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[waldron] 14/6/2019 13:40

New agreement moves ENGIE a step closer to achieving 2021 regional goals
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ENGIE North America has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to expand its clean energy portfolio in Texas.

The PPA was signed with Target Solar for the provision of 89MW of solar energy generated at the Sand Fork Solar plant.

Once operational in 2021, the solar plant will generate energy to power customers of ENGIE North America for a period of 15 years.

Annually, the plant will generate 250,000MW for ENGIE customers, enough energy to power 250,000 homes for a whole month.

The project is expected to contribute to ENGIE achieving its goals set under the Client Solutions pillar which includes developing at least 2.5 GW of wind and solar capacities in the next 3 years in the US and Canada.

Worldwide, ENGIE has plans to add 9GW of renewables by 2021 to its existing 24GW as at the end of 2018.

“We truly value the opportunity to support Target in its commitment to source electricity from renewables,” said Gwenaelle Avice-Huet, CEO of ENGIE North America. “By serving Target with the Sand Fork Project, we’re proud to help shape a sustainable future for customers and communities and reinforce our ambition to lead the zero-carbon transition.”

[waldron] 07/6/2019 06:44

World’s largest floating wind farm gets green light

7 June, 2019 By Sam Sholli

Norwegian multinational energy firm Equinor has been given permission to construct the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, off the coast of the Canary Islands.

[ariane] 31/5/2019 14:23

Shell and Statkraft 'bidding to buy Indian wind group'

Oil major and utility said to be among shortlisted contenders for Continuum Wind
by Andrew Lee
31 May 2019 Updated 31 May 2019
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Oil giant Shell and Norwegian utility Statkraft are bidding to buy Indian renewables operator Continuum Wind, reports in India say.

The two are among a clutch of interested parties to submit non-binding bids for Continuum, currently owned by a fund managed by Morgan Stanley, said financial newswire LiveMint.
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Shell and Statkraft will go forward to the next round of bidding, along with Chinese-controlled CLP India, LiveMint said citing sources familiar with the process.

Continuum has an operating portfolio of about 550MW and 628MW of onshore wind in construction out of a 2GW development pipeline, according to its website.

Shell has been ramping up its presence in clean energy sectors for several years under CEO Ben van Beurden, with offshore rather than onshore the focus of its efforts in the wind industry so far.

Norwegian state-controlled Statkraft has said it will boost its onshore wind presence to 6GW by 2025, with India named as one of its key target markets.

Shell has been contacted by Recharge to comment on the reports. Statkraft said it would not comment on rumours of possible transactions.

[la forge] 30/5/2019 08:24

SSE wind farms take market by storm

May 30 2019, 12:01am, The Times



Projects with high subsidies like Beatrice in the Moray Firth now look very lucrative


Eight miles off the Caithness coast in the Moray Firth, SSE has just installed the 84th and final turbine of the Beatrice offshore wind farm (Emily Gosden writes). When the £2.6 billion, 588-megawatt project is fully running this summer, it should generate enough electricity to power 450,000 homes — and enough cash to make a healthy return for the energy group.

In 2014, the government awarded a contract guaranteeing SSE an inflation-linked price of £140 for every megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity that Beatrice generates — more than £158 in today’s money, or roughly treble present market prices. The project, of which SSE owns 40 per cent, could be in line for £250 million a year in subsidies.

Shortly before it won the contract, SSE had…

[waldron] 23/5/2019 16:23

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has agreed to purchase wind power from Netherlands-based Eneco to supply clean energy to its data centers in Holland for 15 years starting in 2022.

The American tech giant will purchase 12% of the energy from the 731.5-megawatt offshore wind project Borssele III/IV, it said Thursday. When reached for comment, an Eneco spokesman said the company couldn't disclose the value of the deal with Microsoft.

Eneco owns the wind farm along with a consortium of other companies including Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN). Shell and Eneco have an agreement to each sell one half of the power the project generates.

The deal is Microsoft's second purchase of wind energy in the Netherlands in a year and its 14th such agreement overall, bringing the company's green energy portfolio to above 1.5 gigawatts.

"Tech companies are facing the challenge to reduce their carbon footprints, mostly due to the vast energy consumption of their data centers," said Eneco's Hans Peters, chief customer officer at the privately-owned Dutch company.

