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  • UAE: International Press Shows Interest in Dolwin Beta at Drydocks World

    24 June 2013

    Drydocks World and Maritime World, the well-established international maritime service provider, hosted a delegation from the international press along with senior officials from TenneT, ABB and Aibel, the three companies involved in the world’s largest HVDC Offshore Wind Platform – Dolwin Beta – that is under construction at the Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard. The […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 2 – 8, 2013

    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% […]

  • Germany: CTC Marine Bags Multi-Million Pound Contract for Dolwin 1

    16 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    CTC Marine Projects, Ltd, part of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, has announced its multi-million pound contract award for Dolwin 1, Germany. The workscope, for client EMAS AMC, will include the trenching of 62.34 kilometres of a bundled HVDC power cable from 14 metres water depth and trenching of a power cable from Dolwin Alpha West […]

  • Amprion Hands In Papers for German Offshore Grid Links

    18 March 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Amprion Offshore has submitted the documents for the public planning procedure for the Exclusive Economic Zone section of the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems in Germany. The application documents contain a pre-design of the planned platforms and take into account the installation of submarine cables and the erection of the platforms in the […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 18 – 24, 2014

    24 August 2014

    Sunken Barge Carried Working Platforms for Baltic 2 OWF A barge that sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) off Darßer Ort in the Baltic Sea was carrying four working platforms for the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm, the company confirmed to Offshore WIND. Siemens: Order Placed for 67 Dudgeon Offshore Wind Turbines Siemens Energy […]

  • Top News of the Week June 9 – 15, 2014

    15 June 2014

    UK Signs FID Contracts for Five Offshore Wind Projects The UK Government has signed eight contracts awarded under the Final Investment Decision (FID) Enabling for Renewables process, including five contracts for offshore wind projects. Drydocks Completes DolWin Beta Construction in Dubai Drydocks World has successfully completed the pioneering HVDC converter platform DolWin beta. Spanish Shipyard […]

  • Top News of the Week Sep 1 – 7, 2014

    7 September 2014

    DolWin Beta Becomes Resident of North Sea (Gallery) 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. Greater Gabbard OWF’s Cabling Infrastructure Worries Local Fishermen The developers […]

  • VOS Prime Testing Ampelmann Gangway on Gemini Offshore Wind Farm

    4 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Multi-role platform supply vessel VOS Prime has mobilised an Ampelmann ‛A-type’ gangway system and engaged in walk-to-work operations at the offshore substations on the 600MW Gemini wind farm in the Netherlands, Vroon Offshore Services reports.

  • Top News of the Week Dec 9 – 15, 2013

    16 December 2013

    Alstom Dives in French Offshore Wind Opportunities Alstom has announced the signature of an exclusive partnership agreement with STX France, during a meeting of the Region Pays de la Loire strategic committee on marine energies that was held in Nantes on December 6. Dutch Companies Developing Innovative Pile-Driving Technology  Since 2010 Fistuca BV, a spin-off […]

  • TenneT Gathers BorWin5, BorWin6 Offshore Platform Consulting Team

    4 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has awarded several companies and consortia with contracts for consultative engineering and construction services for the offshore transformer stations that will be part of the BorWin5 and BorWin6 offshore grid connections in Germany. A consortium between Fichtner and SeaRenergy will deliver the services for both platforms, while DNV GL, Lloyd’s Register and TÜV Rheinland […]

  • Cable Issue to Take Riffgat Off Grid

    29 August 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EWE will have to make an unscheduled shutdown of its 108MW Riffgat offshore wind farm in September. A cable connecting the wind farm to the grid was affected during the work on Dolwin converter station, and, according to TenneT, the cable will need to be stabilised. Given that the cable did not suffered any damage […]

  • Heerema Orders Siemens’s Chloropac System for DolWin1 North Sea Platform (Germany)

    22 July 2011
    Technology

    Heerema Fabrication in Zwijndrecht, a subsidiary of the Heerema Group, has given Siemens Water Technologies the order for the delivery of a Chloropac hypochlorite generator for seawater cooling. The order is worth over half a million Euros. The generator will be used at the North Sea platform DolWin1 and is the first Chloropac system to […]

  • DeepOcean to Link Merkur Offshore Wind Farm to DolWin Gamma

    29 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) for export cable transportation, installation and trenching services on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight.

