315 results found for 'modular offshore grid'

315 results found for 'modular offshore grid'
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  • Seatrium Unveils New Offshore Substation Design

    6 January 2026
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Innovation, Offshore Platforms, Technology

    ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Seatrium for the company’s offshore substation (OSS) design, described as a next-generation offshore HVAC platform engineered for scalability. Seatrium has built several offshore converter platforms for offshore wind farms and grid connections over the years, including the now-operational DolWin epsilon in Germany and the OSS for […]

  • Jacket Foundation for BorWin Kappa Offshore Converter Platform Loaded Out in UAE

    9 February 2026
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates

    Mammoet has completed the transport, load-out and mooring of the jacket foundation for the BorWin kappa offshore converter platform at McDermott’s yard in Dubai, UAE. BorWin kappa is part of TenneT’s 980 MW BorWin6 offshore wind grid connection in the German North Sea. The Dutch company has been selected as a subcontractor to provide jacking, […]

  • Dutch Start Building Enshore’s Specialist Shallow Draft Cable Lay Barge

    16 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Holland Shipyards Group is constructing a specialist shallow draft cable lay barge, purpose-built to support nearshore and inshore cable installation and marine support operations, for Enshore Subsea, with delivery expected this summer. Enshore Advantage is being built at Holland Shipyards Group’s yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, and will, once delivered, mobilise for its first project supporting Nexans in the […]

  • Indian Company Joins Hitachi Energy to Deliver HVDC Systems for TenneT’s Offshore Wind Programme

    30 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    India-headquartered Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been contracted to deliver high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations for Dutch-German grid operator TenneT’s offshore wind transmission programme. Collaborating with Hitachi Energy, L&T has been nominated by TenneT to deliver HVDC converter stations. The initiative aims to accelerate the integration of large-scale renewable energy into the European power […]

  • Ten Most Read News on offshoreWIND.biz in 2025

    1 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Manufacturing, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    OffshoreWIND.biz has millions of views per year and hundreds of thousands per month. In 2025, some stories received significantly bigger attention than others, and in this overview, we are bringing the ten most popular news in the now-past year. In August, only days after Ørsted reported that Revolution Wind was at 80 per cent of […]

  • Mammoet, Tugdock Seal Strategic Pact to Expand Use of Offshore Platform Tech

    16 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Mammoet and Tugdock Submersible Platforms Limited (Tugdock) have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the use of the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP), which is a modular, submersible platform that allows large floating structures to be transferred seamlessly from quaysides into the water. Under the agreement, Mammoet will support Tugdock in bringing the TSP to […]

  • Elia Inaugurates Its Modular Offshore Grid

    11 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    Elia has inaugurated its Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the presence of His Majesty the King of Belgium. MOG is expected to begin gathering the electricity generated by the Rentel, Northwester 2 and SeaMade offshore wind farms and transmitting it to the mainland via joint subsea cables in 2020. It features the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform, constructed by Heerema Fabrication […]

  • Elia Board Greenlights Modular Offshore Grid Project

    14 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The board of directors of Belgium’s transmission system operator Elia has approved the EUR 400 million investment into the so-called electricity plug, or Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the North Sea.

  • Elia Seeks Subsea Surveyors for Modular Offshore Grid

    4 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    Elia Asset N.V. is looking to appoint contractor(s) who will carry out seabed survey and seasoil sampling off the east Belgian coast, where submarine power cables and an offshore platform are planned to be installed as part of the Modular Offshore Grid project.  Along with the survey design and planning, the work will include marine geophysical, […]

  • G-tec Wins Modular Offshore Grid Seabed Survey Contract

    2 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Belgium’s Elia Asset N.V. has awarded compatriot G‐tec with a contract to carry out seabed surveying and sea soil sampling on the east coast of Belgium for submarine power cables and an offshore platform which will form part of the proposed Modular Offshore Grid.  Along with the survey design and planning, the work includes marine geophysical and geotechnical surveys […]

  • Elia Seeks Modular Offshore Grid Platform Designers and Subsea Cable Providers

    1 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has issued two separate calls for bids, one for a detailed design of an offshore platform, and the other for an EPC contract for submarine cables that will link the company’s Modular Offshore Grid to the mainland infrastructure. The OSY platform will be situated up to 45 kms offshore Belgian North Sea […]

  • DEME Bags EUR 130 Million Deal for Belgian Modular Offshore Grid

    17 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has awarded Dredging International, part of the DEME Group, with a contract for the subsea cable installation for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the Belgian part of the North Sea.

