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Sonnedix begins operation

at 32.9MW of solar PV in
Japan

Sonnedix’s 32.9MW Iwate Miyako solar PV
Plant, located in Yamada-machi and Miyako
city, Iwate prefecture, achieved commercial
operation on June 3, 2020. This is the second
large scale solar PV project in Japan entering Gladstone – has begun initial environmental “We look forward to a safe and productive
operation this year that was fully developed impact studies and irradiance monitoring. relationship with Vestas. They are an industry
and financed by Sonnedix Japan for the The developers are currently liaising with leader with experience in multi-brand service,
Sonnedix Group, bringing the total operating key industry stakeholders to streamline the and their wide-ranging geographic presence
capacity in Japan to 133MW – with a further development process. in Australia enables them to provide quality
83MW, expected to reach COD later in the The company said its key strategic decision service teams adjacent to our wind assets.”
year. was to “place priority on securing enough In a statement the company said all the
The plant is expected to produce suitable land to be able to generate enough agreements will commence immediately and
39,500MWh of clean energy during its first in-house solar power and battery support to will feature the Active Output Management
full year of operation. This is the equivalent to supply all the energy necessary for the large- 4000 (AOM 4000) service programme.
powering around 13,200 households, avoiding scale hydrogen facility”. While this marks an
the emission of around 19,200 metric tons important milestone, the next, even bigger
CO2 per year. The electricity generated by step is to secure finance and offtake deals.
the solar plant will be sold to Tohoku EPCO, In the coming period, Austrom Hydrogen WIND
through a 20-year PPA. says it will explore partner opportunities both
Built by Daiwa House, the PV plant is domestically and internationally. Its ultimate John Laing Group said last
powered by 340Wp modules manufactured goal is to generate green hydrogen for export.
by Hanwha Q Cells, as well as 33kW string “The technology for generating hydrogen week that construction has
inverters supplied by Huawei. more efficiently is evolving rapidly as is
Axel Thiemann, Sonnedix Group CEO, the demand for commercially produced been initiated on a 28.9-MW
said, “The beginning of the operations phase quantities of green-powered hydrogen
for Iwate Miyako Mega-solar PV Plant marks production,” said Austrom Hydrogen Director waste-to-energy plant in
a milestone for Sonnedix, as it consolidates Tonny Jorgensen. “Along with contributing
our in-country-growth and expansion significantly to Australia’s export market and Western Australia.
strategy, and positions us as one of the leading economy, this project will provide thousands
players in the Japanese solar market.” of jobs, boosting regional economies and help The milestone was marked by a virtual
Sonnedix Japan, on behalf of the Sonnedix foreign industry partners achieve their green opening ceremony due to the current
group of companies (the Sonnedix Group), hydrogen targets.” restrictions related to the COVID-19
currently manages 133MW of solar PV pandemic. The UK-based infrastructure
capacity in operation and more than 380MW investor in January invested AUD51.5mn
of solar PV capacity under construction and ($35.9mn) in the project, in which Abu Dhabi
development. WIND Future Energy Company, better known as
Masdar, owns a 40% stake. Spain’s Acciona SA
Vestas to service Senvion (and Hitachi Zosen Inova will take care of the
engineering, procurement and construction
turbines in three EDL he East Rockingham waste to energy
HYDROGEN (EPC) works.
New 3.6GW PV-powered Australian wind farms facility will be capable of processing up to
300,000 tonnes of non-recyclable municipal,
hydrogen project Multinational energy supplier EDL has commercial and industrial residual waste
contracted Danish wind turbine manufacturer
from the Perth metropolitan area and will
announced in Australia Vestas for service to three Australian wind produce baseload renewable energy that
fields.
will be fed into the local power grid. The
Australian renewables producer Austrom As per the terms of the contract, Vestas will renewables electricity will be enough to meet
Hydrogen has secured land near the Port service 23 Senvion turbines with a combined the demand of around 36,000 homes.
of Gladstone, Queensland, for an ambitious capacity of 47MW. According to John Laing, each tonne of
project that could feature a 3.6GW solar- The turbines are located across the Coober waste processed at the site will lower Western
powered hydrogen facility. The project, Pacific Pedy site in South Australia, Cullerin Range in Australia’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
Solar Hydrogen, will join the growing group New South Wales and Wonthaggi in Victoria. by one tonne. The facility is expected to be up
of gigawatt-scale green hydrogen project EDL CEO James Harman said: “EDL is and running by the end of 2022.
announcements across Australia. pleased to appoint Vestas as our maintenance
Pacific Solar Hydrogen – planned for service provider for the Coober Pedy, Cullerin
the North Callide region, 70 km from Range and Wonthaggi wind farms.

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