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  • Hornsea One to Pay GBP 4.5 Million for August Power Cut

    3 January 2020
    Grid Connection

    Hornsea One Ltd has agreed to pay out GBP 4.5 million to Ofgem for not remaining connected after the lightning strike in August 2019. To remind, the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm suffered a reduction in the energy supply on 9 August due to a lightning strike. The 1.2GW wind farm immediately de-loaded from […]

  • Spain’s First Floater Nears Construction Kick-Off

    28 October 2020
    Technology

    Saitec Offshore Technologies and RWE Renewables have awarded Ferrovial with a contract for the manufacturing and assembly of the DemoSATH floating wind turbine. DemoSATH is a 2 MW turbine mounted onto a concrete floating foundation set to be deployed at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) open sea test site off the Basque Coast in northern […]

  • Siemens wins order to connect Lincs offshore wind farm to the UK grid

    30 June 2010
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Siemens has been awarded a major order with Lincs Wind Farm Ltd to implement the grid connection for the Lincs offshore wind farm. The order volume for the grid connection is GBP101 million (approximately EUR120 million). Siemens Energy announced in December it is also supplying 75 of its high-performance 3.6 megawatts (MW) wind turbines for […]

  • Siemens Books Skandi Constructor for Beatrice Duty

    5 March 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has awarded DOF Subsea with a contract on the 588MW Beatrice wind farm project offshore Scotland. The contract will utilise the CSV Skandi Constructor and ensures deployment for the vessel until the summer, DOF Subsea said, without revealing any further details. Siemens signed a contract to supply, install and commission 84 7MW wind turbines, and […]

  • The V112-3.0 MW turbine is ready for sale (Denmark)

    12 August 2010
    R&D, Technology

    The newest Vestas turbine will generate business case certainty and lower the cost of energy for our customers. Today Vestas releases the V112-3.0 MW for sale. V112-3.0 MW Offshore This offshore turbine is based on the same superior technology as the onshore V112-3.0 MW turbine. Designed for reliability and robustness, the V112-3.0 MW offshore turbine […]

  • Statoil Orders Hywind Scotland Battery Set

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy company Statoil has awarded a contract to Younicos to deliver a 1MW battery system that will be connected to Hywind Scotland, the world’s first commercial floating wind farm.

  • ABB Wins $180 Million Order for Norway-Denmark Power Transmission Link

    10 February 2011
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth about $180 million from utilities Statnett of Norway and Energinet.dk of Denmark to supply an HVDC Light® (high-voltage direct current) converter solution to support the interconnection of the Norwegian and Danish power grids.The 500 kV (kilovolt) link is a new record in […]

  • Kriegers Flak Accommodation Unit Wanted

    26 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Energinet and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH are seeking a jack up rig or a vessel capable of providing accommodation and other services for crew and personnel to be positioned next to an offshore substation on the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea.

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: Throwing Away the Rulebook to Roll Out Novel Solutions (Siemens)

    28 July 2017
    Grid Connection, Technology

    During the development of its new Offshore Transformer Module (OTM), Siemens team “threw away the rulebook” and got the weight down, because stripping the weight means stripping the costs. It removes the need for specialised heavy-lift vessels and allows using vessels already deployed on the field to install turbine foundations. 

  • German-Danish Offshore Wind Link Comes to Life

    12 November 2018
    Grid Connection, Technology

    The Kriegers Flak – Combined Grid Solution has reached another milestone after Germany’s 50Hertz and Denmark’s Energinet completed the 24 hours tests on both of the offshore cables connecting the Danish platform on the Kriegers Flak wind farm with the German platform on the Baltic 2.

  • Amprion Shares European Offshore Wind Network Vision

    25 June 2020
    Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator Amprion has presented a concept for connecting offshore wind farms across Europe. The Eurobar (European Offshore Busbar) concept aims to integrate offshore wind power into the European power grid so that it makes the best possible contribution to climate objectives in Germany and Europe. The nations bordering the North Sea are […]

  • Gamesa Assembles Spain’s First Prototype Offshore Wind Turbine

    28 May 2013

    This morning Gamesa completed assembly of the main parts (tower, nacelle and blades) of Spain’s first prototype offshore wind turbine, which has been installed at the Arinaga Quay in Gran Canary Island. Installation of the tower, nacelle and the three blades, which were shipped from Bilbao port to the Canaries, began in the middle of […]

  • Kriegers Flak CGS Cables Now In Place, Linking Denmark and Germany

    6 July 2018
    Grid Connection

    Both offshore cables of the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) are now in place, connecting the Danish and German transmission grids in combination with the infrastructure of offshore wind farm grid connection in the Baltic Sea.

