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Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

Baua Electric

Photo: SolarDuck A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea. It’s tapped into that knowledge to design elevated solar platforms made of offshore-grade aluminum that sit 10 feet (3 meters) off the water to withstand rough waters.

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EGEB: Chemical giant buys nearly half of huge 1.5 GW Dutch offshore wind farm

Electrek

GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. GW Dutch offshore wind farm appeared first on Electrek. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): BASF will buy 49.5%

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Watch the world’s first artificial energy island being built [video]

Baua Electric

Princess Elisabeth Island will be an electricity grid at sea that will connect offshore wind farms to the Belgian mainland and also serve as a hub for future interconnectors with the UK and Denmark. gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm in the North Sea, around 45 km (28 miles) off the Belgian coast. Get started here. –ad*

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Tesla powers Eneco’s largest battery project

Teslarati

Eneco, an energy producer in the Netherlands, is relying on Tesla to power its biggest battery project to date, which will be used to “more efficiently balance Belgium’s electricity grid” and is expected to be operational in 2024. I’d love to hear from you!

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Prominent gas station sells thousands of stores to fund EV charging

Teslarati

TotalEnergies, a prominent French gas station chain, has announced it plans to sell its gas station locations in Germany and the Netherlands as it pursues EV charging and hydrogen fueling. TotalEnergies will sell its 1,198 stations in Germany and its 392 stations in the Netherlands to Canadian convenience store chain Couche-Tard.

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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online

Baua Electric

The new Viking Link electricity interconnector has a capacity of 1.4 High wind generation outputs in the UK and Denmark are unlikely to happen simultaneously, so surplus energy will be transmitted through the interconnector to where the level of demand is higher. GW interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands called LionLink.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Energy Solutions. Gas is the only answer.

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