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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=21431 Vattenfall to build the largest offshore wind farm in the Nordics 10/11/2016 Vattenfall has won a tender to build Danish Kriegers Flak, a 600 MW offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, with a record low bid of EUR 49.9 per MWh, bringing down the costs for renewable energy. Kriegers Flak is set to be the largest offshore wind farm in the Nordics and could supply electricity to 600, 000 Danish households upon completion, corresponding to 23 percent of all households in Denmark. The wind farm is part of Denmark’s Parliament decision to shift from non-renewable or fossil fuels to a completely renewable resources dependent country by 2050. As part of the agreement, it decided to build three major offshore wind farms. The wind farms include Horns Rev 3, Danish Near Shore and Kriegers Flak. Vattenfall has won the development tenders for all the three wind farms. Vattenfall’s investment in Kriegers Flak wind farm will be EUR 1.1 – 1.3 billion, pending a final investment decision. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=20403 Vestas obtains 120 MW wind order from Morocco 03/08/2016 Vestas obtained a 120 megawatt wind turbine order for the Khalladi wind park, in the windy Tangiers area of northern Morocco, the firm made known on Tuesday. Vestas will offer 40 units of 3 megawatt wind turbines to the wind park. The park will be the first clean energy project funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Morocco to permit to private producers to sell power through electricity purchase agreements to industrial off-takers. In addition to the EBRD, the project will be co-financed by the Moroccan bank BMCE and Argan Infrastructure Fund, an Africa-focused infrastructure fund run by Infra Invest, according to Vestas. The Danish firm declared the order will enhance Vestas' increasing presence in the region which has either already installed or under construction over 900 megawatts of capacity in Africa. Turbine delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2017, while commissioning is estimated for the fourth quarter of 2017. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=19416&trydf=histor...@eaaev.org China connected 5.33 GW of wind capacity to the grid in Q1 2016 27/04/2016 *China’s newly installed wind power capacity hit 5.33 GW in the first quarter, up 13% year-on-year, according to figures released by the National Energy Administration (NEA).* The first quarter 2016 saw a total grid-connected wind generation capacity at 134 GW, up 33% compared with data from March last year. However, wind-power consumption declined due to wastage. China's wind farms supplied 55.2 billion kilowatt-hours to the grid over the three-month period, up 21 percent from a year earlier. The average usage of wind power in the first three months was 422 hours, 61 less than the same period in 2015, the NEA stated. The NEA said that 19.2 billion KWh, or 26 percent, of total wind output was wasted. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=19386 Britain: National Grid will pay companies to use electricity this summer 22/04/2016 A dozen British firms will be paid to use power under a scheme National Grid will start next month intended at balancing the system in summer, when production is high from green energy sources such as wind and solar. National Grid declared 12 companies have obtained contracts for the Demand Turn Up scheme which will operate from May until September. Under the scheme, companies will run several operations at night or at midday when there is a lot of electricity production from wind farms and solar power plants. As a part of the tender, firms were demanded to demonstrate they need to complete such operations and that the electricity would not be unexploited. The scheme was also open to small scale power generators that can also cut their output at short notice, such as combined heat and power units, which produce electricity as a by-product of heating. The firms will be paid 1.5 pounds per megawatt hour (MWh) for taking part in the scheme. They will be paid an extra 60-75 pounds/MWh if called upon to perform. British spot power prices presently trade approximately 37 pounds/MWh. In 2014 National Grid paid 10 million pounds ($14.43 million) to wind power producers to halt output when electricity demand was low to guarantee the system was not oversupplied. National Grid predicts electricity demand will attain a record low this summer. Meanwhile green electricity production Britain is increasing. It represented a record 25 percent of the nation's generation in 2015. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=19178 [And yet, there are still politicians in Canada arguing that carbon taxes don't work. Seemed to work in this case.] Closure of Longannet coal-fired power station brings the end of an era in Scotland 24/03/2016 Scottish Power will on Thursday halt production at the country's last coal-fired power station, the 46 year old Longannet Power Station in Fife, blaming high carbon taxes and transmission charges made it “uneconomic”. The coal-fired power station, which at its peak provided electricity for over 2 million homes, will stop generating at 15:00 GMT, according to its owner, Scottish Power. During its lifespan, more than 177 million tonnes of coal was used along with 2.7 million tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 2.4 million cubic metres of natural gas. It was the biggest power station in Europe when it became operational in 1969, capable of producing 2,400MW of electricity for the national grid and supplying over two million homes each year. By the closure of Longannet, Scotland becomes one of the first nations to end its use of coal for power, marking a historic step in its energy transition. Scottish Power, one of the big six energy suppliers and now owned by Iberdrola, once had half a dozen coal-fired power stations, but is now reliant on gas and wind farms for generating electricity. