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  • Ofgem Selects Transmission Capital Partners as Dudgeon OFTO

    24 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has appointed Transmission Capital Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high-voltage transmission link to the Dudgeon offshore wind farm for the next 20 years.

  • EDS Wins Rampion Cable Termination and Testing Contract

    3 October 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based high voltage engineering specialist, EDS Group, has been chosen to complete cable termination and jointing work at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. The site which is based off the Sussex coast in the UK will feature 116 turbines, each 3.45MW in capacity. Commencing in the autumn of 2016, EDS will be responsible for […]

  • Offshore Wind Power Drives Development of New Technologies (USA)

    22 February 2012

    Wind energy is the most mature technology among all renewable energy solutions. Finding appropriate sites for developing onshore wind farms might, however, soon pose a challenge due to dense urbanization (especially in western Europe) and concerns about the negative visual impact that wind farms could have on the surrounding environment. This is creating a promising […]

  • DNV GL to Address Energy Industry’s Most Pressing Issues at CIGRE 2014

    21 August 2014

    DNV GL (uniting DNV, KEMA, Garrad Hassan and GL Renewables Certification) will offer key insights into the most pressing issues facing the energy industry today and in the future at the CIGRE session for electric power systems in Paris between the 25th and 29th of August 2014 (stand number 355). “At a time of great […]

  • Siemens Installs BorWin2 Offshore Platform

    29 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has installed the BorWin2 offshore platform in the North Sea northwest of the island of Borkum. This marks Siemens’ achievement of the second crucial milestone in the German grid connection projects under contract with the German-Dutch network operator TenneT. Siemens had already erected its first converter platform for the HelWin1 connection off Heligoland in the […]

  • China Puts Two New Offshore Wind Farms in Operation

    3 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has had a busy end of November as the company reached milestones on three of its offshore wind projects, two of which were fully commissioned, adding 800 MW to China’s operational offshore wind capacity. CTG also completed the wind turbine installation on one of its offshore wind farms last month, bringing […]

  • UK: Siemens, H&W Deploy Gwynt y Mor Substation

    13 August 2012

    Today, the latest milestone for the flagship offshore wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, will be achieved with the departure by sea of the UK engineered and built Siemens’ offshore substation. Destined for installation in Liverpool Bay, the 1,500 tonne platform was jointly designed, engineered and fabricated by Siemens in Manchester and Belfast-based shipbuilders Harland and […]

  • Germany: Construction Starts for 10 MW Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory

    23 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Fraunhofer IWES in Bremerhaven is building a worldwide unique test facility for complete 400 ton wind energy turbine nacelles: a drive-performance of 10MW, the dynamic equivalent of five times the shear force of a harbour tug boat to simulate rotor wind-loading and an artificial medium voltage grid for full value electrical turbine certification characterise […]

  • Nexans’s Net Sales for 2011 Reach 6.920 Billion (Germany)

    8 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Nexans Board of Directors meeting on February 7, 2012, chaired by Frédéric Vincent, approved the Financial Statements for 2011. Net sales for 2011 totaled 6.920 billion euros compared with 6.179 billion euros in 2010. At constant non-ferrous metal prices 1) , the figure is 4.594 billion euros compared with 4.309 billion euros in 2010. […]

  • Ørsted’s Projects On Track as Planned

    25 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted’s construction projects are all progressing according to plans, the offshore wind developer reported on 25 March, referring to the current situation with the world fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Scottish Greens: Offshore Renewables Could Help Create 200K Jobs

    25 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    The Scottish Green MSPs published a major research paper today, outlining how Scotland could create 200,000 jobs over the next 20 years by pursuing a new economy built on renewable energy, green chemistry, home insulation and forestry.  The report, “Jobs in Scotland’s New Economy”, uses government and industry assessments to calculate that significantly more people […]

  • Semco Maritime to Take Care of Arcadis Ost 1 Substation

    4 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind has awarded Semco Maritime a five-year service contract for the offshore substation at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. From 2022 to 2027, Semco Maritime will perform service assignments at the offshore platform northeast of Rügen island in Germany. The company’s scope of work will include scheduled and […]

  • Siem Aimery Christened and Ready for German Offshore Wind Projects

    29 April 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The cable-laying vessel Siem Aimery, the latest vessel added to the Siem Offshore fleet, was christened in a naming ceremony on Wednesday, 27 April, at the Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Gdansk, Poland. The vessel will now undergo final mobilisation prior to commencing cable loading activities for its first project assignment. The Siem Aimery and her […]

