Masdar has announced a plan to triple the size of Uzbekistan’s first utility-scale wind farm to a capacity of 1.5 GW, having signed an Implementation Agreement with the country’s government. The first 500 MW phase of the Zarafshan wind farm is expected to enter commercial operation by the end of 2024. Nordex will supply turbines to two of Energiequelle’s onshore wind projects in Finland – the 28.5 MW Takanebacken and 39.9 MW Torvenkyla wind farms – both of which should be completed in 2022. Wartsila has secured a contract for the battery at RWE Renewables’ Hickory Solar project in Georgia, USA. The 40MW / 80 MWh DC-coupled storage system is scheduled for delivery in September 2021, with commercial operations to…