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=19014 U.S. hit a stunning record in terms of solar PV installations in 2015 24/02/2016 The U.S. solar industry has broken another record, adding 7.3 GW of new generating capacity in 2015, according to figures released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The data unveiled on Monday, represent an increase of over 1 GW of solar photovoltaic installations compared to 2014. Photovoltaic technology is able to directly convert sunlight into electricity. Last year, solar provided 29.5 per cent of all new electric generating capacity in the US, delivering a year-on-year growth rate of 17 per cent. For the first time, solar beat out natural gas capacity additions in 2015. The residential solar segment surpassed expectations, growing 66% year over year, and for the first time ever overtook 2 GW. Meanwhile, the utility-scale sector grew by six per cent, and represented more than half of all solar PV installations in 2015. The USA’s cumulative solar PV installations had exceeded 25 GW by the end of 2015 - more than twelve times installed capacity at the end of 2010 (2GW). The U.S. solar market was driven by California, North Carolina, Nevada, Massachusetts, and New York. The market continued to diversify geographically, with 13 states installing more than 100 MW each in 2015. Utah jumped in ranking from No. 23 state to No. 7, and Georgia moved from 16th to eighth place. The U.S is on the track to hit a renewables boom following Congress' approval in December 2015 of tax credits for wind and solar projects, providing investors with a relatively stable investment climate through to 2020. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=18849 [Note GE will not participate so long as it is subject to conventional liability law in India, but only after given government protection, as is done in U.S., U.K., Canada etc.] EDF inks preliminary agreement to build six nuclear plants in India 27/01/2016 French utility EDF declared on Tuesday it had inked a preliminary deal with Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) to construct six nuclear reactors at Jaitapur, in the west of India. EDF is taking over the long-postponed project, which might turn into the world's huge nuclear agreement, from fellow French state-controlled group Areva, which will vend its reactor unit to EDF later this year. The Jaitapur project is at the primary technical studies stage after obtaining initial environmental approval in 2010, according to EDF. An accord for pre-engineering studies was signed by Areva and NPCIL last April. EDF declared that in the next few months it would go on with the work started by Areva and NPCIL to get authorization for the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) reactor in India and to settle the economic and financial conditions. The six 1650 megawatt EPR reactors with a total capacity of approximately 10,000 MW would make Jaitapur one of the world's largest nuclear sites and the deal, if concluded, one of the biggest in the history of the nuclear industry. Nevertheless Indian legislation on manufacturer's responsibility has long blocked French, US and Russian nuclear projects in the country. General Electric Chairman Jeff Immelt announced in September that GE will not make any investment in atomic energy in India until accident liability laws are brought in line with international practice. Following 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, India's parliament ratified a law six years ago that makes equipment providers liable for an accident. French President Francois Hollande, making a state visit to India, made known on Monday that a deal to build the six nuclear reactors must be settled within a year. EDF also mentioned that its EDF Energies Nouvelles division had decided to collaborate with India's SITAC to construct four onshore wind farms by the end of 2016 with a total capacity of 142 MW in the state of Gujarat. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=18051 France to stop immediately the coal credits for exporters 14/09/2015 The French government unveiled it will end export subsidies for building coal plants abroad ahead of high-profile climate change United Nations talks in December. The measures, which will take effect immediately, involve removing export credits for all new coal power projects not equipped with carbon capture and storage technology (CCS). The decision will mainly hit French industrial group Alstom, which is the exporter of technology for coal, gas and nuclear power plants abroad. Instead, the French government will provide subsidies for French companies building renewable-energy plants overseas, declared Environment Minister Segolene Royal. Coal accounts for only a small amount of France's energy mix. However, France was one of the world's largest providers of subsidies for coal energy exports between 2007 and 2013, according to the OECD. