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  • France: Prysmian Group to Showcase Its Expertise at CIGRE 2012

    3 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase its comprehensive range of products and technologies, specifically dedicated to High Voltage underground and submarine power transmission, at the 2012 Biannual Session of CIGRE (the International Council on Large Electrical Systems, one of the key worldwide bodies operating in the […]

  • Hornsea One Turbines Halfway There

    18 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1,218MW Hornsea Project One wind farm has reached the halfway turbine installation point, Ørsted said. 87 out of the wind farm’s 174 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines have now been installed and commissioned at the site some 120 kilometres off Yorkshire. The wind turbines are being transported from Hull and installed by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s […]

  • Jan De Nul Completes Grid Link at TPC Changhua Wind Farm

    3 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the installation of four subsea export cables and the upgrade of the onshore substation of Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project. The company’s cable-laying vessel Willem de Vlamingh installed the four cables from the site 10km off the coast to the shore where they were connected at […]

  • 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 […]

  • James Fisher Wins Triton Knoll O&M Contract

    15 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    UK-headquartered James Fisher and Sons (James Fisher) has secured a multi-million-pound contract at the Triton Knoll offshore transmission (OFTO) project in Lincolnshire, with the offshore platform located 20 miles off the coast in the North Sea. Under the contract, James Fisher will provide complete end-to-end operations and maintenance (O&M) services to support informed decision-making for […]

  • JDR Reveals Plan for New Subsea Cable Manufacturing Facility in UK

    28 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    JDR Cable Systems is planning to open a new GBP 130 million subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland, the UK. The project is subject to final agreements, with the construction of the 69,000 square metre facility expected to begin next year and opening in 2024. When complete, the facility will include a […]

  • First Building Blocks Set for World’s First Artificial Island in Belgian North Sea (Video)

    30 April 2025
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms

    Construction has begun on the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island, in the Belgian North Sea, with the first two of 23 caissons already submerged at their final location. The work is being carried out on behalf of grid operator Elia Transmission Belgium by TM Edison, a joint venture between DEME and Jan De […]

  • RTE Probes Market for Dunkirk Offshore Substation

    8 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a market survey for the construction and delivery of a substation to be installed offshore Dunkirk. Back in June 2019, the French government selected the Éoliennes en Mer de Dunkerque (EMD) consortium of EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and innogy (now RWE) to develop a 600 […]

  • EDS Completes Teesside OLTC Maintenance

    19 November 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    High voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group has completed on-load tap changer (OLTC) maintenance work on EDF Renewables’ 66kV/33kV generator transformers at Teesside offshore wind farm.

  • Nexans to Connect Norway and Germany

    12 February 2015
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    February was a successful month for the French cabling specialist, Nexans. After securing Kriegers Flak onshore cabling contract earlier this month, the company has signed another deal for NordLink project worth EUR 0.5 billion. According to the agreement, Nexans will design, manufacture and install two 525 kV cable subsystems, with a total length of more than 700 […]

  • Photo of the Day: Dragados Lines Up Hornsea One Jackets

    27 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has shared a photo of four substation jacket foundations currently under construction at Dragados Offshore’s yard in Spain for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • TenneT Seeks AC Subsea Cable Suppliers for DolWin3

    10 April 2015
    Grid Connection

    TenneT has issued two invitations to tender for the DolWin3 offshore grid connection. The first one is for the manufacture, supply and installation of an AC submarine cable system (including compensation, fibre optic cable, secondary equipment, cable performance, etc.) between an offshore wind farm and Cluster 2, designed for a transmission capacity of approximately 450MW and a voltage level […]

  • Photo of the Day: Nobelwind Offshore Substation Installed

    13 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The offshore high voltage substation (OHVS) for Belgian Nobelwind offshore wind project, also known as Belwind 2 or Bligh Bank II, has been installed at its destined location in the North Sea, according to Bladt Industries’ social media pages.  The company started working on the offshore substation in October 2015, following the financial close for the project. […]

  • James Fisher Acquires EDS HV

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    James Fisher has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of EDS HV, the UK-based high voltage engineering company which recently signed a contract with the offshore wind giant Ørsted for its UK offshore wind farms.