  • Siem Offshore Contractors Starts Laying Inter-Array Cables at Nordsee One

    8 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH ( SOC) has started laying the first inter-array cable in the construction area of the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm. The wind farm’s 54 6.15MW turbines will be connected to the offshore substation by ten strings of cables with an overall length of approximately 70 kilometres. Tim Kittelhake, Managing Director (COO) of […]

  • UK Government Driving Down Costs of Offshore Wind Power

    10 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    More wind farms have been brought in to a competitive system to drive down the costs of offshore wind. The offshore transmission regime means that Ofgem can find the most cost-effective investment in the connecting cables and infrastructure for offshore wind power, saving consumers between £200 and £400 million since 2011, according to estimates by […]

  • Germany: TenneT Gets Approval for Nordergründe Connection

    9 July 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Since the update of the Energy Act in August 2009, an approval of high-voltage cables for connection of offshore wind farms is required for the implementation of planning procedures. In early 2011, TenneT filed extensive application forms for both the sea and the land route of the Nordergründe grid connection project to the authority of […]

  • Vattenfall Taps Correll Group for Multi-Year Offshore Wind Services

    20 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Correll Group, a subsidiary of SPIE Global Services Energy, has been awarded two multi-year framework agreements from Vattenfall to carry out cable testing and fault finding for Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms in Europe. The two framework agreements cover Vattenfall’s existing and potential new offshore wind farms in Europe (excluding Germany) for an initial five-year period. […]

  • VBMS First to Install 66kV Cables at Blyth

    7 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has been awarded a contract by EDF Energy Renewables to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and the onshore grid for the Blyth offshore wind farm. The scope of work for VBMS includes the supply and installation of a total of approximately 14 kilometres of export and inter-array cable, the landfall pull […]

  • Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Jackets Start Taking Shape

    22 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Heerema has commenced the construction of offshore substation jackets for the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 wind farm in the UK, kicking off with a steel-cutting ceremony. On 20 August, the company held the first steel-cutting ceremony for the jackets at Heerema Vlissingen in the Netherlands. Ørsted, the developer of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project, […]

  • The Netherlands: BBB Joins EWEA Offshore 2011 Event

    11 November 2011

    This year BBB Umwelttechnik GmbH (BBB) will participate for the first time at the EWEA Offshore 2011 event, the world’s most important exhibition in offshore wind energy. The trade fair will be held from 29 November to 1 December in Amsterdam. BBB will share its stand with ep4 offshore, its partner in the processing of […]

  • Topaz Energy and Marine Signs USD 160 Million Long-Term Vessel Support Contracts (UAE)

    27 June 2011
    Grid Connection

    Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading oilfield services group, has recently signed long-term vessel support contracts with prominent clients totaling US$ 160 million. Topaz’s cable-lay vessel, the ‘TEAM Oman’ has been contracted to ABB for a five year wind farm support contract plus options. The work will commence in early 2012 and involves a significant […]

  • Nexans Details Beatrice Gig

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    French cable maker Nexans has disclosed its scope of works within the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind project which the company will carry out as part of a partnership with Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd. As previously reported, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd chose the two companies to supply a transmission system to connect its new wind […]

  • Lightning Strike Caused Hornsea One Production Cut – Report

    20 August 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The reduction in the energy supply from the Hornsea One offshore wind farm on 9 August was caused by a lightning strike, an initial report from National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) has revealed. Following the lighting strike, Hornsea One immediately de-loaded from 799MW to 62MW, the report said. The wind farm lost modules 2 […]

  • Hollandia Offshore Pens Kriegers Flak Substations Fabrication Contract

    3 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Hollandia Offshore B.V. and the Danish transmission system operator, Energinet.dk, signed a contract for the engineering, procurement and commissioning of the Kriegers Flak substations on 31 May. The project comprises two unmanned substations which are due for delivery to the installation site in April 2018. Commissioning will take place in April and May of 2018. The […]

  • Energinet.dk, NGVL Issue EUR 1.3 Billion Tender for Viking Link Cables and Converters

    20 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology

    Danish transmission systems operator Energinet.dk and the UK-based National Grid Viking Link Ltd (NGVL) are looking for providers of high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables and converters for the Viking Link Interconnector. The Viking Link is a proposed 1,400 MW HVDC electricity link between the British and Danish transmission systems, connecting at Bicker Fen substation in […]

  • Granada Reels In Nissum Bredning Crane Deal

    6 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has awarded the Manchester company Granada Material Handling Ltd with a davit crane contract for the 28MW Nissum Bredning offshore wind farm off Denmark.