423 results found for 'TenneT 2 GW'

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  • Jan De Nul Launches Second Cable Laying Giant

    7 April 2026
    Cables, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has launched William Thomson, the second of two identical subsea cable‑laying vessels currently under construction. Both vessels have a cargo capacity of 28,000 tonnes and a length of 215 metres. This makes them the largest of their kind, Jan De Nul said. Jan De Nul’s two new cable-laying vessels have been specially […]

  • Polish Gov’t Flags Low Domestic Share in Offshore Wind as It Rolls Out Local Content Framework

    13 April 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting

    The Polish government has introduced a new “local content” framework designed to increase the share of domestically generated value in large-scale investments, including energy projects, by modifying procurement practices and evaluation criteria. Speaking on 10 April, Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that the government would strive to ensure that, wherever possible, Polish companies are prioritised […]

  • 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 […]

  • Zero Bids in 1 GW Dutch Offshore Wind Tender

    31 October 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Dutch government has confirmed that no applications were submitted for the latest offshore wind tender for the 1 GW Nederwiek I-A site in the North Sea. The tender closed on 30 October without bids, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) said in a press release issued the same day. In a letter to Parliament, Dutch […]

  • First Steel Cut for TenneT’s 2 GW LanWin2 Offshore Grid Connection in Germany

    30 September 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The first has been cut for TenneT’s LanWin2 offshore grid connection at Dragados Offshore’s facilities in Italy and the United Arab Emirates. The milestone marks the beginning of block construction at Dragados Offshore’s yards in Cimolai, Italy, and Eversandai, in the UAE. The first steel blocks will be delivered in the coming months, which will […]

  • TenneT Completes 700 MW Grid Connection Programme as Dutch Offshore Grid Receives Readiness Certificate

    28 October 2025
    Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has completed its 700 MW offshore grid connection programme with the grid readiness certification now in place for the Hollandse Kust West Beta connection, the company said on 28 October. The certification marks the completion of the last three 700 MW Hollandse Kust offshore grid connections in the Dutch […]

  • Three Consortia Shortlisted for Offshore Wind Transmission Link in Victoria

    22 October 2025
    Authorities, Cables, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting

    VicGrid, an agency of the Victorian government, has shortlisted three consortia for the development of the transmission infrastructure that will connect the first 2 GW of offshore wind generation to the grid. The Spanish companies, Iberdrola and Acciona, are leading two separate consortia, while the third one is led by AusNet Transmission Group. The consortia […]

  • Glamox Wins Largest Offshore Lighting Project for TenneT’s 2 GW HVDC Platforms

    22 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Glamox has secured contracts to provide connected marine lighting and light management systems for eleven offshore High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter platforms, being built for the Dutch/German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT. The contracts represent Glamox’s largest marine lighting project to date, in which it will provide more than 38,000 marine lights with advanced systems […]

  • Netherlands Opens 1 GW Nederwiek I-A Offshore Wind Tender

    16 October 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The tender for the 1 GW Nederwiek I-A offshore wind energy site, located in the North Sea, has been opened, with the winner expected to be announced in the spring of 2026. The wind farm will be located approximately 95 kilometres off the coast of the northernmost tip of the province of North Holland, in […]

  • ‘World’s Largest’ Cable Laying Vessel Launches, Sea Trials on Schedule

    22 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Clean Fuels, Grid Connection, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has launched its first XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), Fleeming Jenkin, with the final vessel construction phase now starting, including sea trials. Jan De Nul announced in October 2023 that it had placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard, followed by an order for another identical vessel, named William Thomson, last May, deemed the […]

  • EDF Seeks EIA Services for AO9 Offshore Wind Project in France

    15 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    EDF power solutions, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has initiated a consultation seeking environmental impact assessment (EIA) services to support its bid preparation for France’s AO9 offshore wind tender (Golf de Fos 2). EDF power solutions is a candidate for the AO9 project, which includes three projects defined as extensions of the offshore wind farms […]

  • Allseas Orders Heavy-Transport Vessel to Support TenneT’s 2 GW Offshore Wind Programme

    11 September 2025
    Vessels

    Swiss-based Allseas has placed an order with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International for a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel, which the company plans to use in executing TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind programme. The vessel, named Grand Tour, will have a load capacity of 40,000 tonnes, designed to carry the world’s largest offshore structures across oceans and […]

