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Ørsted aims to develop offshore wind projects in South Korea

Ørsted has announced its intention to develop South Korean offshore wind projects with a potential capacity of up to 1.6GW off the coast of Incheon City. Earlier this year Ørsted deployed four floating lidars off the coast of Incheon to collect relevant data for securing the potential 1.6GW offshore wind sites. Ørsteds offshore wind projects will be located more than 70km from the main parts of Incheon City and have relatively shallow water depths at the target project site. Subject to permits, off-take agreement with a Korean energy utility, and final investment decision, the projects could be commissioned from 2026 onwards. Korea South

Senegal: EPC tender for 30MW Niakhar solar

Climate Fund Managers (CFM) has announced a joint development agreement with local developer Energy Resources Senegal (ERS) to develop a 30MW solar PV plant and 15MW/45MWh battery storage system at Niakhar. Tendering for an engineering, procurement and construction contractor was launched in mid-November, CFM’s regional head Africa Sebastian Surie told African Energy. Financial close is expected at the end of Q1 2021, with construction expected to take a year. The project will be funded by ERS and the CFM-managed Climate Investor One Construction Equity Fund. The estimated total cost is $55m, of which Climate Investor One is expected to provide about $40m. The project is anticipated to be Senegal’s first solar plant with a large battery component. “Batteries in combination with solar projects are quite new to Africa, though we have seen several success stories in other parts of the world. The great benefit of batteries is that they can act as a stabiliser, making it much easier for grids to absorb the intermittent power of renewable energy projects. The battery solution will require a tailored design and careful management, since improper use may shorten the lifespan of the battery and can ultimately result in the cancellation of the supplier’s warranties. The key challenge for this project will therefore be to adequately capture the battery usage in the contracting framework between the project and the offtaker,” Surie said. “Battery technology has developed rapidly over the past few years, with performance going up and pricing coming down. This is now resulting in solar-battery combinations being able to effectively compete with baseload power solutions like gas and coal. Though lithium-ion is currently the mainstream technology, we should be seeing other types of technologies disrupt the industry in the near future, allowing renewable power solutions to take on an even more prominent role in the global energy space.” The project is ERS’s second solar PV plant in Senegal. A 20MW plant next to Engie’s 35MW solar PV plant in Kahone was commissioned in 2018. ERS aims to develop 500MW of power by 2025. ERS is 51% owned by Senegalese entrepreneur Moustapha Sene and 49% by Senelec. CFM is a joint venture between Dutch development bank FMO and South Africa’s Sanlam InfraWorks. Senegal

Sif-Smulders consortium wins order for Dogger Bank offshore wind farm

Dogger Bank Wind Farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor, has awarded a Sif-Smulders consortium the contract for the fabrication and supply of all foundations for Dogger Bank A & B. The contract is subject to financial close which is foreseen late 2020. The Dogger Bank Wind Farm is being developed in three phases – Dogger Bank A, Dogger Bank B and Dogger Bank C – located more than 130km from the Yorkshire coast. Each phase will have an installed generation capacity of 1.2GW and combined they will have an installed capacity of up to 3.6GW. Dogger Bank A and B will require 190 foundations. Water depths at Dogger Bank vary from 18 to 63 meters. Each foundation comprises a monopile and a transition piece. Sif is responsible for the fabrication and supply of the monopiles and primary steel for the transition pieces, and for the marshalling of all foundation components at its Maasvlakte 2 Rotterdam terminal (the Netherlands). Smulders will manufacture the secondary steel and assemble, coat and test the fully equipped transition pieces. Production in the Smulders’ facilities in Poland and Belgium will begin in May 2021. The assembly, which will be done at the Hoboken facility (Belgium), is scheduled to start in September 2021 and will take approximately 10 months. United Kingdom

NKT signs major export cable preferred supplier agreement

NKT has entered into a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) as the main contractor to deliver and install export cable systems on an unnamed European offshore wind farm. Under the contract, NKT will deliver and install high-voltage DC on- and offshore export cable systems for the project. The potential order for NKT will comprise the manufacture and delivery of more than 500 kilometres total production length of 320 kV DC offshore export power cables, accessories as well as installation by the cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria. For NKT, the order is expected to have an estimated contract value of above EUR 250 million in market prices, equivalent to approximately EUR 200 million in standard metal prices. A firm order is conditional upon final contract negotiations and that the project owners provide NKT a notice to proceed. ”This Preferred Supplier Agreement for another turnkey high-voltage DC offshore windfarm proves that the European move towards renewable energy has momentum and that NKT is a key contributor in this transformation,” NKT President and CEO Alexander Kara said. ”We expect the offshore wind segment to increase further in the years ahead, and with our proven technology, strong focus on sustainability in the entire value chain and proven track record we are well positioned to take active part in that growth potential.” Denmark