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  • Inter-Array Cabling Done at Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm

    13 June 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A network of more than 60 kilometers of underwater cable now spreads over the construction field of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. This is almost the length of the Eurotunnel that connects the UK with Continental Europe. The inter-array cabling was completed in altogether less than four months. “We divided cable installation into two campaigns. The first […]

  • Denmark: ABB Shows Portfolio for Wind Industry at EWEA 2012

    11 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    As energy cost reduction has become a buzzword in the renewables industry and a hot topic during European’s major wind fair EWEA 2012 starting from April 16, ABB brings to this event its complete wind portfolio as well as latest technologies to address the issue. One of the highlights of ABB’s booth is its offering […]

  • Siemens Goes Local on Moray East

    15 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Siemens has placed multi-million pound contracts with companies across the UK for the construction of the transmission infrastructure for the Moray East offshore wind farm. As the lead contractor for onshore transmission infrastructure construction works for the 950MW wind farm, Siemens has placed several subcontracts since work began in September 2018. BAM Nuttall has been […]

  • TenneT Offers Ways to Dutch Offshore Wind Capacity Surge

    28 November 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Transmission system operator TenneT has laid out its ideas for supporting the possible further expansion of offshore wind energy in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Germany: Experts Discuss Future of Wind Power at HUSUM WindEnergy

    21 September 2012

    Trade and conference organisation Messe Husum organised a chaired round of discussions on the future of wind power as part of the HUSUM WindEnergy exhibition. Politicians, power suppliers and manufacturers from Germany, Denmark and China discussed some of the industry’s most important topics. Heading the talks was Professor Dr. Jochen Twele, wind power expert and […]

  • RVO Talks 6 GW for IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Zone

    26 October 2021
    Grid Connection

    The Dutch IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone, which is set to house TenneT’s next-generation offshore grid solution with a capacity of 2 GW per connection, is likely to incorporate three instead of two 2 GW grid connection systems and have 6 GW instead of 4 GW of total installed offshore wind capacity. This is according […]

  • First Moray East OTM Touches Down

    10 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the three Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs), ME OSP 3, has been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Siemens Energy shipped out the wind farm’s first OTM, ME OSP 2, for offshore installation on 30 June. This OTM will be installed later this week, a spokesperson for DEME […]

  • SBSS Targets Offshore Wind with Converted Cable Lay Barge

    30 October 2020
    Vessels

    Chinese provider of submarine cable installation and maintenance solutions S.B. Submarine Systems (SBSS) has taken delivery of Fu Yong 6, a 5,500t power cable installation and maintenance barge. On a long-term charter with Zhoushan Yongbo Shipping, Fu Yong 6 was delivered from Zhoushan Huafeng yard, where the ex-transportation barge was converted into a multi-purpose cable […]

  • Viking Link Marine Warranty Surveyors Wanted

    17 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Denmark’s Energinet has issued a contract notice seeking Marine Warranty Surveyors for the 1,400MW Viking Link interconnector, the first high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link between Great Britain and Denmark. Viking Link is a joint project of Energinet and the UK’s National Grid Viking Link Limited. The tender concerns consultants working onboard the cable laying vessels as […]

  • Van Oord’s Nessie Trencher Gets WiFi Before Norther Works

    11 September 2018
    Technology, Vessels

    nCentric will provide internet access and wireless communication on Van Oord’s Nessie onshore cable trencher which is set to be deployed for the Norther offshore wind farm.

  • Aarsleff Nets Nissum Bredning Deal

    31 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Aarsleff has been awarded a contract for the 28MW Nissum Bredning project in Denmark, where Siemens will test a variety of its new offshore wind solutions.

  • NKT Victoria Gets Ship of the Year Accolade at Nor-Shipping

    30 May 2017
    Vessels

    NKT ‘s new cable laying vessel – NKT Victoria – has won the Ship of the Year 2017 prize at the NorShipping exhibition in Lillestrøm, Norway.

  • Van Oord Adds Swan Hunter to Norther Team

    15 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Swan Hunter has secured the Norther offshore wind farm export cable storage contract for Van Oord.

