United Kingdom – UK has installed 175 MW of photovoltaic (PV) solar capacity from January to March 2021, Solar Energy UK and Solar Media report shows. This significant growth over the winter period brings the UK’s total installed PV capacity to more than 14 GW, generating enough electricity to power over 3 million homes. Ground-mounted […]
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Storegga, Shell, and Harbour Energy, the partners in the Acorn Project, one of the largest UK CCS and hydrogen projects, have become equal partners in the project.
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United Kingdom – A new 1.5 MWth pilot plant is being built at Cranfield University to test an innovative hydrogen production technology. The HyPER project (Bulk Hydrogen Production by Sorbent Enhanced Steam Reforming) is an international collaboration led by Cranfield University with £7.4 million funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) […]
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United Kingdom – Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with Sembcorp Marine to transport and install the Sofia offshore wind farm HVDC Offshore Converter Platform. The platform’s fabrication will be executed at Sembcorp Marine’s yard, and offshore installation is scheduled for 2024. Heerema will install the platform using Sleipnir, the world’s largest and most […]
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United Kingdom – ITM Power has made planning application for a 20MW electrolyser at ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee wind farm near Glasgow. This represents a doubling in the planned electrolyser scale capacity and is in response to market demand. ScottishPower expects a decision on the planning application by the end of autumn 2021. Green Hydrogen for […]
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United Kingdom – Developing bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at Drax could save the UK energy system and consumers billions of pounds over the next decade, according to a new report. The independent analysis by Baringa, commissioned by Drax Group, evaluates the impact of deploying BECCS at scale as part of achieving the […]
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United Kingdom – Ithaca Energy, operator of the Captain field, has green lighted the Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Stage 2 project in the UK Central North Sea. This comes after receiving Field Development Plan Addendum consent from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). EOR Stage 2 project is designed to increase hydrocarbon recovery by […]
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United Kingdom – Equinor and SSE Thermal plan to jointly develop two first-of-a-kind, low-carbon power stations in the UK’s Humber region. The project will comprise one of the UK’s first power stations with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, and the world’s first 100% hydrogen-fueled power station. Transition to net zero The plans, underpinned by […]
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United States – Wärtsilä will supply an engineered equipment delivery (EEQ) of a 40 MW / 80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage system to the Hickory Park Solar project in Georgia. The owner of the project is RWE Renewables. The Wärtsilä system will enable a subsidiary of RWE Renewables, Hickory Park Solar, to sell nearly […]
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United Kingdom – Dutch Van Oord has been hired for Sofia offshore wind farm engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables. Through its UK branch MPI Offshore, Van Oord will create a logistics hub to deliver the scope of work. Offshore installation vessel Aeolus will be deployed to install […]
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