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Content Iss. 2023-02-02

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 EDITORIAL
Race against time: When will the tipping point be reached?
Detail_pocket-watch-1637396_1280While the time for the decisive tipping point in climate change is getting frighteningly closer, the global community is trying to take action against it with various measures. The expansion of renewable energies is running faster than ever - but is it enough?

The world is rapidly approaching a crucial point on climate change: a new study by researchers at Standford University and Colorado State University provides evidence that global warming is on track to be 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial temperature average as early as the early 2030s, regardless of how much greenhouse gas emissions rise or fall over the next decade. The new "time to threshold" ...

 HIGHLIGHTS
bp publishes Energy Outlook 2023
List_bp_20230131The three main scenarios considered in the Outlook have been updated to take account for the Russia-Ukraine war and the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act in the US last year.

The Outlook’s three main ...

EU Critical Raw Materials Act must strengthen wind and steel sectors
List_mine_1Europe needs to make sure where its critical raw material supplies come from.

The European wind industry and the European steel industry are essential to the competitiveness of ...

2022 energy transition investment surges past $1 trillion
List_geld_4Global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $1.1 trillion in 2022 to draw level with fossil fuels.

Global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $1.1 trillion ...

Report: collaborative offshore wind transmission planning needed in the U.S.
List_offshore_4Urgent planning of building the necessary transmission grid is needed for the U.S. offshore wind industry to thrive.

With dozens of offshore wind projects in the pipeline off ...

 WINDFAIR EDITORS
Amazon purchased record amount of clean energy in 2022
Neoen signs VPPA for Swedish wind farm
Detail_wind_21Energy producer Neoen has signed a 10-year PPA with Coveris for the 57.4 MW Storbrännkullen wind farm in Sweden for over 60% of the green energy to be produced there.

The 57.4 MW wind farm, which is currently under construction, is located in the counties of Jämtland and Västernorrland, spanning the municipalities of Ragunda, Strömsundand Sollefteå, around 100 kilometres from the city of Östersund. Construction began in July 2022 and the farm is scheduled to be commissioned in late ...

Poland obstructs wind power expansion
 NEWS of the WEEK
PNE and OMNIA sign MoU for the production of green hydrogen and ammonia in South Africa
List_wasser_1This new ammonia production will be powered by renewable energy from hybrid sources.

OMNIA GROUP (PTY) LTD. and WKN WINDCURRENT S.A (PTY) LTD (WKN)., a fully owned subsidiary of German ...

Europe adds record of new hydrogen refuelling stations in 2022
List_lbst_20230201_1Europe had 254 hydrogen stations at year end, 105 of which are in Germany. France is still second in Europe with 44 operating stations, followed by the UK und the Netherlands with 17 each, and ...
Ibiza-Formentera submarine cable interconnection finished by Prysmian
List_prysmian_20230131Prysmian Group announces the successful completion of the cable laying and burial operations for the submarine power interconnection between Ibiza and Formentera.

Prysmian Group, ...

Italy: Enfinity Global and Statkraft sign long-term PPA
List_wind_solar_bio“It has been a pleasure developing this partnership with Enfinity Global. This important deal, representing one of the biggest PPA transactions in the country, confirms Statkraft’s positioning as a key player in power purchase agreements...
French Energiequelle subsidiary commissions new 18 MW wind farm
List_energiequelle_20230131 The wind farm is located in northwestern France, on the Côtes d’Armor in Brittany.

Earlier this year, Energiequelle’s French subsidiary, P&T Technologie, commissioned the Le ...

Shell to reduce size of Executive Committee
List_personal_1Shell wants "to simplify the organisation further".

Under the changes, which are expected to take effect on 1 July 2023, Shell’s Integrated Gas and Upstream businesses will be combined to form a new Integrated Gas and ...

AkzoNobel celebrates renewable energy milestone in North America
List_akzonobel_20230126All of AkzoNobel’s locations in North America are now operating on 100% renewable electricity

The milestone – reached at the beginning of the year – is the latest in ...

Schaeffler appoints Christian Zeidlhack as new President Industrial Europe
List_schaeffler_20230127In his new role, Christian Zeidlhack is in charge of the Industrial division’s direct-customer and sales-partner business for the whole of Europe as well as all the company’s operations in Central and Eastern Europe. ...
GE reveils plans to build offshore facilities in New York
List_ge_2022031_1GE announced today that it has submitted a plan to construct two new manufacturing facilities in New York if it wins a sufficient volume of orders from customers in the State’s ongoing solicitation ...
European Commission presents Green Deal Industrial Plan
List_gruen_1The Green Deal Industrial Plan will enhance the competitiveness of Europe's net-zero industry and support the fast transition to climate neutrality.

The Plan builds on previous initiatives and relies on the strengths ...

POWSEIDON project: Collecting data in the Gulf of Lion
List_france_20230201The Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean will host several pilot and commercial floating wind farms in the coming years. It is therefore crucial for project developers to accurately characterise the wind resource as well as the turbulence, which...
New global industry collaboration to decarbonise and scale up sustainably of offshore wind
List_offshore_wind_7The developers will work in collaboration with the Carbon Trust as part of the new Offshore Wind Sustainability Joint Industry Programme to develop the first industry-backed methodology and guidance to...
Vineyard Wind and Shoreline Offshore agree on building a CTV terminal on Popes Island
List_offshore_9The terminal will help developers work during both the construction and operations and maintenance phases of the different projects of planned offshore wind farms in the region.

Vineyard ...

Australia and Germany to cooperate in installing green hydrogen supply chain
List_wasser_3The initiative strengthens Australian-German collaboration to reduce the cost of green hydrogen production and supports cutting-edge technology in the industry.

Australian ...

WindFloat Atlantic exceeds production expectations
List_windfloat_20230130WindFloat Atlantic is exceeding the production expectations set for this project and considering that it will be in operation for the next 25 years, the positive impact of WindFloat Atlantic will never stop increasing. ...
OX2 to develop Finnish offshore wind farm
List_offshore_3OX2 has taken further steps for the development of the offshore wind farm Tyrsky in the Gulf of Bothnia in the Finnish economic zone.

OX2 received a research permit for the Tyrsky wind farm from the Finnish ...

 EVENTS
2023-02-02 Dhaka: Solar Expo Bangladesh
2023-02-07 Round Rock, TX: Operations and Maintenance and Safety Conference 2023
2023-02-07 San Diego: DISTRIBUTECH International 2023
2023-02-07 Monterrey, N.L. : H2 EXPO HIDRÓGENO
2023-02-08 Istanbul: ICCI 2023
2023-02-08 Dortmund: elektrotechnik 2023
2023-02-10 Uttar Pradesh: Power on
2023-02-14 Long Beach: Intersolar North America
2023-02-14 Hannover: 5. Windenergie Technologiekongress
2023-02-15 Tashkent: International Forum and Exhibition Thermal Power Plants Central Asia
2023-02-18 Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh : 15th ELECRAMA 2023
2023-02-21 Aberdeen: Subsea Expo 2023
2023-02-21 Madrid: Genera - International Energy and Environment Fair 2023
2023-02-21 Orlando: POWER-GEN International 2023
2023-02-22 London: Energy Storage Summit 2023
2023-02-22 - : Floating Offshore Wind Shot™ Summit
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