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  • TenneT Chooses ZTT for Two German Offshore Wind Connections

    15 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has commissioned subsea cable manufacturer Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTT) for two offshore wind connections in Germany. ZTT will deliver cable systems to link offshore wind farms to HelWin beta and DolWin kappa converter platforms in the North Sea, with the cable routes being five and 16 kilometre respectively. The cable systems will be […]

  • Iberdrola Reveals Baltic Eagle Offshore Substation Team

    18 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola and the German transmission system operator 50Hertz have signed an agreement to cooperate with regard to the construction, installation, and commissioning of the offshore substation for the Baltic Eagle wind farm. The jointly used offshore substation will house the technical equipment collecting the electricity produced by the wind turbines and will connect to the […]

  • Export Cable Installation Starts at Hollandse Kust (zuid)

    23 September 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has started installing the export cables which will connect the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm to the Dutch grid, TenneT said. For the first ten kilometres of the cable route at sea, the four export cables will have to be buried more than 5,5 metres into the seabed in order […]

  • Plan Set Forth for New Jersey’s First Offshore Wind Cable Plant

    15 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Rise Light & Power and Delaware River Partners (DRP) have partnered up to collaborate on developing the first offshore wind cable manufacturing facility in New Jersey, the US. The development of the manufacturing facility at the Repauno Port & Rail Terminal in Greenwich Township is subject to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approval of the […]

  • France’s First Offshore Substation Touches Down

    19 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has installed the first offshore substation (OSS) in France at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm off the Guérande peninsula. Weighing 2,100 tons, the OSS topside was installed at the site on August 18. The substation’s jacket foundation was installed earlier this week. The electrical substation was constructed by a consortium including Atlantique Offshore Energy, the […]

  • Siemens Energy Secures Its Largest Grid Connection Order

    22 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Amprion Offshore GmbH has now commissioned Siemens Energy to supply the converter platforms for the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems. DolWin4 and BorWin4 will transport up to 1.8 GW of power from several wind farms in the German North Sea to land with low losses. The order value is in the high three-digit […]

  • MHI Vestas Keeps It Local with Switchgear Contract in Taiwan

    21 August 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a conditional agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. for the assembly of high voltage switchgear in Taiwan. Taiwanese manufacturer Shihlin Electric Co. is included in the agreement as an integral part of the production, MHI Vestas said, adding that the contract meets the Taiwan government’s localisation requirements for local production. “It is […]

  • Committee on Climate Change Calls UK Government to Stay on Course on Carbon Budget

    11 December 2013
    Authorities

    The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) launched a report today, in which it states clearly that there is no reason for the Government to reduce the Carbon Budget when it comes up for review in 2014, and that it needs to stay on course in the journey towards a decarbonised economy. In its review of […]

  • Scandinavians Develop New Scalable Floating Offshore Substation

    22 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Denmark-based Semco Maritime and ISC Consulting Engineers and Technip Energies’ affiliate Inocean, based in Norway and Sweden, have presented an offshore wind substation concept that involves floating technology and scalability. The three companies have now entered into a partnership that will combine Semco Maritime and ISC’s offshore wind and bottom-fixed substation engineering and construction experience […]

  • Elia Seeks Modular Offshore Grid Platform Designers and Subsea Cable Providers

    1 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has issued two separate calls for bids, one for a detailed design of an offshore platform, and the other for an EPC contract for submarine cables that will link the company’s Modular Offshore Grid to the mainland infrastructure. The OSY platform will be situated up to 45 kms offshore Belgian North Sea […]

  • ABB Delivers East West Interconnector to EirGrid (Ireland)

    14 August 2013
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group has delivered the East West Interconnector to EirGrid, the Irish transmission system operator. The 500-megawatt (MW) transmission connection is the highest capacity link of its kind, based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology, to go into commercial operation. The interconnector establishes an important link between the Irish […]

  • NSW to Supply and Install the Infield Cabling of the Borkum West II Wind Farm in the North Sea (Germany)

    4 February 2011
    Grid Connection

    On 20 December 2010, Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co KG (“TWB”) activated an order with Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (“NSW”) to deliver and install 65 km of medium-voltage submarine cables for the first construction phase of the Trianel Borkum West II offshore wind farm. The order is worth an amount in excess of € 22 […]

  • Sustainable Energy Announces Multi-Megawatt Supply Agreement (Canada)