  • TenneT Seeking HVSS Providers for Wind op Zee Projects

    10 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Netherlands-based transmission system operator TenneT TSO has started the first phase of a tendering procedure to select candidates who could supply High Voltage Secondary Systems (HVSSs) for Wind op Zee (Offshore Grid NL) projects. Part of the scope of this selection phase, open for applications until 20 April 2016, is the design, system integration, programming, parameterising, testing, […]

  • Ørsted Takes a Hit Offshore, Still Expects Highest Yearly Operating Profit

    20 January 2023
    Business & Finance

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted expects operating profit (EBITDA) for 2022 to total DKK 32.1 billion (EUR 4.3 billion), the company’s highest EBITDA to date, based on preliminary and unaudited reporting. The results are within the latest guidance and above the company’s initial expectations for the year, achieved during a year with unusual market […]

  • CrossWind and TenneT Sign Hollandse Kust (noord) Grid Connection Agreements

    4 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    CrossWind, a consortium of Shell and Eneco, has signed agreements with TenneT for the construction of the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm. Located in the Dutch North Sea some some 18.5 kilometres off Egmond aan Zee, the 759 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) and its grid connection are scheduled to be […]

  • 50Hertz and Parkwind Sign German Baltic Sea Pact

    2 October 2019
    Grid Connection

    50Hertz and Parkwind have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the technical aspects of the Ostwind 2 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea. The essential aspects of the MoU include specific agreements for the development, procurement, construction and operation of the shared offshore platform, Ostwind 2, covering basic technical details and […]

  • ABB wins $50 million service contracts for offshore wind farms (Switzerland)

    14 October 2010
    R&D

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth more than $50 million from the German transmission system operator, TenneT TSO (formerly transpower), to provide maintenance services for the grid connections of offshore wind farms located in the North Sea off the coast of Germany. The three-year contract has extension options. “Offshore […]

  • ABB Fixes DolWin2 Cable Ahead of Schedule

    12 January 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The 916MW DolWin2 offshore grid connection has been re-energized much sooner than expected following cable repairs undertaken by ABB, TenneT TSO’s spokesperson confirmed to Offshore WIND. DolWin2 has been back in operation since Saturday, 7 January, the spokesperson said. ABB was initially expected to complete remediation works on cable components by 27 March. DolWin2 had been out of action […]

  • TFKable Produces First Moray East Onshore Cable

    8 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The TFKable Group has produced the first part of the 220kV onshore high-voltage cable for the Moray East offshore wind farm in the UK. According to the company, the 220kV cable is now ready to be delivered from its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland for the 950MW offshore wind project. TFKable and VolkerInfra won the contract to […]

  • FairWind Completes Borssele 1+2 TP Work

    27 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    FairWind has completed the electrical installation of 59 transition pieces for the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm for Bladt Industries. The project scope included mounting circuit breakers, lights, cabling, filling high voltage switchgear with liquid air, and all other electrical components. The TP segments were assembled in Aalborg harbor, Denmark, before installation at the 752MW wind […]

  • GE Bolsters Offshore Wind Links in China

    19 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    GE’s Power Conversion business, a sub-business of GE Energy Connections, is set to provide its 5-megawatt (MW) medium-voltage (MV) converter based on the MV7000 product platform to China’s offshore wind original equipment manufacturer – XEMC Windpower. All converters will be manufactured in GE’s factory located in Shanghai. With prototypes of similar technologies already installed and operational […]

  • Polish TSO to Invest EUR 1 Billion to Prepare Grid for Offshore Wind Power

    11 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Poland’s transmission system operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (​PSE) plans to invest around PLN 4.5 billion (around EUR 1 billion) by 2030 to prepare the grid for the electricity generated at future offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. The investment will go toward substations and transmission lines in the Pomerania Province, PSE said. It is […]

  • UK: ABB Drive System Powers Tidal Turbine Testing

    16 October 2013

    Project Nautilus is the world’s first drive train test facility for tidal turbines and marine renewable technologies. The $20 million facility is part of the UK’s National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in the north of England. Narec is a government-backed center for researching, developing and testing renewable energy and low carbon power generation technologies such […]

  • Prysmian Loading Out First IFA2 Cables

    27 February 2019
    Grid Connection

    Cable laying vessel Cable Enterprise has arrived at Prysmian Group’s factory in Pikkala, Finland, to load the first batch of cables for the IFA2 (Interconnexion France-Angleterre) interconnector project. Over a ten-day period, over 100 kilometres of ± 320 kV DC submarine cables will be loaded onto the vessel. The IFA2 interconnector is a 1GW high voltage direct […]