A Trip To Highams Park Station
I went to Highams Park station, as the Internet rumoured, that there could be gluten-free jam doughnuts near the station, at a shop called the Community Larder.
I took these pictures.
Note.
- The restored signal box, that I talked about in An Unusual Office Property has been used as a creperie. Unfortunately, it appears to have gone out of business.
- The Community Larder had a good selection of cakes, including some that were gluten-free, but no gluten-free jam doughnuts, as they are delivered on Saturdays.
- Crossing the roads by the level crossing is a nightmare.
- The station needs a step-free bridge.
The 3D Google Map shows the level crossing looking from the East.
Note.
- The railway runs North-South through the station, with South to the left.
- The signal box is on the South-East corner of the level crossing.
- Hale End Road runs East from the level crossing.
- The Community Larder is on the South side of Hale End Road.
Sorting the road traffic out will be difficult.
SeaTwirl Partners With Local Firm To Bring Vertical-Axis Floating Wind Turbine To Japan
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
Sweden-based SeaTwirl has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sumitomo Corporation Power & Mobility (SCPM) to promote its vertical-axis offshore floating wind turbine in the Japanese market.
These two paragraphs detail the responsibilities.
Under the MoU, SCPM will be responsible for identifying, marketing, negotiating, and contracting potential clients.
The Swedish company will be in charge of promoting and offering the products and services to potential clients.
Note.
- In SeaTwirl And Verlume Join Forces To Drive Decarbonisation Of Offshore Assets, I talk about their MoU with Verlume.
- In SeaTwirl, Kontiki Winds To Explore Powering Oil & Gas Assets With Floating Wind, I talk about their MoU with Kontiki Winds.
SeaTwirl either likes using Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) or their technology is very good.
The article says this about the applicability of SeaTwirl to Japanese waters.
Japan has over 4,000 islands, and according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), it has approximately 128 GW of fixed-bottom offshore wind potential and 424 GW of floating offshore wind potential.
SeaTwirl said that its vertical-axis wind turbine is well-suited for the conditions in the Japanese offshore environment with its robust and flexible design and high serviceability.
That certainly looks to be a good match and I wonder, if this could end up as a three-way co-operation, with the inclusion of Verlume’s underwater batteries.
Will SeaTwirl and Sumitomo target other island nations or those with lots of islands like Croatia, Greece, the Caribbean, Italy, Micronesia and the Philippines?
RWE And Vattenfall Complete Multi-Gigawatt Offshore Wind Transaction In UK
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
RWE and Vattenfall have completed the sale of three offshore wind projects in the UK. With the transaction completed, RWE has expanded its offshore wind portfolio in the UK by 4.2 GW.
There is also this RWE infographic, which shows the three wind farms in relation to the East Anglian coast.
RWE are getting to be a big player in UK offshore wind, with these wind farm in operation or planned.
- Galloper – 353 MW – Operation
- Gwynt y Môr – 576 MW – Operation
- Rhyll Flats – 90 MW – Operation
- Triton Knoll – 857 MW – Operation
- Sofia – 1400 MW – Under Construction – Completion in 2026
- Norfolk Boreas – 1380 MW – Planned – Completion in 2027
- Norfolk Vanguard East – 1380 MW – Planned – Completion before 2030
- Norfolk Vanguard West – 1380 MW – Planned – Completion before 2030
- Dogger Bank South – 3000 MW – Planned
- Awel y Môr – 500 MW – Planned
- Five Estuaries – 353 MW – Planned
- North Falls – 504 MW – Planned
That is a total of 11,773 MW, of which 10,607 MW is on the German side of the UK.
With RWE likely to have some success in auctions this year, these figures, are likely to increase and some wind farms will start construction.
UK’s Sixth Contracts For Difference Round Open
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
The UK Government has opened the sixth allocation round (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme on 27 March and will continue until 19 April 2024. The round will see a range of renewable technologies, including offshore wind compete for the government’s support.
This paragraph outlines how to apply and when the results will be published.
Applications may be submitted via National Grid ESO’s EMR Portal. The results are expected to be published at some point this summer.
The fifth round was a bit of a disaster for offshore wind and hopefully, it will be better this time, as the government will be upping prices.
At least it appears that Iberdrola will be bidding for two wind farm in their East Anglia Array, as I wrote about in Iberdrola Preparing Two East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects For UK’s Sixth CfD Round.
In The Crown Estate Refines Plans For Celtic Sea Floating Wind, I wrote about developments in the Celtic Sea, where contracts should be signed this year.
2024 could be a bumper year for new wind farm contracts.
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