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  • CG Secures Contract for Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    9 September 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    After the realisation of the prestigious Belwind offshore wind farm project, CG attracts major contract for the German Butendiek project Butendiek is a 288 MW German offshore wind farm project. A total of 80 turbines of the 3.6 MW class will be installed in the German North Sea. The project developer of the Butendiek offshore […]

  • Ingeteam Works on Wind Power Conversion

    30 September 2015
    R&D

    Ingeteam Power Technology S.A. is conducting two power conversion projects in the wind energy sector. Within the project Offshore medium voltage for multimegawatts solutions based on modules up to 4.5MW (Offshore 4.5MW Module), Ingeteam is working on the development of medium voltage energy conversion systems for a wide range of output power, between 3MW and 13.5MW, […]

  • Windpark Fryslân Onshore Cable In Place

    22 March 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Visser & Smit Hanab has laid and tested the onshore HV cable connecting the transformer station and HV substation of the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Approximately 23 km of 110 kV cable was laid from Breezanddijk through the Afsluitdijk and along the A7 motorway to Bolsward, from where 32 km of […]

  • Siemens Wins NEMO Link Job

    9 June 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Siemens has been awarded an order for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system to connect the British and Belgian national grids via subsea cable. Siemens will be responsible for the turnkey installation of both converter stations using HVDC Plus technology with a transmission voltage of ±400 kilovolt (kV) DC. Customer is Nemo Link, a […]

  • Siemens Bags BorWin3 Contract from TenneT

    15 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has received an order from TenneT for an offshore wind farm grid connection in the North Sea. In a consortium with Petrofac Siemens will supply the complete technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the BorWin3 grid connection as the consortium leader. The consortium partner Petrofac, with over 30 years of experience as a leading […]

  • ABB Participates in AWEA Offshore Windpower Expo (USA)

    12 October 2011
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the wind industry’s leading power technology solutions provider, announced its full support for the emerging offshore wind market in North America at AWEA Offshore Windpower Expo, held this week at the Baltimore Convention Center. ABB is demonstrating several of its major technological breakthroughs at this week’s event, held October 11-13. These technologies include ABB’s […]

  • NKT All Done at Walney Extension

    4 September 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    NKT has commissioned the high-voltage cable system on the 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.

  • 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 […]

  • TenneT Signs Up Siemens, Royal Smit Transformers for Dutch Offshore Grid

    8 November 2016
    Grid Connection

    TenneT has signed framework agreements with Royal Smit Transformers and Siemens for the delivery of components for the Dutch offshore grid in the North Sea. Under the contracts, Royal Smit Transformers will supply reactive current compensation coils for the transformer station on land and Siemens will deliver reactive current compensation coils for the offshore transformer station as well […]

  • Hornsea One Jacket Up

    23 April 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the four jacket foundations has been installed at Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One wind farm site 120 kilometres off the coast of Yorkshire.

  • Mitsubishi Electric to Build HVDC Verification Facility in Amagasaki

    12 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corporation plans to enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility to be built at its Transmission and Distribution Center in Amagasaki, Japan, by 2018. The company said it is targeting more than USD 500 million in global orders for HVDC […]

  • Asso.subsea Picks Correll for Cable Pull-in Operations Offshore Germany

    26 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Correll Group – Cable Installation & Power Services Division has been awarded a contract from Asso.subsea for the Alternate Current (AC) Submarine cables pull-in operations on both the Gode Wind 3 offshore substation and the High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) DolWin Kappa offshore substation as part of the AC grid connection system. The contract was […]

  • Roxtec Seals Rampion Cables

    25 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Roxtec, a Swedish cable seal manufacturer with a UK base in Bury, has informed that it designed and supplied all cable seals for the Rampion offshore wind farm, located 13km off the coast of Sussex.

