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ARENA provides funding to study 600-MW Oven Mountain Pumped Storage
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $951,000 to Oven Mountain Pumped Storage Pty Ltd (OMPS) to undertake a study analyzing the benefits pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) would have on the development of the New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in northern New South Wales. OMPS will investigate how its proposed 600-MW Oven Mountain PHES facility between Armidale
Malin Renewables to supply AWS wave energy converter for Scotland
Marine services company Malin Renewables has secured a £1 million (US$1.3 million) contract to supply a 50-tonne wave energy converter. Malin has been appointed by AWS Ocean Energy Ltd to build the half-scale Archimedes Waveswing device, designed for offshore wave energy production. Development of the Archimedes Waveswing is funded by Wave Energy Scotland through its Novel Wave Energy Converter program. “We
Togo low-carbon power supply agreement could include hydropower
Globeleq, an independent power producer in sub-Saharan Africa, has signed a joint development agreement with the Togolese government to develop a utility-scale renewable energy project.
Orbital Marine Power teams with SKF for power train supply on 2-MW tidal turbine
Orbital Marine Power has signed a strategic contract with SKF for the supply of the fully integrated power trains on its upcoming O2 2-MW floating tidal turbine, which will enter operation at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, in 2020. Orbital says this latest announcement builds on an existing agreement, which sees the blade pitching hubs for
NWPCC says planned coal retirements may make power supply inadequate by 2021
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council reports that its 2024 Resource Adequacy Assessment finds power supply in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. is “likely to become inadequate by 2021 due to the planned retirement of 1,619 megawatts of coal-fired generating capacity.” As the Northwest’s power system transitions from fossil fuel-based generation to more intermittent renewable resources like wind and
Enzen selects Bombora to supply Lanzarote Wave Energy Farm off Northern Africa
Africa
Enzen has chosen Bombora Wave Power to supply a grid-connected wave farm to be located in the Atlantic Ocean on the north side of Lanzarote, the fourth largest of the Spanish Canary Islands, off the coast of northern Africa.
Danfoss Editron supplying new generators for 2.6-MW Siikakoshi small hydropower plant
Danfoss Editron is providing two new electric generators to KSS Energia of Finland for use in its 2.6-MW Siikakoski small hydropower plant….
Iberdrola uses blockchain technology to guarantee renewable energy supply
Spain-based utility Iberdrola has completed a project it says will contribute to accelerating the decarbonization process by using blockchain technology to guar…
Europe
Voith awarded contract to supply two turbine-generator units for Macedonia small hydro plant
Voith has won an order for the manufacture, supply and commissioning of two StreamDiver turbine-generator units for the small hydropower plant Gradiste in Maced…
Asia and Oceania
Andritz awarded contract to supply pump-turbine units to China
Andritz has received an order from Shaanxi ZhenAn Pumped Storage Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), for the supply of four 350-MW…
U.S. President Trump issues memorandum to promote reliable water, power supply in West
A Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West contained a series of directions for the U.S. Department of the Int…
Bilfinger chosen to supply pipeline for 15.9-MW Gaildorf pumped-storage plant
Bilfinger VAM Anlagentechnik has been chosen to deliver a distribution pipeline for use in the 15.9-MW pumped-storage power plant being built in Gaildorf, Germa…
Atlantis completes construction at Scotland’s MeyGen, announces supply deal in China
Marine energy developer Atlantis Resources has reached a significant milestone with its MeyGen tidal stream array, announcing construction on Phase 1A is comple…
Ocean Power Technologies signs supply deal with oil & gas conglomerate
Technology developer Ocean Power Technologies Inc. has signed an agreement with international oil and gas giant Eni S.p.A. allowing for the installation of a de…
ABB supplying transformers for 2,805-MW Mica hydroelectric plant in Canada
ABB has announced it will supply flexible tank technology to replace the generator step-up transformer banks currently in use at BC Hydro’s 2,805-MW Mica hydr…
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ARENA provides funding to study 600-MW Oven Mountain Pumped Storage
Malin Renewables to supply AWS wave energy converter for Scotland
Togo low-carbon power supply agreement could include hydropower
Orbital Marine Power teams with SKF for power train supply on 2-MW tidal turbine
