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  • 23 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has secured a contract by cable manufacturer ZTT to supply its cable protection system (CPS) for the Gode Wind 3 high-voltage grid connection in Germany. The 16 km long submarine cable is scheduled for installation in 2023 and will connect the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm to TenneT’s extra-high-voltage grid […]

  • 27 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Bohlen & Doyen, a subsidiary of the German energy infrastructure construction company Friedrich Vorwerk Group, has signed a contract with French cable manufacturer Nexans to build the onshore cable connection for the BorWin6 offshore wind grid in Germany. The total volume of the order is in the mid-two-digit million range, according to a press release […]

  • 29 November 2011

    DolWin beta is a transformer station operated by TenneT, one of Europe’s largest grid operators. DolWin beta will be built as part of a large offshore wind farm cluster in the German sector, approximately 45 km off the German coast in the North Sea. It will receive alternating current from wind farms and convert it […]

  • 3 August 2015
    Grid Connection

    The DolWin beta converter platform left Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway on the night of August 1. Following a four-day transport stage, the platform will be installed in the DolWin wind cluster in the German North Sea. The platform concept is based on experience from the oil and gas sector, and has been developed and […]

  • 5 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Technology

    ABB has won a EUR 10.6 million order for ABB Ability™ digital products and services at TenneT’ DolWin5 (Epsilon) grid connection in the German North Sea. Under the order, ABB will provide a system for IT infrastructure, OT1 security, plant-wide condition monitoring, SCADA2, and remote access services to facilitate stable power transmission to the German […]

  • 13 September 2012
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The on-schedule connection with the grid for the offshore wind park ‘Deutsche Bucht’ is now a good deal closer. At the hearing with the Federal Network Agency yesterday, it became clear in intensive negotiations over several hours that both sides – the wind park builder Windreich AG and the network operator TenneT – have a […]

  • 12 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Eltek has secured a key order for advanced power supply systems for the operation of the DolWin3 offshore wind energy project in Germany.  Eltek equipment will supply secure power to protection and control equipment for the onshore high voltage DC (HVDC) substation that transfers electricity generated by offshore wind turbines in the North Sea to […]

  • 23 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Electricity transmission system operator, Tennet, has secured EUR 500 million from the European Investment Bank to fund offshore grid connections in the North Sea. Tennet will construct and maintain three separate offshore grid connections, HelWin1, SylWin1 and DolWin1, to the German Electricity Grid. „By developing offshore grid connections and linking wind farms to the German […]

  • 29 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Vessels

    TenneT  is on the market for a contractor for the provision of maritime consulting and support services for offshore installation projects in North Sea and Wadden Sea. The contract covers supervision of marine construction projects, primarily submarine cable laying, and provision of a vessel. Additionally, the contractor will be in charge of supervising the construction […]

  • 6 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Nexans has won the contract for cabling work on the BorWin6 offshore grid connection in Germany, which TenneT awarded following a tendering process. Under the contract with TenneT, awarded through a tendering process, Nexans is responsible for the production and laying of cables, including the sea, tidal flat, and land cables.  The cable laying work […]

  • 22 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    During the test phase of the DolWin2 offshore grid connection, a cable component had failed repeatedly and TenneT decided to power off the system and has asked ABB to address the issue.  The companies will now investigate whether an individual case or a systemic material error is in question, and then ABB will remove the cause of […]

  • 1 September 2013

    VIDEO: DolWin Alpha Installation  The DolWin alpha converter platform has been installed in the North Sea. Siemens Successfully Installs HelWin1 Platform (Germany)   Siemens has installed the HelWin1 offshore platform in the North Sea, marking the successful completion of a significant stage in German grid connection projects. UK: Samsung’s 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Reaches NAREC’s […]

  • 22 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Inocean AS has acquired all of the outstanding shares in ABB Inocean AB and has renamed the company Inocean AB.

  • 5 March 2012

    Inocean, a leading Norwegian naval architect company, has signed an agreement with ABB, to set up an engineering services joint venture specializing in offshore wind integration projects. ABB will have a majority shareholding in the new entity, ABB Inocean AB which will be located in Gothenburg, Sweden, a region with a shipbuilding history and recognized […]

  • 3 February 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Trianel has produced first power from its 200MW Borkum West offshore wind farm located in the North Sea. The first turbine was commissioned on Sunday and is now undergoing trial operation. “After the permanent power connection was successfully established by the substation DolWin Alpha in December, the first plant is now in trial operation,” said […]

  • 2 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

        ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $1 billion from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply a power link connecting offshore North Sea wind farms to the German mainland grid. This is the largest power transmission order in ABB’s history. It will deploy the […]

  • 2 September 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DolWin beta, the offshore HVDC platform that will connect three offshore wind farms in the German part of the North Sea, is now anchored and ballasted to the seabed, Aibel has announced on its social media pages.  The operation of moving the platform to its fixed position at sea started on Saturday evening at 6.30 p.m. […]

  • 10 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Boskalis with the inter-array cable installation contract for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The contract includes the transport, installation, and burial of a combined total of 106 inter-array cables, the Netherlands-based company said. Prysmian will supply more than 150 kilometres of […]

  • 26 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The centerpiece for the transport of wind power to be produced by Windreich’s offshore wind farm MEG 1 has been successfully constructed. “With the construction of the transformer platform ‘DolWin alpha’, 13 kilometers southeast from Windreich’s  MEG 1 wind farm, we have taken a big step forward with the planned construction of the wind farm,” […]

  • 1 April 2013

    Aibel, which traditionally has been an oil service company, is currently also established in renewable energy. With the DolWin Beta platform the company has taken the step into the offshore wind sector. This is a platform for the conversion of alternating current to direct current from a wind park in the North Sea. New business […]

  • 4 June 2013

    Heinen & Hopman in the Netherlands has completed the installation of a major HVAC system onboard the Dolwin Alpha offshore converter platform. Designed by IV-Oil & Gas, commissioned by Tennet /ABB and built by Heerema Fabrication group, the platform is now ready to be moved to the North Sea. This challenging project involved the complete […]

  • 17 February 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    The Dolwin Beta wind platform is well under construction at subcontractor Drydocks World in Dubai, as the 500-ton living quarters were lifted in place by a floating crane. The placing of the living quarters marks a milestone in the project, which is a collaboration between Aibel and ABB. Dolwin Beta’s height (77 meters) made the […]

  • 8 December 2013

    Storm ‘Christian’ Shakes DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)  DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border, recently shook under the strength of storm “Christian” that swept through the North Sea. Competition in Offshore Wind Industry to Intensify  With an expected compound average growth rate of 28.3% […]

  • 25 March 2020
    Grid Connection

    TenneT Offshore GmbH has issued a tender for the technical planning of an onshore cable route as part of the planning approval process for the BorWin6 offshore grid connection in the German North Sea. The tender includes the technical planning of the country route of the BorWin6 cable system, which lands in Neuenkoog (Büsum) and […]

  • 28 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Prysmian with a contract worth more than EUR 60 million for the design, supply, termination and testing of inter-array submarine cable systems for the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. Prysmian will supply more than 150 kilometres of 66 kV XLPE–insulated cables that will connect the […]

  • 1 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Germany’s Amprion Offshore GmbH has started the bidding process for the awarding of converters and cables for DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connections. The wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dortmund-based transmission system operator Amprion expects to award the contracts in summer 2022. The 900 MW DolWin4 and the 900 MW BorWin4 connect North Sea wind farms […]