309 results found for 'modular offshore grid'

309 results found for 'modular offshore grid'
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  • Ørsted, ATP Want to Make Danish Energy Island Cross-Border Digital Hub

    7 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and ATP have signed an agreement with GlobalConnect to make the Nordsøens Energiø (North Sea Energy Island) a backbone in the future digitisation of Northern Europe and attract large-scale digital investments to Denmark, according to the Ørsted-ATP consortium. The partners will work together to make the North Sea Energy Island a “cross-border digital hub”. […]

  • Demowfloat Launches Dissemination Centre in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

    11 July 2014
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    On the 08th of July, the Demowfloat project launched the project’s Dissemination Centre in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. At the Diana Bar, Póvoa de Varzim, diverse information about the Demowfloat project and the WindFloat® technology is now available. The exhibition will be open to the public for free until July 2015. The Demowfloat project was set […]

  • Tritex NDT Launches New Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge

    27 June 2014
    Technology

    Dorchester based, Tritex NDT have launched their new Multigauge 5700 Datalogger Metal Thickness Gauge, used for measuring metal thickness and monitoring corrosion levels in the offshore industry. The new gauge, has all the advantages of the very popular Multigauge 5600 but with the added benefit of storing readings on the gauge. The Multigauge 5700 Datalogger […]

  • Blue Offshore’s Second 23m Basket Carousel

    26 May 2014
    Technology

    Blue Offshore has built its second basket carousel  for subsea cable installation.  Blue Offshore’s cable storage and installation system includes a modular basket carousel, a loading tower and loading arm, a 10 tonnes tower tensioner, a 10 tonnes aft deck tensioner, chute, roller guides and control cabin. Our System provides an increased choice in fit-for-purpose […]

  • Petrofac and Hitachi Energy Form Offshore Wind Partnership

    28 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    Transmission, distribution, and grid automation solutions provider Hitachi Energy has entered into a collaboration with Petrofac to provide grid integration and associated infrastructure to support the offshore wind market. This collaboration builds on the complementary core technologies and expertise of both companies in offshore wind to support the decarbonization of power systems and deliver clean […]

  • Marine Power Systems, WavEC Unveil Floating Wind Project in Portugal

    12 October 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) and WavEC, one of the co-managers of the Aguçadoura test site offshore Viana do Castelo, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on deploying MPS modular floating platform technology, PelaFlex, at the Portuguese test site. The news comes shortly after MPS signed a collaboration agreement with RWE which will, inter alia, […]

  • Germany: PCS to Present Green Line 3000 LVRT Solution at HUSUM WindEnergy

    13 July 2012
    Grid Connection, Technology

    PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH in Berlin is further expanding its portfolio for generating electricity using wind turbines. The new Green Line Grid Stability product line supplements the existing product range to ensure the low voltage ride through capability (LVRT) of wind turbines. PCS will present examples from the Green Line Family of full power […]

  • Hitachi Energy and Equinor Form Energy Transition Pact

    8 November 2022
    Environment, Grid Connection, Industry

    Hitachi Energy and Equinor have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate within electrification, renewable power generation, and low-carbon initiatives worldwide. Initial areas of focus for the collaboration include developing standardized base designs to be applied for high-voltage direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) transmission systems to connect offshore wind farms and Equinor production facilities […]

  • BlueTEC Tidal Energy Platform Inaugurated

    10 April 2015
    Technology

    The first BlueTEC Tidal Energy platform was formally named by the Mayor of Texel, the Netherlands yesterday. The floating platform, which holds tidal turbines below the sea surface, will soon be positioned near the island of Texel – supplying clean electricity to the Dutch grid. This first BlueTEC will serve as a demonstration platform targeted […]

  • Green Power From the North Sea: Siemens to Install Grid Link for DanTysk Offshore Wind (Germany)

    26 January 2011
    Grid Connection

    Following the grid connections for the offshore wind farm clusters BorWin2 and HelWin1, Siemens Energy will also install a turnkey grid connection in the North Sea for the SylWin cluster. Purchaser is the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT. In a consortium with the Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian Powerlink, Siemens will connect DanTysk, located west of […]

  • Jumbo’s Fairplayer Installing Arkona TPs, Equipped with SMST Gangway

    4 December 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jumbo’s Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) Fairplayer is now installing transition pieces (TPs) at the Arkona offshore wind farm. The vessel was outfitted with an SMST gangway shortly before the works started in early November, according to SMST.

