#renewable energy

India, Arunachal Pradesh: India has approved its largest hydropower project in the mountainous northeastern region near the border with China.

Sweden, Stockholm: EU energy ministers discussed renewable energy plans in a two-day meeting held on 27 January in Stockholm.

Australia, New South Wales: BlueFloat Energy has announced plans for developing a 1.7 GW floating offshore wind project off the coast of New South Wales in Australia.

VERBUND to commission the world’s first static frequency converter (SFC) solution using modular multi-level technology in a pumped hydro storage application.

Rigorous performance testing of the transformers for Australian $1.8 B-worth EnergyConnect project is currently underway in South Korea.

Maine regulators have approved the construction of Longroad Energy’s 1 GW King Pine wind farm and LS Power Base’s 345 kV transmission line.

The pilot of the first high-frequency decentralised energy trading platform was successfully launched at the Port of Rotterdam.

DNV has acquired Proxima Solutions, a provider of a digital platform for remote monitoring and asset management of renewable energy plants.

Vice President Kamala Harris of the USA and two cabinet secretaries have celebrated the start of construction of a new high-capacity power transmission line.

The European Investment Bank has signed a €40 M loan with Ormazabal to help develop the company’s investment plan for R&D activities in Spain.

Idaho Power, a unit of IDACORP, applied for a key regulatory certificate in Idaho for the Boardman to Hemingway (B2H) transmission line.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have announced a call for applications for the second cohort of the CECA program.

COWI has won a contract by Vattenfall for the oversight of the detailed design of the onshore cable installation for the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm.

Australia invests $5.3 B to connect New South Wales’ renewable energy zones and Snowy 2.0 hydro project to the electrical grid.

Hitachi Energy’s OceaniQ™ has won the “Awards for Excellence”, the highest-ranked award in “the 2022 Nikkei Excellent Products and Service Awards.”

Equinor and Polenergia have selected Hitachi Energy to deliver electrical systems infrastructure for offshore wind projects in Poland.

SNCF Réseau and the National Institute for Solar Energy (INES) in France have agreed to jointly develop renewables projects.

Financing for the Singrobo-Ahouaty 44 MW hydropower project in Côte d’Ivoire has reached financial close.

Hitachi Energy has announced being selected by Hydro-Québec for its HVDC technology for the transmission of electricity.

Acwa Power and the Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel), of Saudi Arabia, have signed power purchase agreements to develop a 2.1 GW solar PV plant.

A high demand for transformers is creating new growth frontiers in the transformer market.

India announced Modhera village in the western state of Gujarat as the country’s first 24/7 solar-powered village.

Mozambique: The African Development Bank has approved a grant of $2.5 Mt o increase renewable energy in Mozambique.

Lithuania, Vilnius: The INVL Renewable Energy Fund I managed by INVL Asset Management is to acquire six solar projects with a total capacity of 102.7 MW.