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  • Norther Centerpiece Falling Into Place

    13 August 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Norther NV, Van Oord and ENGIE Fabricom will hold an official ceremony to mark the completion of the Norther Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS) in Hoboken, Belgium, on 16 August.

  • Hornsea One Offshore Substations In Place

    6 August 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    All three offshore substations and the world’s first Reactive Compensation Substation (RCS) have been installed at Hornsea Project One, Ørsted, the owner and developer of the 1.2GW wind farm, said.

  • Offshore Wind Conference 2019: Linking the Grid

    3 October 2019

    How will offshore wind play its part in the energy transition? Find out during Offshore Wind Conference 2019. This animation delves into the session Linking the grid. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Vimeo. Jasper Vis, Senior Advisor at TenneT, Cornelis Plet, Project Coordinator at PROMOTioN (DNV GL Energy), […]

  • TenneT Opens Cable Storage Facility in Eemshaven

    3 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    On 2 February, TenneT officially opened its special cable storage facility in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, which is able to store up to 4,600 tonnes of high-voltage electricity cables. TenneT will use the facility as a storage for massive subsea cables used for connecting offshore wind farms to the onshore grid and for offshore direct-current interconnectors (DCI), like the NorNed cable […]

  • Inefficient Grid Blocks Germany’s Energy Revolution

    12 June 2012
    Grid Connection

    The German government’s plan to improve the storage capacity of the present grid by installing approximately 1,800 kilometres of new, high voltage power lines by 2012 resulted in only 214 kilometres of installed power lines until June 7, writes the cospp.com news portal. After renouncing nuclear power, Germany’s process to shift to renewables will require […]

  • DONG Energy on a Hiring Spree in Grimsby, UK

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is recruiting offshore wind workers for various working positions related to its Westermost Rough offshore wind project. The company is looking for people qualified to fill the following positions: Assistant Operations Manager, High Voltage Engineer, HSE Manager, Offshore Coordinator, Site Assistant, Warehouse Coordinator, and Wind Turbine technicians. Details on the recruitment and job […]

  • Intertek Backs UK-Norway Interconnector

    11 June 2015
    Grid Connection

    Intertek has helped to support National Grid and Statnett in the development of an infrastructure project linking the UK and Norwegian electricity networks (NSN Link) which, when constructed, will be the world’s longest high voltage direct current (HVDC) undersea interconnector. For the past four years, Intertek has acted as marine consultants for the two companies […]

  • All Norther Turbines Stand Tall

    29 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has completed the installation of turbines at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium. The Dutch company said it installed the last of the total of 44 turbines on 26 April at the project site some 23km offshore Zeebrugge. Van Oord is the project’s main contractor responsible for cable installation and burial, as well as […]

  • Eltek to Deliver DolWin3 Onshore Equipment

    12 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Eltek has secured a key order for advanced power supply systems for the operation of the DolWin3 offshore wind energy project in Germany.  Eltek equipment will supply secure power to protection and control equipment for the onshore high voltage DC (HVDC) substation that transfers electricity generated by offshore wind turbines in the North Sea to […]

  • NKT Firms Viking Link Cable Order

    23 August 2019
    Grid Connection

    NKT, Energinet, and National Grid have signed the final contract documents for the supply of onshore power cables for the 1,400MW Viking Link interconnector. Under the contract valued at around EUR 90 million, NKT will deliver approximately 150 kilometres of 525kV MI high-voltage DC onshore power cables for the project connecting the Danish and British power […]

  • Hohe See Offshore Substation Rolls Out

    30 November 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ENGIE Fabricom has rolled out the substation topside being built for the Hohe See offshore wind farm at the company’s yard in Hoboken, Belgium.