  • RWE Pulls Plug on 2 GW Offshore Wind Project in Victoria

    14 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    German renewable energy developer RWE has ceased the development of the Kent offshore wind farm in Victoria, a move that follows the Australian government’s recent decision to push back its first offshore wind tender. After close to a year of feasibility studies, RWE has decided to call off the development of the up to 2 […]

  • Eiffage Wins €1.5 Billion Contract for French Offshore Substations

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Eiffage, through Smulders, has been awarded a contract by the French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE to develop and build three substations for the Bretagne Sud, Narbonnaise Sud-Hérault, and Golfe de Fos French offshore wind farms. Overall, the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning contract is worth more than EUR 1.5 billion. The contract covers […]

  • Three Institutional Investors Back TenneT’s German Unit in EUR 9.5 Billion Deal

    24 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    TenneT Holding has reached an agreement with APG (acting on behalf of pension fund ABP), Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), and the Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC to invest a total of EUR 9.5 billion in the German transmission system operator (TSO). The three institutional investors are set to acquire around 46 per cent of […]

  • No Bids Submitted for 1 GW Oléron Offshore Wind Site in France

    24 September 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Plans to develop a 1 GW offshore wind farm off Île d’Oléron have hit a setback, as the tender process closed without receiving any bids. According to the French government, the AO7 tender was not the subject of any offer at the end of the application period. The tender was launched in October 2022. The […]

  • TotalEnergies-RWE Consortium Wins France’s Largest Offshore Wind Tender as RWE Signals Exit

    24 September 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    A consortium between TotalEnergies and RWE has won the Centre Manche 2 tender to develop a 1.5 GW offshore wind farm off the coast of Normandy, making it the largest renewable energy initiative in France to date. As part of a strategic review of its investment, RWE has expressed the wish to exit the consortium, […]

  • Work Starts on Jacket Foundation for BalWin Delta Offshore Platform

    8 September 2025
    Foundations, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    The first steel has been cut for the jacket foundation that will support the BalWin delta offshore converter platform in the German North Sea. The jacket foundation, which weighs around 13,000 tonnes, will be delivered under a contract GE Vernova and McDermott International signed with the German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT in 2023. Under […]

  • 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 […]

  • TenneT Picks Asso.subsea for 2 GW Cable Installation Work in Germany

    29 July 2025
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Asso.subsea has been awarded a nearshore cable installation contract for three projects under TenneT’s 2 GW programme in Germany. The projects are BalWin4, LanWin1, and LanWin5, located off the northwestern coast of Baltrum Island, in northern Germany. The contract marks the beginning of a new collaboration with Jan De Nul, acting as the main contractor, […]

  • Siemens Energy Secures Major Converter Station Contract

    5 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    The transmission system operators (TSOs), Energinet and 50Hertz, have placed a joint order with Siemens Energy for the construction and turnkey delivery of four converter stations and other technical components that will connect the Bornholm Energy Island project to the mainland grids of Denmark and Germany. The major contract covers the design, completion, transport, installation, […]

  • Vestas and Danish Ministries Launch Drone Partnership to Automate Offshore Wind Ops

    28 August 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Denmark’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities, the Ministry of Transport, and wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have partnered to reduce operational emissions and costs by enabling the use of autonomous drones for inspection and maintenance at offshore wind farms. The new partnership seeks to pave the way for Denmark’s first automated offshore wind farm. According […]

  • Mammoet to Assist Heerema with Topsides Installation for Tennet 2 GW Programme

    7 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Mammoet has signed a support agreement for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid programme to assist Heerema Marine Contractors with the offshore installation of two large topsides. Under the agreement, Mammoet will help to prepare the two topsides for floatover operations by skidding the units from HVT to the newly built Heerema H731 barge, using hydraulic […]

  • Vattenfall, CIP Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Delayed to 2032, Project to Be Built in Two Phases

    11 August 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Green Hydrogen, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The completion date for Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ offshore wind farm at the IJmuiden Ver Beta site in the Netherlands has been pushed from late 2029 to 2032 due to the delayed completion of the Delta Rhine Corridor (DRC). In addition, the 2 GW offshore wind project will now be built in two phases. […]

  • India Cancels Two Offshore Wind Tenders

    13 August 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has cancelled two offshore wind tenders, covering a 500 MW project and a 4,000 MW seabed lease rights allocation. According to an Indian news outlet, the tenders were cancelled because of a lack of response from developers. In September 2024, SECI launched a tender for the development of […]