  • Siemens-Dragados Offshore Consortium to Build BorWin5 Substations

    11 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has awarded the consortium of Siemens AG and Dragados Offshore SA with a contract to build onshore and offshore converter stations for the 900 MW BorWin5 grid connection. At 230 kilometres, BorWin5 will be the longest offshore direct current connection to date, scheduled for commissioning in 2025. BorWin5 is the 15th […]

  • Jan De Nul Completes German Export Cable Operations

    29 June 2018
    Grid Connection

    Jan De Nul has completed the export cable installation works at the Trianel Windpark Borkum II and the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.

  • Top News of the Year 2013

    1 January 2014

    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. The Netherlands: Damen Unveils Walk to Work Vessel Damen Shipyards has unveiled a completely new Wind […]

  • Seaproof Solutions Scores Export CPS Brace off Germany

    1 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has contracted Seaproof Solutions to supply its export cable protection systems (CPS) for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm and Trianel Windpark Borkum II.

  • Germany: Alstom Grid Opens HQ for Offshore-Project

    31 May 2013
    Grid Connection

    In the presence of Cornelia Yzer, Senator of Berlin for Economic affairs, Alstom Grid GmbH has opened in the Berlin district of Neukölln an Offshore-Project office to handle all activities connecting offshore windparks to the mainlandgrid. The company has been recently awarded the DolWin 3 offshore project. This project, with an investment volume of more […]

  • TenneT Seeks Ground Investigation Services for BorWin Kappa Offshore Platform

    15 December 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has opened a tender for ground investigation work to be performed offshore Germany, where the transmission system operator (TSO) will install the BorWin kappa offshore converter platform as part of the BorWin6 offshore grid connection. The TSO is looking to award a contract for the execution of main ground investigation for a specific type of […]

  • TenneT Probing the Market for BorWin6 Cable System

    12 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has issued a periodic indicative notice to carry out the market investigation on the planned procurement of the BorWin6 HVDC cable system. All potential and interested market participants are invited to express their interest in the market investigation and to provide an overview of the current status of the planning documents. Located in the […]

  • French and Chinese Form Floating Wind Pact

    3 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    The French DOLFINES and China’s CIMC Raffles have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost floating offshore wind in Europe and Asia. The two parties have agreed to cooperate on the commercial development of their activities in Europe and Asia to boost the floating wind sector. According to DOLFINES, the companies’ profiles are very […]

  • TenneT Issues Call for BorWin6 Platforms

    4 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT TSO GmbH has issued a tender notice for the design, manufacture, installation, and commissioning of the BorWin6 converter platforms. Located in the North Sea Cluster 7, the 900 MW BorWin6 is scheduled to be commissioned by 2027. The offshore grid connection will collect the three-phase electric power generated at an offshore wind farm to […]

  • Cable Connection Needed for German Offshore Platform

    2 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has issued a notice for a turnkey contract covering the cable system needed to connect the BorWin6 offshore platform to the German grid. With the 930 MW BorWin6 project, TenneT is planning a direct current connection in the North Sea Cluster 7. Scheduled to be commissioned by 2027, the BorWin6 offshore […]

  • Ørsted Taps TÜV NORD for German Offshore Wind Duo

    9 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has commissioned TÜV NORD to certify the submarine cables for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm, and the transformer station and the submarine cables for the Gode Wind 3 wind farm in the German North Sea. With 83 turbines and a total capacity of 900 MW, Borkum Riffgrund 3 will be the largest wind […]

  • Prysmian Lands Offshore Wind Contracts Worth Over EUR 800 Million

    15 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Prysmian has been awarded two contracts including options by Amprion Offshore GmbH, a subsidiary of German transmission system operator Amprion, for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of land and submarine cables for the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore wind farm grid connection systems in the German North Sea. The DolWin4 and BorWin4 projects will transmit […]

  • Germany: TenneT Seeks Offers for Subsea Cabling

    17 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    TenneT TSO GmbH is seeking offers for manufacturing, supply and laying of subsea AC cables, including light waveguide in the area of the DolWin cluster, designed for a transmission range of up to 400 MW and a voltage level of about 155 kV. This includes in particular the connection of cables to the electrical set […]