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  • TenneT Installs Artificial Reefs at Hollandse Kust West Alpha Offshore Netherlands

    27 October 2023
    Environment, R&D

    The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has placed several artificial reefs at the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore transformer platform in the Dutch North Sea. The platform will connect the Ecowende consortium (Shell/Eneco) wind farm to the high-voltage grid. In collaboration with Equans/Smulders, TenneT placed two types of artificial reefs near the offshore substation […]

  • First Turbine Up at First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm in US

    19 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s jack-up Sea Installer has installed the first GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbine at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project in the US. The completed turbine is comprised of one tower, three 351-foot-long blades (about 107 metres), and a nacelle. The fully assembled unit represents the largest turbine in the western world, with […]

  • Eolus Files Revised Application for 1 GW Wind Project Offshore Sweden

    28 February 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Sweden-based Eolus has submitted a permit application to build the 1 GW Blekinge offshore wind farm in southern Sweden. The application for an environmental permit has been submitted to the Land and Environment Court in Växjö, according to the developer. An application was sent to the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise to conduct investigations on […]

  • Scottish Start-Up Unveils Floating Offshore Wind Installation Solution

    5 October 2023
    Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Encomara, a Scottish newcomer, has launched a solution for the installation of floating offshore wind turbines. The company’s turbine installation technology, designed to enhance life-cycle efficiency, safety, sustainability, and reliability, is applicable regardless of water depth, according to Encomara. The company’s pioneering Strategic Wind InFrastructure (SWIFT) system is said to integrate new and established technologies […]

  • Flotation Energy, Cobra File Onshore Planning Application for 100 MW Celtic Floater

    26 September 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Flotation Energy and Cobra have submitted an onshore planning application to North Devon Council for their 100 MW White Cross floating offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea. The proposed White Cross floating offshore wind farm will feature six to eight floating wind turbines installed some 52 kilometres off the North Devon coast. The project’s […]

  • Clarksons Seminar Shares Positive Prospects for the Offshore Wind Industry

    20 October 2023
    Business development, Contribution, Industry, Market Outlooks, Supply Chain, Training & Education, Wind Turbines

    Industry experts convene at Clarksons HQ to address challenges and explore opportunities amid turbulent times. Clarksons Securities, Clarksons Offshore & Renewables, and Green Giraffe Advisory jointly hosted the “Offshore Wind Investment: Mind The Gap” seminar at Clarksons’ headquarters in London. The event brought together key stakeholders, including investors, developers, and suppliers, to provide valuable insights […]

  • Support for Offshore Wind in New Jersey Drops, Industry Points to Effect of Misinformation

    30 August 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The number of New Jersey residents who support offshore wind fell by more than 20 per cent since 2019, from 76 per cent four years ago to just over half (54 per cent) now, and the number of those opposing offshore wind has climbed from 15 per cent to 40 per cent since 2019. This […]

  • COBRAcable Converter Station Starts Taking Shape in Eemshaven

    3 January 2017
    Grid Connection

    TenneT and Energinet.dk have driven the first pile into the ground to kick off the construction of the Dutch converter station of the COBRAcable, a subsea electricity connection that will link the Dutch and Danish grids. The COBRAcable will have a capacity of 700MW, will be approximately 325 kilometres long, and will run from Eemshaven, the […]

  • COBRAcable Lands in Netherlands

    9 November 2018
    Grid Connection

    Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT brought the COBRAcable ashore on 9 November, according to the TSO’s social media posts. 

  • Dutch-Danish Interconnector to Be Built

    10 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    The Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO B.V. and its Danish counterpart Energinet.dk have given their final approval for the development of COBRAcable. This new, over 300-km-long subsea direct-current electricity connection (interconnector), will directly connect the Dutch and Danish power grids. Completion of the cable is scheduled early 2019. ‘Green’ cable’  “An important purpose of […]

  • Fibre-Optic Data Cable to Run Alongside COBRAcable

    22 September 2016
    Grid Connection

    TenneT and its Danish counterpart Energinet.dk will install a fibre-optic data link alongside the COBRAcable interconnector itself, in order to exchange the necessary information about the interconnection. In future, the fibre-optic link can also be used to connect offshore wind farms to the telecommunications network as the data cable’s remaining capacity will be made available to the market. […]

  • Siemens Receives €170M COBRAcable Order

    1 February 2016
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has been awarded an order for COBRAcable, a link between the Dutch and Danish power grids, by Danish power grid service provider Energinet.dk and its Dutch counterpart TenneT TSO. Siemens will supply two HVDC converter stations at both sides of the DC power line, which will be routed as a subsea cable through the North […]

  • MMT to Examine COBRAcable Route

    14 June 2016
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian has awarded MMT with a cable route survey contract for the COBRAcable, a subsea HVDC interconnector that will link the Dutch and Danish power grids. MMT will start working on the project this July, and will carry out the surveys with its own ROTV, ROV & survey vessels Franklin, Seabeam and Ping. The survey contract includes inshore and […]