Data centers consumed around 1% of the world's electricity in 2017, according to the International Energy Agency, and although IP traffic and workloads are expected to double, global data center energy demand is set to stay flat thanks to improved efficiency.

The tech industry has rapidly bought renewable power in response to the expected growth. In 2015, information technology companies accounted for more than half of renewable-power purchase agreements, according to the IEA.

"Our purchasing of renewable energy helps improve the sustainability of our operations and local grids," said Brian Janous, general manager for energy and sustainability at Microsoft.



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[maywillow] 22/5/2019 15:24

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (SGRE.MC) said Wednesday that it received another order to supply wind turbines by EDF Renewables.

The 66 wind turbines will be used for a wind project in Milligan County, Nebraska, the wind-turbine maker said, adding that it will also provide service and maintenance.

The company didn't disclose the financial details of this deal which should be completed by the end of 2020.



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[la forge] 22/5/2019 08:45

seeking alpha

Engie and EDP to form offshore wind joint venture
May 21, 2019 2:34 PM ET|About: EDP - Energias de Portuga... (EDPFY)|By: Vandana Singh, SA News Editor

French energy group Engie (OTCPK:ENGIY +3.5%) and Portugal’s EDP (OTCPK:EDPFY +2.1%) to create a 50/50 JV to pool their fixed and offshore wind resources and primarily target European, the US and selected geographies in Asian markets.

Engie and EDP, through its subsidiary EDP Renewables, will combine their offshore wind assets and project pipelines, starting with 1.5 GW under construction and 4 GW under development.

The JV aims to have an operational base of 5GW-7GW operating or in construction by 2025, equivalent to investments between between €15B-€21B over the next six years

[steve73] 13/5/2019 16:03

I saw some figures recently that suggest the total energy required to source the materials, build, and install a wind turbine, with its associated infrastructure, is approximately the same as it will generate in the first 3-4 years of it's life.

Thereafter for perhaps 20-25 years, apart from a little maintenance, all electricity is effectively "free", or totally renewable.

The problem is in order to build a lot of wind turbine requires a huge amount of additional fossil fuels upront...

To install say 1% of the worlds energy requirement, will require a 3-4% increase in fossil fuels to get there...
If we wanted to install 25-30% of the global requirement it would double our existing energy consumption (mostly currently from fossil fuels) to do so.

So we can only ever install a relatively small amount each year... and of course the global energy usage is increasing every year by 3-4% mainly as the developing world "develops".....

We're running ever faster just to keep up.

[adrian j boris] 13/5/2019 12:33

From top to bottom:
How a wind turbine actually works
Anmar Frangoul | Published Monday, May 13, 2019 7:51 AM EDT | Updated Monday, May 13, 2019 12:02 PM EDT











From the deep, cold waters of the Irish Sea to Scurry County, Texas, wind turbines are being built all over the world.
With the hypnotic rotation of their blades and imposing height, these feats of engineering have become an iconic symbol of renewable power in the 21st century, with 51.3 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity installed last year.

Here, CNBC’s “Sustainable Energy” delves into the nuts of bolts of wind turbines, from top to bottom, to better understand how they work and the technology that underpins them.
The blades
Wind turbines take the wind’s kinetic energy and turn it into mechanical power. Perhaps the most recognizable parts of a turbine are its blades. Many turbines today have three blades, while some have two. Blades, according to Anders Bach Andersen, senior product manager at MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, are designed to “capture” the wind, with the shape of a blade generating lift.

GE Renewable Energy’s Ed Hall told CNBC that the blades on a turbine are very much like the wings on an aircraft. “They utilize the movement of air and create lift, or a force, on that blade,” Hall added. “In the case of an airplane, that lift holds the airplane up in the air. In the case of a wind turbine, we use that lift to turn the rotor.”

The turbine’s rotor is connected to its generator, which is located in the nacelle.
The blades on a turbine are very much like the wings on an aircraft, utilizing the movement of air and creating lift.
Nacelles vary in size, with some big enough “for a helicopter to land on,” according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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They sit directly behind a turbine’s blades and are shell-like structures that contain crucial pieces of kit. These include the turbine’s gearbox, controller, generator and brake. Hall explained how a gearbox “takes that low speed rotational energy of a rotor and, through a series of gears, speeds it up … and turns it into high-speed rotational energy.”

