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  • Second Borssele Alpha Cable Makes Landfall

    13 May 2019
    Grid Connection

    The second cable that will connect the Borssele Alpha offshore high voltage substation in the Dutch North Sea to the transformer station at Borssele has made landfall, according to TenneT. Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles, former VBMS, and NKT are in charge of supplying, delivering and installing two 61km long export cables for the Borssele Alpha […]

  • GMS Endeavour to Support Moray East OTM Commissioning

    17 August 2020
    Vessels

    Gulf Marine Services’ jack-up vessel GMS Endeavour is set to be deployed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site to support the commissioning of the project’s offshore transformer platforms. The vessel will arrive at the project site on or around 19 August, from when it will provide accommodation for workers carrying out commissioning works […]

  • Prysmian All Done on DolWin3

    13 November 2019
    Grid Connection

    Italian subsea cable specialist Prysmian has completed the DolWin3 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection project in the German North Sea. Prysmian had secured this project in February 2013, with a contract awarded by Alstom Grid (now GE Grid GmbH) on behalf of the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT. DolWin3, the third offshore grid […]

  • Mott MacDonald Helps Balfour Beatty to Win Greater Gabbard Power Link

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Mott MacDonald provided key technical, regulatory and environmental advisory services to Balfour Beatty Investments, facilitating their successful acquisition of the high voltage transmission link for the 504MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm located off the coast of Suffolk. Balfour Beatty Investments is a partner in the Green Energy Transmission Consortium, which is now the Offshore […]

  • AMSC Receives First Offshore Wind Order from Doosan

    25 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    South Korean wind turbine manufacturer Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has ordered first 5.5MW electrical control systems from Massachusetts-based AMSC.

  • UK Infrastructure Planning Commission reviews mostly wind projects

    15 July 2010
    Environment, R&D

    Onshore and offshore wind projects account for half the 32 energy projects that the UK Infrastructure Planning Commission will examine over the next few years, it said Tuesday. The IPC was created in 2008 by the then Labour government to speed up major infrastructure project decision-making. “Proposals for energy generation, particularly renewable energy, currently dominate […]

  • SSE: Caithness-Moray Project a Boon to UK Economy

    26 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    A study of the economic contribution made by the GBP 1.1 billion Caithness-Moray transmission project has found that the project is supporting the equivalent of over 10,000 years of employment in the UK, around half of which are in Scotland, SSE plc reports. Economic modelling included within a report found that of the GBP 1.1 billion total investment, almost […]

  • Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke to Supply Inter-Array Cabling for UK Offshore Wind Farm Humber Gateway

    16 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), a subsidiary of General Cable Corporation, has been awarded a contract by E.ON to supply 82km of medium-voltage submarine array cables for its Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. Delivery of cables is scheduled for 2013. The Humber Gateway offshore wind farm will be located 8km off the East Yorkshire coast, north […]

  • Ofgem Picks Race Bank OFTO

    20 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Ofgem has chosen Diamond Transmission Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high voltage transmission link to Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm for the next 20 years.

  • 50Hertz Seeks Cable Laying Accompanying Services

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    50Hertz Transmission GmbH has issued a call for tenders for work on the grid connection of offshore wind farms in the German part of the Baltic Sea. As part of the West Cluster Adlergrund (CWA) offshore grid connection, 50 Hertz requires the construction control and supervision of onshore and offshore cable laying work. These services are expected […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe’s First Shunt Reactor Convoyed to Grid Connection Site

    8 June 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the two shunt reactors for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm has been transported under police escort from Scotland’s Port of Leith to the NnG onshore substation site near Innerwick, East Lothian. The second shunt reactor is due for delivery in the coming days, according to the latest update from […]

  • Visser & Smit Hanab Bags Another Windpark Fryslân Contract

    30 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Visser & Smit Hanab has secured a contract by Van Oord to perform inter-array cable termination and testing work at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The routing, termination and testing activities will commence as soon as the cable installation starts. Visser & Smit Hanab is also in charge of installing the […]

  • Ofgem Names Galloper OFTO

    22 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has selected Diamond Transmission Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high voltage transmission link to the Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • TenneT Seeks Partners to Develop 2GW Offshore Link

