RWE Ireland hosts Kitepower’s maiden test flight
The Netherlands – Dutch startup Kitepower flew their mobile Airborne Wind Energy System (AWES) at RWE’s new test facility in Bangor Erris, Ireland.
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Tag: renewables
AI technology helps to track seabirds at Aberdeen Bay OWF
United Kingdom – The Aberdeen Bay Offshore Wind Farm has started a fresh trial for tracking seabirds. This time, artificial intelligence (AI) is employed to collect precise data regarding the bird’s movements within the wind farm.
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Ecowende works with Van Oord on Hollandse Kust West VI OWF
The Netherlands – Ecowende will work with Van Oord on the Hollandse Kust West-VI offshore wind farm’s construction.
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RWE to build agrivoltaics demonstration plant in Germany
Germany – RWE and Forschungszentrum Jülich intend to show how solar energy and agriculture can coexist at a demonstration plant in the Rhenish mining zone.
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University of Aberdeen creates green hydrogen banks from oil reservoirs
United Kingdom – Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are working on a system that will allow industrial carbon emissions and electricity produced by renewable sources to be “banked” as green hydrogen in depleted oil and gas reserves.
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Offshore work starts on RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in UK
United Kingdom – At RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, offshore work has officially started to lay crucial undersea cable infrastructure from the UK’s north east coast to the wind farm site on Dogger Bank, in the center of the North Sea.
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Artificial reefs reviving marine life at Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm
The Netherlands – Two years ago, as part of the construction of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm, nine artificial reefs were submerged beneath the waves. Today, these man-made havens for marine life are revealing their potential to transform the underwater ecosystem.
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Enexis compensates Eneco for restricting Farmsum peak wind energy
The Netherlands – Eneco will adapt the electricity generated by a Farmsum wind project to the load on the electrical system. Eneco will temporarily cut back on wind energy output while demand is at its highest. Enexis will cover the cost of this.
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Fugro to conduct investigations for Dutch Nederwiek wind farm sites
The Netherlands – The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Fugro two geotechnical investigation contracts as part of the Dutch Government’s Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030/31 for the development of the Dutch Nederwiek wind farm sites II & III (noord).
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POSCO E&C teams up with Equinor for 750 MW Ulsan Firefly project
Norway/South Korea – South Korea’s POSCO E&C has inked a groundbreaking partnership with Norwegian giant Equinor to bring the ambitious 750 MW Ulsan Firefly floating offshore wind farm to life.
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