  • First Beatrice OTM Heads for Installation

    6 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The first Siemens Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) has left Rosyth and is on its way to the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Dogger Bank A Substation Topside Sails Out of Thailand

    23 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside for Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, has been completed at Aibel’s yard in Thailand and is now on its way to Haugesund, Norway, where it will undergo further work. The topside is expected to arrive at the yard […]

  • Siemens receives order from transpower to connect offshore wind farms via HVDC link (Germany)

    11 June 2010
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Order worth more than EUR500 million for the consortium A consortium of Siemens Energy and Prysmian Powerlink has received an order worth more than EUR500 million from the German transmission grid company transpower. The BorWin2 offshore consortium will connect two North Sea offshore wind farms to the grid on behalf of transpower, a subsidiary of […]

  • Photo of the Day: Siemens OTM Jacket Gears Up for Beatrice

    23 January 2018
    Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for a Siemens Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) has been loaded onto a barge destined for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, after undergoing final preparations at BiFab’s yard in Fife, Scotland. 

  • Spain’s First Floating Wind Turbine to Moor at BiMEP

    12 June 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Saitec Offshore Technologies and the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) open sea test site have signed a contract to install the DemoSATH floating wind turbine off the Basque Coast, Spain. The project will test the very first floating wind foundation connected to the Spanish grid using SATH Technology. Marine operations are planned by the end […]

  • Siemens Presents New AC Grid Access Solution

    11 March 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Siemens has launched a new alternating-current (AC) grid access solution for connecting near-shore wind power plants to the grid. The new solution consists of an offshore transformer module (OTM) attached directly to a wind turbine, and acts as a distributed transmission asset. Nominally rated in incremental 250 megawatt blocks it can be linked together to provide […]

  • Kriegers Flak Export Cable Makes Landfall in Denmark

    23 August 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    An export cable for the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm made a successful landfall at Rødvig, Denmark, Energinet reports.

  • Siem Wraps Up Boulder Removal Works at Beatrice

    18 April 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors has completed pre-construction boulder removal works on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland. According to a Notice of Operations, issued by Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), Siem N-Sea completed the boulder removal works along parts of the array cable routes and at various foundation locations on 12 April. The vessel deployed a […]

  • First Mobile Offshore Wind Turbines to Be Market-Ready in 2024

    22 February 2022
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Odfjell Oceanwind plans to order the first batch of floating Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) later in 2022, with a plan of going into operation in 2024. The units will be operated as one fleet under Odfjell Oceanwind’s management. Odfjell Oceanwind, part of Norway’s Odfjell Group, is developing a fleet of floating MOWUs with the […]

  • Kriegers Flak CGS Commissioning Rescheduled

    8 October 2018
    Grid Connection

    The commissioning of the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) between Germany and Denmark has been delayed until May 2019.

  • First Moray East OTM Starts Journey Home

    3 July 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy has shipped off the first of the three Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) to be installed on the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The first OTM began its journey from the fabricator to be installed at the offshore wind farm some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast on 30 June. The […]

  • ABS Certifies Sea Breeze Gravity Foundation

    9 October 2015
    Technology

    ABS Group Ltd. has issued its certification of the design basis for Ocean Resource Ltd’s innovative Sea Breeze Gravity “float-out-and-sink” offshore wind turbine foundation system. ABS Group issued its certification in accordance with the relevant standards, including IEC 61400 and the ABS Guide for Bottom-founded Offshore Wind Turbine Installations published by ABS Group’s parent organization, […]

  • Lightning Strike Caused Hornsea One Production Cut – Report

    20 August 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The reduction in the energy supply from the Hornsea One offshore wind farm on 9 August was caused by a lightning strike, an initial report from National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) has revealed. Following the lighting strike, Hornsea One immediately de-loaded from 799MW to 62MW, the report said. The wind farm lost modules 2 […]