  • Photo of the Day: Horns Rev C Topside Falling Into Place

    26 April 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting has shared this photo of the heavy-lifting vessel Stanislav Yudin setting the topside of the Horns Rev C substation down onto the jacket construction. The topside was transported from the Port of Esbjerg to the installation site some 20 kilometers off the Danish North Sea coast on board Royal Wagenborg’s largest barge, Wagenborg Barge 9. The 1,888 […]

  • Photo of the Day: Horns Rev 3 Substation Topside Heading to Esbjerg

    4 April 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A 1,888 tonne topside built for the high voltage substation of the 400 MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm left Schiedam last weekend and is en route to Esbjerg, Denmark. The transportation of the topside is being carried out by Royal Wagenborg, using the company’s largest tug, Waterland, and the largest barge, Wagenborg Barge 9.  A specialized team of Wagenborg ballast engineers assisted […]

  • Nexans Installs First Four NordLink Cables

    26 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Nexans has completed the installation of the first four cables of the NordLink high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea interconnector between Norway and Germany.

  • Hohe See Offshore Substation Stands Tall

    28 June 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema’s vessel Thialf has installed the offshore substation topside at the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Heerema Lifts Elia’s OSY Platform Jacket

    6 August 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Heerema Fabrication Group has conducted roll-up operations of the jacket foundation for the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform, part of Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project.

  • TenneT Updates Switchgear Tender

    14 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology

    TenneT TSO has issued an amended call for tender for switchgears that will allow safe transfer of electricity from five offshore platforms to the company’s high voltage grid in the Netherlands. In the period between 2017 and 2023, TenneT expects to build the five offshore platforms for the connection of offshore wind farms to the Dutch grid. […]

  • NKT Hands Over Nordergründe Link

    22 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    NKT has commissioned and delivered the 155kV high-voltage AC Nordergründe offshore wind transmission link to the German transmission system operator TenneT.

  • Ørsted and CPower Sign Staff Supply Deal

    19 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has contracted CPower Energy to provide personnel for its offshore wind projects in the Netherlands. Under the five-year contract, CPower will supply the full range of personnel, from project managers to high voltage engineers, client representatives, administrative staff, site technicians and general engineers. The UK-based company will initially work for the Borssele 1 and 2 offshore […]

  • ZTT to Link EnBW Hohe See OWF to BorWin3

    10 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Transmission System Operator TenneT has awarded the Chinese power cables manufacturer ZTT with a contract to supply and construct a 155kV HVAC grid connection between the 497MW EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm and the 900MW BorWin3 DC grid connection system in the North Sea.

  • Ofgem Starts Western Link Probe

    28 January 2020
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem has launched an investigation into National Grid and Scottish Power Transmission for the delivery and ongoing operation of the Western Link high-voltage direct current subsea cable.

  • Rentel Substation Topside Awaiting Sail-Out

    4 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    STX France has loaded a substation topside built for the Rentel offshore wind farm onto a barge in the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port in France.

  • ABB Wins French Multi-Million Offshore Wind Job

    8 July 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ABB has won a contract worth around $25 million from the electrical transmission system operator RTE France to supply transformer products and services for grid connections for ongoing French offshore wind power projects. ABB will supply nine 400-megavolt ampere (MVA) booster transformers to help regulate the voltage of power transmitted from four large-scale offshore wind projects […]

  • Borssele Alpha Ready to Deliver

    4 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    Dutch transmission system operator TenneT inaugurated the 700MW Borssele Alpha offshore high voltage substation on Thursday, 5 September. The final piece for the completion of the Borssele Alpha project was the certification provided by DNV GL, TenneT said. The Borssele Alpha will collect the electricity generated at Ørsted’s soon to be built Borssele 1 + 2 offshore […]

  • Germany: nkt cables Releases Half-Year Report 2011

    23 August 2011
    Business & Finance

      nkt cables has announced half-year 2011 results . EBITDA expectations in NKT Holding for 2011 is downgraded to approx. 1.0-1.1 bnDKK from earlier approx. 1.2 bnDKK due to the fact that 2nd quarter earnings in nkt cables were not satisfactory. The adjustment primarily relates to the newly build submarine and high voltage cable factory […]

  • Lloyd’s Register Updates Offshore Rules

    19 August 2014

    Lloyd’s Register has launched its new Rules for Offshore Units in one single document following an in-depth consultation with industry. It signals a move by the world’s oldest classification and certification society, to modernise the way in which Rules and their guidance notes are presented to industry – and importantly how they are used by […]