  • Netherlands, Denmark Inaugurate COBRAcable Interconnector

    4 November 2019
    Grid Connection

    An official inauguration event for the 700MW COBRAcable subsea interconnector is being held today, 4 November, in both Eemshaven (the Netherlands) and Endrup (Denmark), in the presence of representatives from the Dutch and Danish ministries. According to Prysmian, the cable supplier for the project, the inauguration follows the successful completion of the HVDC test on […]

  • Energinet.dk Seeks Subsea Cable Consultant for Germany

    6 January 2014
    Grid Connection

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk and its Dutch partner Tennet are looking for consultancy providers that will assist in obtaining the permits to install and operate the COBRAcable in Germany. The consultant will help the project team in the dialogue with key German authorities and in preparing the applications to German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic […]

  • Marine Warranty Surveyor Wanted for COBRAcable

    31 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Energinet.dk is looking to pre-qualify companies which will participate in a tender for a Marine Warranty Surveyor contract worth EUR 600,000 for offshore cable laying and cable protection at the COBRAcable interconnector that will link Denmark and the Netherlands.

  • MMT Surveys COBRAcable Route

    10 March 2015
    R&D, Vessels

    MMT, contracted by Offshore Marine Management (OMM), has completed geophysical, geotechnical and cable crossing surveys in preparation for the installation of the COBRAcable, which will connect the Netherlands and Denmark.  The project was completed with a four-vessel solution between early September and late November. The M/V Askholmen performed Shallow Water Geophysical Survey at the landfalls in Eemshaven, […]

  • TenneT Opens Cable Storage Facility in Eemshaven

    3 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    On 2 February, TenneT officially opened its special cable storage facility in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, which is able to store up to 4,600 tonnes of high-voltage electricity cables. TenneT will use the facility as a storage for massive subsea cables used for connecting offshore wind farms to the onshore grid and for offshore direct-current interconnectors (DCI), like the NorNed cable […]

  • Ground for COBRAcable Broken in Denmark

    10 October 2016
    Grid Connection

    Danish Energy Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt and Chairman of Energinet.dk, Kim Andersen, broke ground for the COBRAcable today, thus marking the start of works on the subsea interconnector between Denmark and the Netherlands.  The groundbreaking event took place at the site of Energinet.dk’s high-voltage station in Endrup at Esbjerg. From 2019 onwards, two parallel 325km long cables will send power […]

  • First Power Flows through COBRAcable

    10 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    Transmission system operators Energinet and TenneT have sent the first green electricity from Denmark to the Netherlands through the COBRAcable interconnector. The first electricity was sent as part of the tests prior to the commissioning of the interconnector scheduled for 7 September, Energinet said. The 700MW HVDC cable connection consists of two parallel, approximately 300km […]

  • Top News of the Week, 2 – 8 January 2017

    8 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Public Consultation for Borssele V Tender Opens Public consultation for the tender regulations related to the fifth site at the Borssele Zone in the Netherlands opened today and will close on 1 February. Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 Operational, Innovation Picks Up Galloper Monopiles On 2 January, the first four monopiles were loaded from Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 […]

  • Site Surveys to Begin for Flotation Energy’s Two Offshore Wind Projects

    13 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Site investigations are about to start at two locations in Scotland and the UK where Flotation Energy and its project partners plan to build the 480 MW Morecambe and the 1.4 GW Cenos offshore wind farms. At the Morecambe site, located about 30 kilometres from the Lancashire coast, a deep-sea geotechnical survey is scheduled to […]

  • Dutch-Danish Subsea Interconnector Developers Seek Contractors

    20 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Dutch and Danish Transmission System Operators (TSOs), TenneT and Energinet.dk, plan to build a power link (interconnector) between Endrup in Denmark and Eemshaven in The Netherlands. For this purpose, the TSOs have announced a call for tenders for a submarine and underground cable system consisting of design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and maintenance. The power interconnector, […]

  • TenneT, Energinet.dk Award €250M COBRAcable Contract to Prysmian

    1 February 2016
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract worth around EUR 250 million by TenneT TSO B.V. and Energinet.dk for COBRAcable, the HVDC submarine interconnector that will link Denmark and the Netherlands. The contract awarded to Prysmian involves the turn-key supply and installation of an HVDC bipole – using single core cables with extruded insulation technology – […]

  • TenneT Looking for Cable Fault Location Team

    4 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has invited tenders for services related to cable repair and maintenance in both Germany and the Netherlands, which include locating cable faults. The services will be delivered across several grid connections and interconnectors. The transmission system operator (TSO) is looking to conclude a contract for a service-level agreement with a provider of cable fault […]

  • Skyborn, Cobra Ink Local Content Agreement for 1 GW Wind Project Offshore France

    21 June 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy

    Skyborn Renewables and Cobra have signed a local content agreement during the Seanergy trade show in Paris for the French tender off the Atlantic coasts (AO7). The engagement chart, drawn up by all the local clusters (Aquitaine Blue Energies, Bretagne Ocean Power, Normandie Maritime, Neopolia, Wind’Occ, and Sud’Eole) aims to establish a strong industrial sector […]