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It comes after the project team secured planning consent for some design changes in September last year. These include an increased blade tip height, from 138.5m to 149.9m which will allow for greater electricity generation, and an increased operational life from 25 years to 30.
Planning permission allows for the installation of eight turbines, but EDF Renewables will only build seven turbines. This is down to advances in turbine technology, so fewer are needed to fulfil the generating requirements of the site.
With a generating capacity of up to 30.1 megawatts (MW), West Benhar will supply low carbon electricity to power more than 18,000 homes
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PACE has completed detailed market and technical analysis in Poland over the last 18 months and has identified and advancing its first 100 MWp of early stage solar projects. The PACE Poland office will be located in Torun, north of Warsaw, from where PACE will co-ordinate its development and acquisition of projects across the country.
The move by PACE coincides with the Polish Government’s publication of its Energy Policy to 2040, which will see a reduction in coal generation (72 percent generation market share to 56 percent by 2030) and an increase in renewables - offshore wind, onshore wind and solar. PV solar capacity is targeted to increase from 3.6 GW to 5-7 GW by 2030, with 20 GW of PV solar installed by 2040. Last year, PV solar capacity tripled, so some commentators consider the 2030 target to be a conservative one.
Courtesy of NREL
Installed at Lobethal’s sewer pump station, the 266 ground-mounted solar photovoltaic panels will generate around 160 megawatt hours of clean, green energy every year, which is enough to power more than 25 average South Australian homes for a year.
SA Water’s Senior Manager Zero Cost Energy Future Nicola Murphy said the array will play a vital role in sustainably reducing operating costs while keeping prices low and stable for customers.
“Now constructed, energized and capturing the summer sunshine, the solar energy generated by these panels ensures the pump station can still help to deliver trusted wastewater services to our Lobethal customers while reducing the energy costs needed to do so,” Nicola said.
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Courtesy of Xplore Dundee.
The Electric Emerald double deck buses will be deployed on one of Dundee’s most polluted streets, helping significantly in the fight to improve air quality. The new vehicles will be manufactured and built in Falkirk by Alexander Dennis Limited, and should arrive in Dundee later in 2021.
The £5.7 million investment in the electric buses and charging infrastructure is supported by the Scottish Government’s Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme and Xplore Dundee’s new owners, McGill’s Buses, who are also investing in a further 22 EVs from Pelican Yutong, which means that by the end of 2021 the group will have more electric buses than any other Scottish operator.