    16 October 2019
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Dutch-German offshore grid operator TenneT TSO has issued a tender for two high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems, offshore, and onshore converters for the 4GW Ijmuiden Ver offshore wind zone. TenneT will develop two 2GW offshore HVDC grid connections for integrating IJmuiden Ver wind farms into the Dutch power grid. As 2GW offshore HVDC systems […]

  • HMB Lintec Secures Crane Contracts for German Offshore Substations

    15 September 2017
    Grid Connection

    HMB Lintec marine GmbH has signed contracts for the supply of pedestal offshore cranes for three offshore substations located in German waters.

  • JDR to Provide Veja Mate with Inter-Array Cables

    6 July 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    JDR has been awarded a subcontract by Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH to supply submarine composite power cables and related accessories as well as termination and testing services for the Veja Mate offshore wind farm.  The 67 Siemens 6 MW wind turbines will be inter-connected by an inner array grid of JDR-designed and manufactured 33 kV medium […]

  • First Veja Mate Turbine Feeds Power to German Grid

    18 January 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first Siemens 6MW wind turbine installed at the Veja Mate offshore wind farm has started feeding the German electricity grid with green, renewable energy two months ahead of schedule.

  • VBMS, NKT In Charge of Borssele Beta Export Cables

    30 October 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has awarded the consortium between VBMS and NKT Cables with a contract for the installation of two 67km export cables that will connect the Borssele Beta substation, i.e. the Borssele 3 & 4 offshore wind farms, to the Dutch onshore grid.

  • Inter-Array Cable Installation Starts at Windpark Fryslân

    4 January 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has started installing inter-array cables at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer Lake, the Netherlands. The installation work started in December, as planned, a spokesperson for Windpark Fryslân said. The inter-array cables will first come to shore at the wind farm’s own transformer station at Breezanddijk on the artificial island […]

  • Aker Solutions Picks Protea Cranes for US Offshore Wind Project

    29 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Protea, a global manufacturer of offshore handling equipment, has been selected by Aker Solutions as the supplier of two service cranes for the offshore wind farm project off the coast of the USA. The service cranes have a lifting capacity of one tonne and a radius of four metres, the company said. Aker Solutions, together […]

  • Navantia-Windar to Build Four Nissum Bredning Jackets

    10 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has chosen the Navantia-Windar joint venture for the supply of three-legged jacket foundations and accompanying piles for four 7MW offshore wind turbines to be installed as part of the Nissum Bredning Vind demo project in Denmark. The Spanish companies will carry out the project in parallel to the construction of 42 jackets for East Anglia One at […]

  • Gemini Starts Producing

    29 February 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands has reached an important milestone after the farm’s first wind turbines started producing electricity and feeding it into the grid. Following the construction of the electric infrastructure last year and the installation of the turbine foundations, contractors Siemens and Van Oord installed […]

  • Second Turbine Up at Nissum Bredning

    21 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The second Siemens 7MW wind turbine was installed at the Nissum Bredning site on 17 December, with all the transition pieces now placed on their corresponding gravity jacket foundations.

  • Ingeteam Takes Part in Spain’s First Offshore Wind Turbine

    15 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Ingeteam has provided supervision and electrical work analysis services on Spain’s first offshore wind turbine, the 5MW Elisa prototype. At the request of project leader Esteyco, Ingeteam worked on the connection of the medium voltage submarine cable for the transmission to land, as well as on the production of an exclusive part to secure the power […]

  • STX France to Build OSS for Belgian OWF

    7 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Belgian offshore wind company Rentel NV has awarded an EPCI contract for an offshore substation (OSS) to STX France SA. The contract covers the design, fabrication, transport, offshore installation and commissioning of a monopile foundation and topside, including high voltage and ancillary equipment. It is the first major contract signed by Rentel NV for the offshore wind farm […]

  • Siem Clears Caithness-Moray Subsea Route

    14 March 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    Siem Offshore’s Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) Siem Ruby has cleared rocks and boulders along the proposed subsea cable route for the 1.2GW Caithness-Moray transmission project in Scotland.