JERA Nex

📍Join us at WindEurope in Copenhagen | April 8–10 We're excited to be exhibiting at stand B74 in Hall C4, alongside our subsidiary Parkwind. Come by to explore our latest innovations, projects, and contributions to the offshore wind industry. 🔗 Discover the full programme: windeurope.org/annual2025 🌐 Learn more about our current wind projects: jeranex.com

We’re pleased to share that the geotechnical investigations for Blue Mackerel, the proposed 1GW offshore wind project off the coast of Gippsland, Australia, have been completed safely, successfully and ahead of schedule.   The project site will now continue being monitored, with a FLiDAR and wave buoy collecting critical data on wind, waves, currents, and tides for the next 1–2 years.   Read the summary of the Metocean and Geotechnical Investigations Management Plan and the Stakeholder Engagement Strategy here: https://lnkd.in/g7DP_awz or visit the Blue Mackerel website to find out more about the project: https://lnkd.in/e42CGtd8

Friday Focus is here to break down key renewables concepts in a clear, approachable way. Today, we’re exploring wind speeds and some common questions about how wind turbines work.

We’re proud to announce a new partnership with the University of Arkansas, focused on understanding how solar farms can double as local wildlife habitats! 🌱 🦋 Using wildlife cameras, bird and bat recorders, and on-site sampling, researchers are tracking everything from mammals and birds to butterflies and amphibians across 90 solar sites in Arkansas and Kansas, including Happy, our 95MW solar farm in Arkansas. The goal? To understand how solar farms can double as wildlife habitats and develop the best ways to enhance biodiversity on sites across the US. Read more: https://lnkd.in/etRMA-wu Image credit: Arkansas Monarch Conservation Partnership

The 2025 Global Energy Review from the International Energy Agency (IEA) paints a clear picture: the global energy landscape is changing. In 2024, electricity demand surged by 4.3%, nearly double the decade’s average. This spike was driven by record-breaking temperatures increasing the need for HVAC use, the electrification of transport, and the expansion of AI and data centers.   What's interesting is how the world is meeting this rising demand. Low-emission energy sources, including renewables supplied 80% of the increase in electricity generation. For the first time, these low-emission sources now account for 40% of total global electricity production. In 2024, 700 GW of new renewable energy capacity were installed globally, marking the 22nd consecutive year of record growth.   The energy transition is in progress but there is still work to be done to facilitate it.   Read the full report below or visit our website to see what we're doing to support renewables development: www.jeranex.com

“Collaboration is critical to driving the renewables industry forward… To build projects at the scale we do, we rely on alliances across development, investment, and the supply chain.”   👇Read Nathalie Oosterlinck’s interview with Berlin Global Dialogue to find out more about our approach to alliances, how her time living in Japan shifted her perspective, and why finding solutions to the energy trilemma remains as crucial as ever. 

We are delighted to announce the leadership team for JERA Nex bp, our recently announced offshore wind joint venture with bp.    Our CEO Nathalie Oosterlinck will become CEO of JERA Nex bp. She will be joined in the leadership team by: 🔹Erin Eisenberg – CFO (currently VP Finance, Low Carbon Energy at bp) 🔹Richard Sandford – Chief Development Officer (currently SVP Offshore Wind at bp) 🔹Zlati Christov – Chief Investment Officer (currently Chief Investment Officer at JERA Nex) 🔹Eric Antoons – Chief Operating Officer (currently co-CEO of Parkwind) 🔹Alfonso Montero López Montero Lopez – Chief Technical Officer (currently VP, Offshore Wind Engineering at bp) The announcement was made during a signing ceremony for the memorandum of cooperation in offshore wind power, attended by Yoji Muto, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Jonathan Reynolds MP, UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade. JERA Co., Inc. CEO Yukio Kani and bp’s EVP Gas & Low Carbon, William Lin, signed on behalf of JERA Nex bp. This is another milestone towards establishing JERA Nex bp, which will combine our two business’s high-quality operating and development offshore wind assets into a business with a total 13GW potential net generating capacity. Read more about the joint venture here: https://lnkd.in/eH4aRjFH

Zenobē has launched Europe's largest battery storage site - an important step towards improving UK, European and global grid systems. With the share of power from wind and solar expected to grow from ~10% today to nearly 70% by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), grid infrastructure like BESS is crucial for balancing variability and deploying renewable energy efficiently. JERA Co., Inc. has been an investor in Zenobe since 2019, and since the investment was moved into the JERA Nex portfolio after our launch last year, we've been working with the Zenobe team to scale BESS and other critical infrastructure that underpins the energy transition. 🌱 Congratulations on this milestone team Zenobē!

📰 Friday Focus is here to break down key renewables concepts in a clear, approachable way. Today, we’re exploring capacity factor, a key metric of how efficiently wind and solar power generate electricity. 

Our partnership with Catalyst Energy Partners, Inc. 🤝 In October last year, we announced a new partnership with Catalyst Energy Partners to advance the deployment of clean energy in the US. The focus? To accelerate the development of utility scale renewables projects by developing them alongside conventional power plants. Read more about how this partnership will allow us to use the existing grid infrastructure for new renewable energy projects, reducing the overall time needed to get them connected to the grid 👉 https://lnkd.in/duYhbg85