So, as the blades spin, the gearbox increases rotational speeds from roughly 30 to 60 rotations per minute (rpm) to around 1,000 to 1,800 rpm, according to the DOE. At this speed, the turbine’s generator spins and starts to produce electricity.

Generators convert mechanical energy to electrical energy.
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According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), they contain insulated coils of wire which form a cylinder, which in turn surrounds an electromagnetic shaft. As this shaft rotates a small electric current in each section of the wire coil is induced. “Each section of the wire coil becomes a small, separate electric conductor,” the EIA states. “The small currents of the individual sections combine to form one large current.”
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Once electricity is produced, it is sent to the grid. A transformer, located at the bottom of a turbine’s mast, or tower, connects it to the grid.
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As major French utility Engie explains, the electricity produced by the wind turbine is raised to the grid voltage. “It is then transferred via a substation before being injected into the distribution or transmission networks.”
The nacelle
As the blades spin, the gearbox increases rotational speeds from roughly 30 to 60 rotations per minute (rpm) to around 1,000 to 1,800 rpm.
Source: UK regulator Ofgem
The tower
Both the nacelle and blades rest on top of a turbine’s tower, which can be made from concrete, steel lattice, or tubular steel. Their main function, Hall told CNBC, is “to provide the supporting structure for the nacelle and the blades.”
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The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) says that turbines typically reach “at least 80 meters tall” which equates to just over 260 feet.
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The height of a tower has a direct effect on the amount of power that can be produced.
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“Because wind speed increases with height, taller towers enable turbines to capture more energy and generate more electricity,” according to the DOE.
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Given the significance of height in relation to power, it goes without saying that wind speed is hugely important too. As the AWEA notes, modern turbines start producing electricity when wind speeds hit 6 to 9 miles per hour.
Just a single rotation of one 8 MW offshore turbine can, according to Danish energy firm Orsted, power 122 hours of television watching.
THE FOUNDATIONS
The foundations of turbines are crucial to their safe operation.
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Hall told CNBC that foundations could vary a lot depending on soil structure, adding that it was “not unusual to see one 10 meters deep with a heavy concrete and reinforced steel cage kind of construction.”
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In the offshore sector, developments in technology have led to significant changes.
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“When offshore was born it was basically onshore turbines that were put in the sea and what we can see now is … bespoke offshore turbines,” MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s Bach Andersen said.
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Offshore foundations can differ depending on conditions, with monopile, gravity and jacket foundations used.

Major Spanish utility Iberdrola describes monopile foundations as being “quite simple structures” that are made from a steel cylinder that gets “anchored directly to the sea bed.”
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Gravity foundations are made up of either concrete or steel platforms with diameters of roughly 15 meters, while jacket foundations, according to Iberdrola, have a lattice framework with three to four “sea bed anchoring points.”

[la forge] 13/5/2019 10:39

lol

they could do a competition

BEAUTIFUL PLANET

BOUNTIFUL PLANET

Have a great week

[steve73] 13/5/2019 04:41

One of BP's recent re-brandings was to "Beyond Petroleum"... doesn't quite go far enough in todays green world.

I wonder what they'll dream up next time around... "Better Planet" perhaps..!

[waldron] 02/5/2019 16:24

Shell: 'We'll prove we can make money in renewables'

Finance chief says oil and gas giant will deliver 'competitive and attractive returns' from energy transition
by Andrew Lee
02 May 2019 Updated 02 May 2019
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Shell won’t sacrifice “value for volume” while it proves its credentials as a leading player in the global power sector, said the oil and gas giant’s chief financial officer.

Jessica Uhl said Shell “won’t be pursuing scale for scale’s sake” as she responded to questions from financial analysts prompted by the group’s recent declaration that it wants to be “the world’s biggest power company” by the early 2030s.

Its recent determination to be a player in wind and solar is a big shift from a 2016 statement by CEO Ben van Beurden that 'no one makes money from renewables'.
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Asked to elaborate on its new ambitions, Uhl said Shell believes it can “lead and thrive” in a global shift to electricity, but added: “We’re going to prove we can make competitive and attractive returns before scaling up”.

