TSE partners Huawei for the construction of 150 MW solar project in Japan

1st April 2019 TSE partners Huawei for the construction of 150 MW solar project in Japan (Asia): Thai Solar Energy Public Company (TSE) and Huawei signed an agreement for the construction of 150MW Onikoube Solar Farm in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Huawei will provide 1500 smart PV solution. The partnership between TES and Huawei started in

Florida Power & Light to build a 409 MW battery storage system in Florida

29 March 2019 Florida Power & Light to build a 409 MW battery storage system in Florida (North America): A major US-based utility company, Florida Power & Light will build the world largest solar power battery storage system. The company will develop the project through its subsidiary Next Era. It would be capable of providing

EDF and CEI in a joint venture to develop an offshore wind farm in China

26 March 2019 EDF and CEI in a joint venture to develop an offshore wind farm in China (Asia): French EDF and Chinese utility China Energy Investment Corporation (CEI) jointly signed an agreement to develop a 500MW offshore wind energy projects Dongtai IV and V in Jiangsu, China. The Dongtai IV is currently under construction,

Siemens Gamesa and Van Oord to build a wind farm jointly

26 March 2019 Siemens Gamesa and Van Oord to build a wind farm jointly (Europe): Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Dutch-based Van Oord are to build a wind farm for Windpark Fryslân in the Netherlands jointly. Both the companies signed a conditional contract to build 382.7 MW of wind power plant with 16 years’

T-Mobile announced LTE trials for home internet

22 March 2019 T-Mobile announced trials for home internet (North America): T-Mobile announced its testing of home internet through its LTE network. It has started a pilot project program called T-Mobile Home Internet program. The project will be trialled in specific areas where the company can cover enough houses with a download speed of approximately

JDR Cables to supply cables for Kriegers Falk offshore wind farm

21 March 2019 JDR Cables to supply cables for Kriegers Falk offshore wind farm (Europe): JDR Cables, a UK based subsea power cable supplier, will provide more than 170Km aluminium core inter-array power cable to 605MW Kriegers Falk offshore wind farm in Baltic Sea, Denmark.   The assembly will be conducted at JDR Hartlepool facility,

Canadian solar battery producer CellCube to develop 110MW energy storage

14 March 2019 Canadian solar battery producer CellCube in the US (North America): Canadian solar battery manufacturing company CellCube agreed to develop 110MW energy storage system project in the US.  It is expected that the installation will be completed over the next two to three years. Witwind to bid for the Hollands Kust project in

A new offshore wind farm starts in Belgium

27 February 2019: A new offshore wind farm starts operation in Belgium (Europe): The Norther Offshore Wind Farm in Zeebrugge, Belgium with a production capacity of 370 MW has now been connected to the grid. The wind farm is comprised of 44 of 8.4MW turbines in which the first four turbines are connected to the grid. Once

Senators trying to block Huawei in the US solar power market

26 February 2019 Senators trying to block Huawei in the US solar power market (North America): The US bipartisan group of 12 senators are putting pressure on Departments of Homeland Security and Energy to ban the use of Huawei solar inverters in the US. The pressure comes due to various security threats attached to solar

WindEurope says imports tariffs on steel can endanger the 2030 EU renewable energy target

16 January 2019 Latest Steel Market News WindEurope says imports tariffs on steel can endanger the 2030 EU renewable energy target (Europe): The EU is going to decide in the coming few days on a proposal to restrict steel imports to the EU until 2021. WindEurope claims that it would increase the prices of wind turbines up