    18 March 2011

    Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (“Sustainable Energy” or the “Company”) announced today that tenKsolar will source its low voltage power electronics requirements for its integrated RAIS(R) Wave system from Sustainable Energy under a long term supply contract with the Company. tenKsolar’s demand forecast for the first 12 months of the agreement beginning April 1, 2011 is […]

  • Offshore Players Seek Power Cable Jointing Crew

    4 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Pipeline Repair and Subsea Intervention (PRSI) Pool is seeking providers of contingency equipment and services for jointing of high voltage subsea cables. The PRSI Pool is a cooperation of operating companies organized as a non-profit membership club. The pool includes 20 companies. Some of these companies such as Equinor, Statnett, Aker BP, Shell, and […]

  • Prysmian to Produce 33kV, 66kV Subsea Cable Cores in Wrexham

    13 April 2017

    Prysmian has enabled its UK production facility in Wrexham, UK, to manufacture both 33 kV and 66 kV submarine cable cores used for the inter-array cable connections in offshore wind farms.

  • EDS HV Concludes Rampion Works

    5 March 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group has completed cable termination and testing works at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm located off Sussex, UK.

  • Aeolus Undergoing Final Preps Ahead of Norther Deployment

    23 July 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s freshly upgraded jack-up Aeolus is currently undergoing final preparations at the Port of Vlissingen, the Netherlands, prior to heading out to the Norther offshore wind farm to install the first monopile foundations.

  • Full Steam Ahead at Nobelwind: First Turbine Up, OHVS Energized

    2 November 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The Nobelwind offshore wind farm has reached two milestones with the last week of October, when the first MHI Vestas wind turbine was installed and the offshore high voltage substation (OHVS) powered, according to Parkwind’s social media pages. The OHVS for the Belgian offshore wind project, also known as Belwind 2 or Bligh Bank II, […]

  • ABB Acquires Powercorp (Switzerland)

    12 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Powercorp. Powercorp’s portfolio includes automation and control technologies to manage the integration of renewable energy into isolated grids and keep generation in balance with consumption. The company also supplies systems that dynamically store and release energy in response […]

  • Dutch-Danish Subsea Interconnector Developers Seek Contractors

    20 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Dutch and Danish Transmission System Operators (TSOs), TenneT and Energinet.dk, plan to build a power link (interconnector) between Endrup in Denmark and Eemshaven in The Netherlands. For this purpose, the TSOs have announced a call for tenders for a submarine and underground cable system consisting of design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and maintenance. The power interconnector, […]

  • World’s Biggest Wind Farm Produces First Power

    14 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm has produced its first power. The turbine F18 is the first of the 174 Siemens Gamesa 7MW units to be installed at the site some 120 kilometres offshore Yorkshire, UK, and the first to start producing power. The unit was transported from the pre-assembly site in Hull […]

  • Dutch-Danish 700MW HVDC Link Greenlighted

    9 May 2016
    Grid Connection

    Dutch offshore grid operator TenneT and its Danish counterpart Energinet.dk can now start with the construction of the COBRA cable, a submarine connection between the Dutch and Danish power grids, after clearing all permits necessary in the Netherlands.  The COBRA cable will allow for exchange of renewable energy between the two countries, and it has been designed to enable a […]

  • Hollandse Kust Zuid Onshore Substation Ready for Offshore Wind Power

    7 December 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore substation for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands has been fully built and put into operation. The 220kV/380kV transformer station, built by Volker Energy Solutions, together with TenneT, is located next to the Euromax terminal in Maasvlakte. Developed by Vattenfall, the wind farm will be connected […]

  • OWA Launches Tender for Nissum Bredning Cable-In-Pipe Study

    14 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched a tender for the investigation of the inter-array cable in pipe concept installed at the Nissum Bredning offshore wind project in Denmark.

  • TenneT Awards Maintenance Contracts

    19 February 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    TenneT has awarded Aker Solutions, NSG Wind and Fichtner with contracts for the maintenance of onshore and offshore converter station components and AC power transmission systems in the Dutch and German North Sea.

  • Van Oord Lays Deutsche Bucht Cables

    28 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has completed the laying of inter-array cables at the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea ahead of schedule, Northland Power, the owner and developer of the project, said. The cables were laid by Van Oord’s cable laying vessel Nexus. The cable burial at the site some 95 kilometres northwest of […]