  • Borkum Riffgrund 2 Delivers First Power

    6 August 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm fed electricity into the German national grid for the first time on Saturday, 4 August.

  • First Triton Knoll Onshore Cables Roll Out

    22 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first onshore electrical cables destined for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm have rolled out from production and are heading towards the Port of Boston, the UK. The High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) cables will make up the onshore cable network, connecting power from the 860MW offshore wind farm to the new onshore substation […]

  • DNV to Certify Offshore Wind Converter Station (Germany)

    29 November 2010
    Grid Connection, Technology

    DNV will certify an offshore wind converter station being built by grid operator TenneT in the German sector of the North Sea. DNV will provide full approval services for the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of the high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station DolWin alpha which will be located some 60 kilometres offshore close […]

  • IDeCON Consortium Tackles HVDC Grid Design and Control Issues

    31 January 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom and Spain have formed a consortium dubbed IDeCON to combat technical barriers currently hampering the practical deployment of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) grids in the North Sea needed to exploit the potential of the wind resource. The project is being led by Prof Elisabetta Tedeschi of the Norwegian University of […]

  • Austria: The Switch to Participate in EWEA 2013

    24 January 2013
    Technology

    The Switch will take part in the EWEA Annual Event 2013; Hall A, stand A20. The Switch is a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator (PMG) and full-power converter (FPC) packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications. EWEA 2013 will focus on providing participants with real opportunities to help them find the […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2016

    3 April 2016

    Hydrohammer S-4000 Installs First Monopiles The S-4000 Hydrohammer pile-driving system installed its first monopiles at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea, IHC IQIP, a business unit of Royal IHC which recently launched the system, reports. Siemens to Buy Adwen as Part of Gamesa Merger? Reportedly, Siemens is likely to buy Adwen, a joint […]

  • NKT Cables Clinches Race Bank Deal

    16 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    NKT Cables has been awarded the order for delivery of export cable systems to the Race Bank Offshore Wind farm by DONG Energy. The order is NKT Cables’ 11th large offshore wind farm project since 2010 where the company first started production of submarine cables. For NKT Cables, the order will have a contract value […]

  • Prysmian Inks EUR 200 Million Export Cable Contract for Sofia OWF

    30 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group and RWE Renewables have finalised the contract for the export cable connection of the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, worth more than EUR 200 million. The contract, which follows the preferred bidder agreement from November 2020, includes the development of the turn-key high voltage submarine and land export cable connection for the […]

  • MAATS Tech to Deliver Nexans Aurora Deck Spread

    5 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Following news that Nexans signed a deal with Ulstein Verft for the construction of its new cable laying vessel, the Nexans Aurora, UK marine engineering company MAATS Tech informed that it will supply a deck spread for the vessel.

  • TenneT Issues Hollandse Kust Export Cables Call

    28 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has invited tenders for provision and installation of high voltage alternating current (HVAC) cables that will connect the three offshore substations at the 1.4GW Hollandse Kust (zuid) and the 700MW Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm zones to the mainland grid.

  • Iv-Offshore Joins Sofia HVDC Platform Team

    27 July 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Iv-Offshore & Energy has signed the early works contract with Sembcorp Marine for the engineering of the Sofia high voltage direct current (HVDC) platform. As previously reported, GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine will provide the electrical transmission system for RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia wind farm offshore the UK. Iv-Offshore & Energy is […]

  • EDS on Cable Fault Response Duty for RWE Renewables

    25 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group has won a five-year framework contract with RWE Renewables to provide cable fault response and repair services across the energy company’s wind farms offshore the UK. Under the framework agreement, EDS will manage all aspects of cable fault response by mobilising engineers to test and identify the specific location of a fault […]

  • Elia Hires NHV Chopper Squad

    24 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The NHV Group has won a contract with Elia to provide helicopter services in support of the construction of a high voltage electricity grid in the Belgian part of the North Sea. The operations are expected to start in April 2019 with the flights departing from NHV’s base in Ostend. NHV will support this project […]