projects in UK Updated On Fri, Apr 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy After ‘farming friendly’, animal friendly solar is also getting here. Bristol based solar power developer Lightrock Power has announced that the company plans to develop a number of solar projects in the United Kingdom that will be ‘wildlife-friendly.’ The combined capacity of the solar projects will be 400 MW. As per Lightrock Power, these upcoming […] Read more
CIP, NZ Pension Fund Explore Wind Farm To Support 100% Renewable Target By 2030 Updated On Fri, Apr 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy New Zealand Superannuation Fund has partnered with Denmark based Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to explore the potential for large-scale offshore wind farms in the country. The projects may come up in a large bay on the western coast of North Island – South Taranaki Bight. The pension fund can invest $1.75 billion in a wind […] Read more
Maersk Supply Wins Key Order For Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Updated On Thu, Mar 31st, 2022 by Saurenergy Empire Offshore Wind has placed an order with Maersk Supply Service for a new-build wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) which the company has been designing since 2019. Offshore wind turbine calls upon a lot of the learnings, and resources used for offshore oil drilling, one reason why oil firms prefer to invest in this option […] Read more
Rhode Island plans 600-MW offshore wind procurement Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy The smallest state in the United States, Rhode Island’s Governor Dan McKee has announced that legislation has been introduced which would require a market-competitive procurement of approximately 600 MW of new offshore wind capacity If enacted, the legislation would require Rhode Island’s primary utility company to issue a procurement no later than 15 August 2022. […] Read more
Mainstream Renewable, Aker buy 50% stake in 800MW offshore wind plant in Japan Updated On Tue, Mar 15th, 2022 by Saurenergy Wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind have closed a deal which will give them a 50% stake in a 800 megawatt (MW) floating offshore wind project in Japan, the companies said on Monday. The other 50% stake in the project belongs to renewable energy project developer Progression Energy. Mainstream is […] Read more
European Union Added Less Than 50% Wind Energy Targets in 2021: WindEurope Report Updated On Fri, Mar 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy A new report published by WindEurope has revealed that the European Union has not been able to install the targeted wind energy capacity in 2021. According to the report, the European Union – which is a union of 27 countries – had installed a mere 11 GW which is even less than half of what […] Read more
Netherlands to Float 1.4GW Offshore Wind Energy Tenders Updated On Fri, Mar 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Netherlands has announced that it will soon invite bids for the development of two new offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 1400MW. The new projects will be based in the North Sea. On March 9, the Dutch Government published regulations with details about the procedure in the Government Gazette. As per the […] Read more
