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  • Two UK Firms Forge Ties to Drive Innovation in Offshore Wind Cables

    17 June 2024
    Business development, Cables, Collaboration, Grid Connection, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    UK companies 2H Offshore and Vekta Group have established a strategic partnership aimed at driving innovation in high-voltage cables for offshore wind developments. London-headquartered 2H provides structural, hydrodynamic, geotechnical engineering and related digital and integrity services for fixed and floating wind, while Edinburgh-headquartered Vekta focuses on electrical engineering of high voltage cables for offshore renewables […]

  • NKT’s New Cable Barge Ready for German Offshore Wind Grid Project

    21 April 2021
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    NKT’s new cable barge NKT Agrippina has been loaded with a cable section for the offshore wind connection project Ostwind 2 in the German part of the Baltic Sea and will soon set out on its maiden trip after being christened on 20 April. The vessel has been specially designed to transport offshore power cables […]

  • ABB to Equip Xiangshui Offshore Substation

    14 March 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    ABB has signed a deal for 201MW  Xiangshui offshore wind farm located 10 kilometers off the coast of Xiangshui County. Namely, the Swiss company will supply full range of power equipment for  project’s 220 kV offshore substation which delivers wind power to onshore transformer stations. It includes 220 kV power transformers, medium-high voltage SF6 gas insulated switchgears, and […]

  • Ingeteam Targets Next-Generation Turbines with New Converter

    5 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The Spain-based Ingeteam has developed a new medium voltage power converter for offshore wind turbines with the capacity of up to 15MW.

  • 900 MW DolWin Epsilon Platform to Begin Journey to German North Sea

    29 May 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The 900 MW DolWin epsilon platform is getting ready to sail into the German North Sea, the transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT announced on 28 May. After three years of construction at Seatrium’s shipyard in Singapore, the 82-metre-long platform has covered approximately 13,000 nautical miles to Norway in 60 days. There, the structure received its […]

  • Tekmar’s Cable Protection for Gode Wind 3 Grid Connection

    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 […]

  • Siemens Awards Triton Knoll OTM Contracts

    9 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Transmission & Distribution Ltd. has awarded the Smulders-ENGIE Fabricom consortium with a contract to manufacture two Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Hornsea Project One Welcomes World’s First Offshore RCS

    29 June 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The world’s first offshore Reactive Compensation Station (RCS) has been installed at Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Ørsted Picks EDS HV SAP Services for UK Wind Farms

    28 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    High voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Management has signed a Framework Agreement with Ørsted to provide SAP Services across the company’s range of UK offshore wind farms.

  • TenneT TSO GmbH Looking For AC Subsea Cable Supplier

    12 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Bayreuth-based TenneT TSO GmbH has, via DC-Netz BorWin3 GmbH, issued a tender for a supplier of an AC submarine cable to link an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea to the grid connection system. The tender calls for manufacture, supply and installation of the subsea cable in the Cluster 8 of the German Exclusive Economic Zone, including […]

  • NKT: Turnkey Approach Leads to Cost Reductions (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    18 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Turnkey solution approach is one of the ways the power cable industry can help the offshore wind industry achieve further cost reductions, Leo van der Pols, Business and Sales Development, NKT, said.

  • Visser & Smit Hanab Scoops East Anglia One Contract

    3 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch high voltage offshore wind specialist Visser & Smit Hanab has been awarded the contract to perform all array cable terminations and testing work at the East Anglia One wind farm. The scope of the work entails the 66kV array cable terminations in all 102 turbines, as well as the installation of the custom-designed cable […]

  • Avantha Installs Amrumbank West Transformer Substation

    12 May 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Avantha Group Company CG installed its transformer substation at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. The renewable energy unit consists of 80 multi-megawatt wind turbines located 100 km off the German coast in the North Sea. The Amrumbank West offshore wind farm (which was completed along with CG’s consortium partners Fabricom GDF Suez, Iemants and […]