  • Grid Stability for Wind Energy (Germany)

    2 September 2011
    Grid Connection

      Equipment made by PCS Power Converter Solutions in Berlin enables wind turbine type e.n.o. 82 by e.n.o. energy to meet the German SDL bonus requirements. So far, 26 MW worth of wind turbines have been fitted with the Green Line 1000 reactive power converter. The accelerated expansion of renewable energy calls for more adaptive […]

  • Siemens Secures Viking Link Order

    26 August 2019
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has won a contract to deliver two converter stations for the 1,400MW Viking Link interconnector, the first high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link between Great Britain and Denmark. The interconnector is being jointly developed by National Grid Ventures, Great Britain, and Energinet, Denmark via National Grid Viking Link Ltd. and Energinet Eltransmission A/S. Viking Link is […]

  • Three Companies to Build Land Stations for TenneT’s 2 GW Projects Offshore Netherlands

    22 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dura Vermeer, BAM Infra Nederland, and Visser & Smit Bouw have signed a framework agreement with Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for civil engineering works for the construction of the land-based stations for the 2 GW offshore projects in the Netherlands. From 2024, TenneT plans to realise the connection of offshore wind farms according to a new […]

  • Siemens Presents Eco-Friendly Solutions for Power Generation at Hanover Fair (Germany)

    5 April 2011
    Technology

    At this year’s Hanover Fair Siemens Energy presented smart, eco-friendly solutions for power generation, transmission and distribution. The highlights included a new 2.3-MW gearless wind turbine for low wind speeds, solutions for the connection of offshore wind farms to the grid using high-voltage direct-current transmission technology (HVDC) as well as a charging point, which can […]

  • E.ON to Build 10MW Lithium-Ion Battery for UK Grid

    14 September 2016

    E.ON will build a 10MW lithium-ion battery for the UK grid, after being awarded a contract from the National Grid to support the power network’s stability with a battery system that will help balance power demand and supply in real time and allow for an increase in the share of renewable energy in the grid. With the strong growth of weather-dependent renewable sources […]

  • Mitsubishi Electric Develops SVC-Diamond Static Synchronous Compensator

    25 August 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed the SVC-DiamondTMstatic synchronous compensator (STATCOM), a voltage source converter (VSC) shunt reactive power compensator with a modular multilevel converter (MMC). The commercial launch is targeted sometime in or after 2016.  The new SVC-DiamondTM helps strengthen the power network when renewable energy resources such as solar and wind are introduced. Since […]

  • Norther Looking For OHVS Service & Maintenance Team

    23 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Norther has issued two calls for tenders for service and maintenance of the Offshore High Voltage Substation (OHVS) at the Belgian Norther offshore wind farm. One contract will be awarded for service and maintenance of the OHVS topside with its electrical components, and one for mechanical services also including the platform’s foundation. The deadline for […]

  • Nexans to Deliver Cables for New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    12 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    French power cable manufacturer Nexans has received an order to deliver approximately 110 kilometres of high voltage subsea export cables for the South Fork offshore wind project in New York. The three-phase 138 kV high voltage alternative current (HVAC) subsea export cables will be integrated with two fibre-optic cables and transmit 132 MW of electricity […]

  • MHI Vestas and KK Wind Solutions Team Up in Taiwan

    16 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Training & Education

    MHI Vestas has signed a purchase agreement with KK Wind Solutions for local assembly, and production of technical components to support the turbine manufacturer’s future projects in Taiwan. The purchase agreement covers local power conversion module (PCM) assembly, and local manufacturing of low voltage cabinets and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. A production facility will […]

  • Germany: ABB Wins USD 30 Million Orders from AREVA Wind for Global Tech I Offshore Wind Park

    23 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth more than $30 million to supply frequency converters for the offshore wind park, Global Tech I, in Germany’s North Sea. The order was booked in the second quarter. ABB is supplying a range of medium-voltage frequency converters that are specifically designed for […]

  • ORE and Doble Team Up for HV Lab

    24 July 2014

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s UKAS accredited High Voltage Electrical Laboratory has taken delivery of a 640kV resonant transformer in collaboration with Doble Engineering. The new partnership gives the HV laboratory, based at the National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, an enhanced capability enabling testing on bushings, high voltage power cables and other transmission […]

  • Windpark Fryslân Cables Start Falling Into Place

    19 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch contractor Visser & Smit Hanab has started installing the high-voltage cables that will connect the Windpark Fryslân offshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer to the Dutch grid. Visser & Smit Hanab will install two 25-kilometre cable sections in total to establish a connection to the high-voltage grid operated by TenneT TSO. The cables will follow […]

  • Innogy Awards O&M Contract to EDS HV Management

    15 August 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Energy company innogy has awarded high voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Management a contract for operations and maintenance (O&M) management on the high voltage network at Rhyl Flats wind farm. The contract, running from 1 June, followed a competitive tendering process. It will see Rhyl Flats come under the remit of the EDS Control Centre, […]