  • Belgium: Hellenic Cables Contracts Vos Prodect for MOG Project

    31 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with Vos Prodect Innovations for the design and delivery of sealed cable hang-off systems for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in Belgium.

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting to Install Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard Platform

    6 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has secured a contract to install the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Living Stone Picks Up SeaMade Export Cables in Greece

    15 November 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s cable laying vessel Living Stone has departed Greece carrying the export cables for the 487MW SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. Living Stone loaded the export cables with a combined length of around 28 kilometres at Hellenic Cables’ facility in Soussaki. The vessel is currently en route to Vlissingen, the Netherlands. […]

  • Elia Seeks Offshore SwitchYard Platform Fabricator

    2 May 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has invited tenders for the fabrication of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Elia Issues UXO Call

    14 June 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has invited tenders for unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route of the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian sector of the North Sea.

  • Ramboll Wins Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard Platform Design Contract

    22 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Ramboll Danmark A/S has won a contract to provide a detailed design of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid project being developed by Belgian transmission system operator Elia.  The OSY platform will be situated up to 45 kilometres off Belgian North Sea coast, in water depths between 30m-35m. The detailed design scope comprises but is […]

  • EPCI Contractor Wanted for Seastar and Mermaid Offshore Connections

    16 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Otary, the developer of Seastar and Mermaid offshore wind farms to be built off the coast of Belgium, is looking for EPCI contractor(s) for 225 kV XLPE submarine high voltage cables and connections between the wind farms’ substations and the Belgian modular offshore grid.

  • Northwester 2 Produces First Power

    14 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The first MHI Vestas 9.5MW turbine at the Northwester 2 offshore wind project has delivered its first power. According to Parkwind, the turbine began supplying electricity to the Belgian grid over the weekend. Northwester 2 will comprise 23 MHI Vestas 164-9.5 MW turbines, the most powerful turbines to enter commercial operation to date, which will […]

  • Marine Warranty Surveyor Wanted for Belgian Artificial Energy Island

    11 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has issued an invitation to tender for a marine warranty surveyor for the maintenance activities on the energy island of the Modular Offshore Grid II (MOG II) project in the North Sea. From next year, an EPCI contractor will be responsible for the detailed design and the construction of the […]

  • Elia Seeks Offshore SwitchYard Installation Contractor

    20 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology

    Elia Asset N.V., part of the Elia Group, has invited tenders for the installation of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) Platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea. The contract includes, but is not limited to, installation, engineering, providing cargo barge, transport to the offshore location and demobilisation of the installation […]

  • Belgian Meshed Grid to the Rescue as Rentel Export Cable Gets Damaged

    29 January 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The export cable of the Rentel offshore wind farm is reported to have been damaged. However, the offshore wind farm keeps feeding electricity into the Belgian grid as the offshore power hub, Modular Offshore Grid (MOG), has taken over. Elia, the operator of Belgium’s MOG, says that the cable from the Rentel platform to the […]

  • Cathie to Work on Future Belgian and German Offshore Grid Links

    6 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy Cathie has won two multi-year framework agreements with Elia and 50Hertz for the provision of Marine Consultancy Services for new offshore wind export cables. Elia and 50Hertz, part of the Elia Group have awarded Cathie two framework agreements spanning the next six years. Between 2020 and 2025, Cathie will provide […]

  • Unmanned Inspection Completes Offshore Belgium – Video

    23 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has for the first time used an autonomous, unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to survey its offshore assets. The USV named Tupan, owned and developed by Brazilian start-up Tidewise, inspected Elia’s subsea cables to the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the Belgian North Sea earlier this month. The five-metre vehicle, together […]

  • Scaldis Getting Ready to Install Second SeaMade Substation

    13 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors is currently preparing for the installation of the second offshore substation at the SeaMade wind farm in Belgium. The 487MW SeaMade wind farm is a combination of the 235MW Mermaid and the 252MW Seastar offshore wind projects. This second topside, which recently arrived in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, will be installed at the Seastar […]