  • Siemens Develops Gas-Insulated Transmission Line

    9 April 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Siemens is developing a gas-insulated transmission line for carrying large amounts of energy at high DC voltages. Berlin Technical University and Dresden University of Applied Sciences, among others, are working under the lead management of Siemens on developing a new gas-insulated DC transmission line known as the DC CTL (Compact Transmission Line for Direct-Current High […]

  • Nordsee Ost Substation in Place

    21 July 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A wedding was celebrated on the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm construction site of RWE Innogy: This is what the construction process is called when the foundation is successfully married to the substation platform. As a result the sea-based transformer substation and all its electrical components have now been successfully completed. The journey of the […]

  • Hearings on National Grid and Cape Wind to begin next month (USA)

    30 August 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Much as GM’s $41,000 price tag on its electric Volt delivered a high-voltage sticker shock to car buyers, Cape Wind blew away National… (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, August 30, 2010;

  • Rampion Out of Action

    12 November 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Rampion wind farm offshore Sussex, UK has been shut down due to a fault on the wind farm’s high voltage electrical distribution system, a spokesperson from the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm confirmed to Offshore WIND. According to BBC, the 400MW wind farm has been shut since 26 October. ”We are in the process of […]

  • Arcadis and Pondera to Investigate IJmuiden Ver Offshore Link

    14 March 2019
    Grid Connection

    Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has selected Arcadis and Pondera to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and provide permit applications with associated investigations for high-voltage connections which will link the IJmuiden Ver wind farm to the grid. The two subsea high-voltage connections will each have the capacity to bring  2GW of energy to land, the […]

  • Denmark Greenlights Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm Plan

    19 July 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved the plan for the Hesselø offshore wind farm, taking into account the environmental plan and the feedback from the consultation process. According to the DEA, the offshore wind farm, which will have a total capacity between 800 MW and 1,200 MW, must consist of wind turbines, cables, and […]

  • 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 […]

  • Belgium: CG Bags Grid Contract for Northwind Offshore Wind Farm

    22 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    CG has been awarded the contract for the grid connection study and supply of main transformer 275 MVA and 2 reactors of 65 MVAr at the Northwind offshore wind farm in Belgium. The Northwind wind farm, previously named “Eldepasco”, will have an installed production capacity of 216 MW. The connection between the Offshore High Voltage […]

  • CG’s Technology to Power Northwind Project, Belgium

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    CG has been awarded the contract for the grid connection study and supply of main transformer 275 MVA and 2 reactors of 65 MVAr at the Northwind offshore wind farm in Belgium. The Northwind wind farm, previously named “Eldepasco”, will have an installed production capacity of 216 MW. The connection between the Offshore High Voltage […]

  • TenneT Seeks Geotechnical Investigation Services for Three IJmuiden Ver Platforms

    19 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has launched a new tender for geotechnical soil investigation at the IJmuiden Ver (IJV) offshore wind area, looking for the work to be carried out at three locations that will house offshore transformer stations. In February, the TSO invited bids for geotechnical soil investigation for IJmuiden Ver Alpha and […]

  • Prysmian Invests EUR 40 Mln in Its Cable Plants

    11 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group has announced new investments worth over € 40 million to upgrade production capabilities in its cable plants in Pikkala, Finland and in Arco Felice, Italy. The factories are already the Group’s centres of excellence for high voltage and submarine cable production. These new investments will enable both plants to be fully equipped to […]

  • CG to Construct USD 44 Million HV Substation for Dutch OWF

    3 April 2013

    CG, along with its consortium partners, has been awarded a $44 million contract for the construction of an offshore HV substation in the Netherlands from Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects BV. CG, in consortium with Cofely Fabricom and Iemants, will design, deliver and install the high voltage offshore substation for the Luchterduinen project. The Luchterduinen […]

  • Dominion Virginia Power Initiates Transmission Line Study Off Virginia Beach (USA)

    1 April 2011
    R&D

    Dominion Virginia Power, a subsidiary of Dominion , is initiating a study of what it would take to build a high-voltage underwater … (dom) [mappress] Source: dom, April 01, 2011