The oil group this year has engaged in a spree of activity in the clean energy space.

That has included stakes in two innovative offshore wind technologies – one with Google-owner Alphabet – and the acquisition of battery pioneer Sonnen.

Shell has also indicated it plans to enter the UK offshore wind sector, adding to a range of existing interests in the sector.

It relaunched its UK utility business as a 100%-renewable electricity supplier and rebadged it with its own name.

Shell currently plans to put $1-2bn a year into New Energies up to 2020, but has previously said that could double as the oil and gas group ramps up its power sector presence.

[florenceorbis] 24/4/2019 19:56

Engie wants to be 'the Orsted of floating wind power'

French energy giant aims to lead cost reduction charge in floating wind sector, says executive
by Andrew Lee
24 April 2019 Updated 24 April 2019
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Engie can do for floating turbines what Orsted has done for fixed-foundation offshore wind – but drive down costs even faster, claimed a senior executive at the French energy giant.

Grzegorz Gorski, head of centralised generation for Engie, said the group “wants to be a frontrunner, not a laggard” in the emerging floating sector after being “late” to the wider offshore wind party.

“We are trying to do the same thing as the old Dong, Orsted now, did for fixed offshore wind,” Gorski told the FOWT 2019 floating wind power conference in Montpellier.

“We are convinced the LCOE [levlised cost of energy] will be very similar for both technologies, ” he said, adding that Engie expects to be in a position to beat French government targets of €120/MWh ($134/MWh) for floating wind deployments in 2021 and €110/MWh a year later.
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“Compare the way the fixed offshore went, with floating we can go much faster… on the LCOE reduction curve,” said Gorski, who also predicted the disappearance of the jacket foundation leaving only monopiles and floating in the water.

Engie is now “full speed” in offshore wind and wants to deploy 1GW annually, said Gorski, without specifying a mix between floating and fixed capacity.

As well as major fixed-bottom projects, the French group is involved in early demonstrator floating deployments off France and Portugal.

But Gorski said the floating sector now needs governments to “push the button ... we need volume to drive costs down.”

[ariane] 17/4/2019 14:42

Engie initiates building works on 160-MW wind project in Texas
Wind park in Texas. Author: Lindsay Attaway. License: Creative Commons, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

April 17 (Renewables Now) - The North American unit of French energy group Engie SA (EPA:ENGI) has begun construction work on the 160-MW Jumbo Hill Wind Project in the US state of Texas.

Engie North America, through contractor Wanzek Construction Inc, is building the USD-150-million-plus (EUR 133m) wind farm in Andrews County. The project involves the installation of 57 GE turbines that should be up and running by the spring of 2020.

This is Engie’s fifth wind project to enter the construction phase over the past year and is part of the portfolio acquired in 2018 from Infinity Power Partners, a joint venture between Infinity Renewables and MAP Energy. It has a virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) with an unnamed corporate customer and a proxy revenue swap deal for a portion of its generation with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s specialist weather risk team.

“The construction of the Jumbo Hill Project will take Engie North America’s renewable generation built or under construction to more than 1.5 GW of capacity,” said Emily Cohen, Vice President of Commercial Strategy within Engie North America’s wind development team.

(USD 1.0 = EUR 0.884)

[the grumpy old men] 10/4/2019 09:25

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Engie JV plans 898MW Mexico clean power push
Engie JV plans 898MW Mexico clean power push

Heolios EnTG partnership with Tokyo Gas developing two wind and four solar projects
10 April 2019 09:02 Onshore Wind [Image: Engie]

Engie and Tokyo Gas have formed a joint venture that will develop wind and solar energy projects in Mexico with a combined capacity of over 898MW.

The 50:50 JV, called Heolios EnTG, will develop, finance, construct, own, operate and maintain six renewable energy projects totalling 898.7MW.

Two of the facilities will be onshore wind, including the operational 50MW Tres Mesas plant, and four are solar farms.

The five remaining developments will come online this year and next. They are the Tres Mesas 4 wind farm, and the Abril, Villa Ahumada, Trompezon and Calpulalpan PV plants.