  • Demowfloat to Hold Workshop in Ostend, Belgium

    2 July 2014
    Training & Education

    Demowfloat will have its second workshop (English spoken) in Ostend, Belgium today (July 2), in the frame of the event Clustering the Future – a new opportunity for business development: current practices & strategies (Flemish spoken) organized by Greenbridge and Power-Link Universiteit Gent.  The Demowfloat project was set up by a consortium of 12 entities who […]

  • Belgium: Elia Requires Offshore Platform Installation Works

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Elia Asset nv is looking for contractors who will undertake the design, engineering, supply, construction, installation and commissioning of an Offshore High Voltage Substation with jacket substructure and top structure (Alpha and/or Beta OHVS) and/or a topside modular construction of an OHVS (Alpha OHVS for an artificial island) for the project Belgian Offshore Grid (BOG). […]

  • Siemens Sends Off 1st Beatrice OTM Transformer

    18 May 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first power transformer built by Siemens for the Beatrice offshore wind farm has left the factory in Dresden and is on its way to Rotterdam. The transformer is expected to arrive on site by end of May, the company’s spokesperson told Offshore WIND.

  • Fraunhofer IWES Partners with ABB on World’s Largest Mobile Grid Simulator

    2 May 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) has partnered with ABB to develop what is said to become the world’s largest mobile grid simulator that will enable testing of next-generation offshore wind turbines. The simulator is being developed under the Mobil-Grid-CoP project launched in 2020 and publicly funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic […]

  • USA: OPT to Participate in 24th Annual Roth Capital Conference

    5 March 2012

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. a leading wave energy technology company, today announced that it will participate in the 24th Annual Roth Capital Conference on March 14, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, CA. Brian M. Posner, Chief Financial Officer of OPT, is scheduled to give a presentation at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.  About Ocean […]

  • SeaRoc to Speak at Offshore Wind Technology Conference (UK)

    30 September 2011

      Marine engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, will be speaking on the second day of the Offshore Wind Technology conference, hosted by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The session, entitled, “Building the next generation of wind farms”, will be taking place on Tuesday 13 December in the Lakeside Centre […]

  • Report: Plug-and-Play Offshore Transformer Modules Cut Costs

    8 May 2017
    R&D, Technology

    The Siemens-led research partnership in Denmark has demonstrated that there are significant benefits to gain from introducing a simpler plug-and-play connection for offshore wind turbines, Offshoreenergy.dk reports. To improve offshore wind energy competitiveness, Siemens Wind Power, Øglænd System and ALL NRG are working on a project that seeks to reduce the cost of offshore transformer modules by […]

  • Hitachi ABB Launches Floating Wind Transformers Portfolio

    4 June 2021
    Technology

    Hitachi ABB Power Grids has launched a portfolio of transformer products for offshore floating applications. The transformer products are designed to overcome the challenging offshore environment and withstand the physically demanding conditions on floating structures, the company said. The portfolio is expected to enable much greater volumes of wind to be harvested and integrated into […]

  • OPT to Participate in 14th Annual Needham Growth Conference (USA)

    9 January 2012

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.  (“OPT” or “the Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, today announced that it will participate in the 14th Annual Needham Growth Conference on January 11, 2012. The conference will take place at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Brian M. Posner, Chief Financial Officer of OPT, is […]

  • Belgium: Jan de Nul Orders Caley Ocean Systems’ Turntable

    14 November 2012
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems, has been awarded a contract to supply leading dredging and marine engineering company, Jan de Nul NV, with a 5,400Te capacity cable turntable for the MPV Willem De Vlamingh. Mid 2013, Jan de Nul is installing 245kV export cable connecting the Northwind Offshore Wind power plant, on the […]

  • Kriegers Flak OSS Topsides Touch Down in Baltic Sea

    4 May 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heavy lift vessel Rambiz has installed the Kriegers Flak substation topsides in the Danish Baltic Sea, Energinet reports.

  • European TSOs Form Eurobar to Standardise Offshore Grids

    15 April 2021
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Seven European transmission system operators have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the launch of Eurobar, an initiative for interconnecting offshore wind platforms across Europe. The Eurobar partners include Germany’s 50Hertz Transmission GmbH and Amprion, Sweden’s Affärsverket svenska kraftnät, Spain’s RED ELÉCTRICA DE ESPAÑA, France’s Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE), Norway’s Statnett SF, and Italy’s […]

  • Siemens and Nexans Join In on Beatrice Action

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has received a contract to supply, install and commission 84 7MW wind turbines, and provide grid access solution for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind project, which will feed the power to the grid through Nexans’ export cable. The Beatrice offshore wind farm will be located around 14 kilometers off the Scottish coast. The SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines […]

  • Italian Company to Assemble 2.5 MW Offshore Electrolyser for Hollandse Kust Noord Wind Farm

    8 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, has contracted Fores Engineering, a subsidiary of the Rosetti Marino Group, to assemble the 2.5 MW offshore electrolyser that Elogen will deliver for the now-operational Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Fores Engineering’s scope includes detailed engineering, procurement, assembly, onshore yard integration, and commissioning […]

  • Dresden Researchers to Reduce Costs by Increasing Voltage for Offshore Wind Farms

    10 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    On the way from the generator to converter, a wind system generates substantial losses in the transmission of electrical energy. In order to reduce these losses, especially in offshore wind turbines, scientists at the Technical University Dresden want to increase the electricity voltage.  If the generator voltage is doubled, losses on the way from the generator […]