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=18016 Britain to scrap four scheduled wind farms in Wales 08/09/2015 Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has scrapped plans for the construction of four onshore wind farms in Wales, it said in a statement on Monday. The scheduled Llanbadarn Fynydd, Llaithddu, Llanbrynmair, and Carnedd Wen onshore wind farms, which would have a combined capacity of over 350MW, were each rejected yesterday, following the results of a public inquiry which closed in May last year. DECC cited a number of reasons for throwing away the schemes, including worries about the wind farms' effect on local biodiversity, local traffic, and landscape and visual impacts. The government gave the green light to Scottish Power to replace turbines at its 100 MW Llandinam Windfarm in Wales, but an application for connecting power lines was declined. DECC unveiled earlier this year that Britain aims to scrap all new subsidies for onshore wind plants from April 2016, when it ends a renewable support scheme. It has also announced plans to cut the feed-in tariff payments by more than 80 per cent for some domestic solar rooftop schemes. The government has been blamed of launching an attack on the renewable energy industry since it came to power in May, with a particular spotlight on onshore wind power. However, the government argues the reductions in support are necessary in order to cope with the declining costs of technology and ramping rates of deployment. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=1799 UK: Coal-fired Eggborough power plant set to close in March on high costs 03/09/2015 Britain's coal-fired Eggborough power plant is set to close at the end of March 2016, blaming too high costs to continue running the 53-year-old power station, according to its owner declarations on Wednesday. The shutdown is likely to increase risks of blackouts in winter 2016-17 and threatening the loss of 240 jobs. The power plant provides 4 % of the UK’s electricity needs or to around 2 million of houses. The 2GW coal-fired power station needs an extra £200 million over the next three years to continue generating power and owner Eggborough Power Limited said this level of investment is "financially unsustainable”. The company warned in 2014 that a closure is likely due to the rallying carbon tax and the investment needed to meet European Union emissions standards. Eggborough power plant failed to win support for biomass conversion in 2014, but was acquired by Czech energy company EPH in November 2014 as part of a UK acquisition strategy. British wholesale power prices have decreased by around 9 percent since the beginning of the year, while costs jumped after Britain's carbon tax doubled this April to 18.08 pounds ($27.68) per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) released. The announcement comes just weeks after ScottishPower unveiled it would close its Longannet coal plant in Fife in March after it became too costly. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=17952 Vestas obtains 50 MW wind farm order in Uruguay 26/08/2015 | Vestas has been granted a contract to supply 50MW of turbines for a wind project in Uruguay. The Danish firm will be in charge of the supply, installation and commissioning of 15 blades with a capacity of 3.3MW each. The Florida II project is a continuation of Florida I and is likely to have a capacity of 142MW. The delivery of the wind turbines are planned for the first quarter of 2016. The power produced will be acquired by the Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas (UTE), Uruguay’s state-owned grid operator. Akuo Energy and Eurus Energy America are developing the project. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
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http://www.energymarketprice.com/SitePage.asp?act=NewsDetails&newsId=17861 [Wow! I'm not sure I would ever see this without serious carbon taxes in place, but this says an electricity utility is shutting down all their coal-fired generation to save money - because of "the low costs of green energy". I have to find a way to spend some time in NZ someday. Next, perhaps they'll look into biogas production to displace some of the fossil natural gas they're using.] New Zealand marks end to coal electricity 11/08/2015 | The last two coal-fired power units in New Zealand will be closed in the following three years. Genesis Energy declared its coal-burning power generators at Huntly Power Station will be forever removed from the market by December 2018. Chief Executive Albert Brantley mentioned that one of the reasons is the low costs of green energy. The firm hopes that the shutdown of the two units will save almost NZD$25 million (£10.7m) in operational and capital costs and reduce carbon emissions. The units released a maximum of 5,000 kilotonnes of CO2 – or approximately 5% of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions. The Huntly location will keep on producing power from the two existing gas-fired units, which have a total capacity of 450MW. ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