All six projects have 15-year power purchase agreements secured in Mexican power auctions.

Heolios EnTG builds on a relationship between the two companies dating back to 1983, the partners said.

Engie Latin America business head Pierre Chareyre said: “We are delighted to further consolidate the relationship of mutual trust between our teams and those of Tokyo Gas with the creation of Heolios EnTG.

“This joint venture will combine our complementary areas of expertise and will enable Engie to continue to grow in a key area, the development of renewables in Mexico with Tokyo Gas.

“The partnership scheme implemented with Tokyo Gas also highlights Engie’s commitment to dynamic capital allocation through sell-downs and new investments.

“Heolios EnTG will also enable Engie to actively support Mexico in achieving its national renewable targets and to decarbonise its energy sources.”

Tokyo Gas senior managing executive officer Kunio Nohata said: “We are very pleased to have this opportunity to actively participate in the Mexican renewable market together with Engie, now a world leading company in the renewable sector, with whom we have a longstanding relationship.

“We strongly believe Heolios EnTG would bring prosperity to both ENGIE and Tokyo Gas.

“This is a landmark achievement for us as this is the first renewable project joint venture that Tokyo Gas will participate in outside Japan.”

[maywillow] 03/4/2019 12:51

Engie SA (ENGI.FR) said Wednesday that it will develop a 342-megawatt wind farm in Spain's Aragon region in partnership with Natixis's (KN.FR) subsidiary Mirova and Spanish renewables company Grupo Forestalia.

Engie will participate in the project as an equity investor and as an energy manager, selling electricity generated by the project to the wholesale market, it said.

The project, known as Phoenix, will comprise 10 wind farms with the capacity to generate 1,000 gigawatt hours a year of green energy, Engie said.

The project will create more than 800 jobs in the construction phase and 50 permanent jobs when it begins operations, Engie said.



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[la forge] 28/3/2019 13:13

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Engie Fabricom reveals UK restructure
Engie Fabricom reveals UK restructure

Move aims to help meet turnover target of £150m by 2022 and raise renewables profile
27 March 2019 People [Image: Engie Fabricom]

Engie Fabricom has introduced a new organisational structure in the UK that aims to drive the company's turnover to a target of £150m by 2022 and grow its business in the offshore wind sector.

The company has restructured its management team and made three senior appointments as part of plans to modernise operations and adopt a more holistic approach throughout the organisation.

Chief executive Richard Webster will head up the new initiative.

He said: “Now is absolutely the right time to adopt this more circular approach as we make the shift from our workforce historically delivering on oil and gas engineering, procurement and construction projects to capitalising on market opportunities – like the renewables sector – where there is a huge demand for the skills of our workforce.

“This is very much focused around working as one team with a simple, well organised and robust structure to ensure that our greatest asset – our people – is at the heart of everything we do.

“We are committed to forging a culture whereby we continue to learn, develop and attract and retain great talent.

“With a track record for delivering high levels of customer service, we believe this approach will help us strengthen the existing relationships we already have, as well as attract new clients who are keen to take advantage of our capabilities in the increasingly competitive green sector.”

Working with Webster is the newly appointed chief operating officer Paul Carvill (pictured), managing director Craig Welford, along with finance director Claire Bateman and HSEQ director Kevin Copley.

Clive Rounce is now head of continuous improvement, Nick Maynard is head of procurement, Jo Fox is finance head and Andrew Stephens is head of business development.

Other new appointments include interim commercial director, Mark Bryant, who has over 35 years’ global experience in the power industries, and a new proposal manager, David Livingstone, who has a background in risk management.

Webster added: “With already a very healthy orderbook for 2019 and an ambitious pipeline, we are extremely confident that we have the right people in place to deliver and secure all our contracts as we strive to grow to a £150m business by 2022.

“To do this we will be working as one team to maximise delivery and continue to bring to the market the complete turnkey solutions we have become known for.

“By putting our people first and focusing on our future, we can make the best use of our resources to continuously improve and achieve a secure and sustainable future for our business.”

Engie Fabricom operates from five sites across the UK – Grimsby, Immingham, Lowestoft, Stokesley and Middlesbrough.