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  • Moray Offshore Renewables Applauds Consent Award

    21 March 2014
    Authorities

    Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd welcomed the Scottish Government’s consent award for the construction and operation of 1.116MW of offshore wind generation in the Outer Moray Firth. The project, which, on conservative estimates of the wind resource available, will be capable of meeting the equivalent electricity needs of around 700.000 UK households, consists of the Telford, […]

  • UK: Fast Drying Coat to Speed Up Offshore Wind Tower Production

    29 May 2013
    Training & Education

    International coatings manufacturer Hempel announced the launch of HEMPADUR 47300, a new NORSOK-approved epoxy mid-coat that can reduce drying times for offshore wind tower manufacturers by up to 25 per cent and help drive down production costs. Specially formulated for offshore wind towers, HEMPADUR 47300 is a new low-solvent epoxy mid-coat that offers vastly improved […]

  • Switzerland: ABB Reports Steady Orders, Higher Revenues in Q3

    25 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    ABB reported steady orders and higher revenues in the third quarter of 2012 despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, as the company benefited from its well-balanced market exposure, especially the improved access to the North American automation market gained through recent acquisitions. Power orders were lower than the year-earlier period, which included a large offshore wind […]

  • Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Receives Feasibility Study Permit

    11 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a feasibility study permit to Thor Wind Farm I/S for the 1,000 MW Thor project, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date. The purpose of the permit is to technically qualify the specific project so that the project’s technical design, including turbine foundation design and cable design, can […]

  • Prysmian Connects Vineyard Wind 1 to US Grid

    23 October 2023
    Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian has completed the installation and HV testing activities at Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US. Located more than 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, Vineyard Wind consists of an array of 62 wind turbines that will generate 800 MW of electricity and power over 400,000 homes. The […]

  • Second Moray East OTM Platform Installed

    18 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second offshore transformer module (OTM) of the Moray East wind farm is now at its designated location at the site off Scotland, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. OSP2, which was shipped out from Belgium on 30 June, was installed shortly after its jacket foundation and the OSP3 platform were put in place […]

  • Asso.subsea Picks Correll for Cable Pull-in Operations Offshore Germany

    26 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Correll Group – Cable Installation & Power Services Division has been awarded a contract from Asso.subsea for the Alternate Current (AC) Submarine cables pull-in operations on both the Gode Wind 3 offshore substation and the High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) DolWin Kappa offshore substation as part of the AC grid connection system. The contract was […]

  • Prysmian Lands Vineyard Wind Cable Contract

    16 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind, LLC has awarded Prysmian Group with a contract  to provide a submarine power cable system for the 800MW Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts. The value of the contract is approximately EUR 200 million, Prysmian said. With the notice to proceed expected at the end of 2019, Prysmian Group will be […]

  • Carbon Trust Reveals Export Cable Contest Winners

    17 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Carbon Trust has revealed the five winners of its dynamic export cable competition, part of the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP). The winners are the Norwegian Aker Solutions, Japan’s Furukawa Electric Co., Greek Hellenic Cables, the UK-based JDR Cable Systems and China’s Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable. Supported by BPP Cables, the competition was launched to address the […]

  • Prysmian Lands Viking Link Cable Prize

    23 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    Italy-based Prysmian Group has received a letter of award from National Grid Viking Link Limited and Energinet, for the development of Viking Link, the first submarine cable connection between the UK and Denmark. Worth close to EUR 700 million, the contract includes the turn-key design, manufacture, and installation of the world’s longest interconnector with the entire […]

  • Van Oord to Use Cortland Slings for Norther, DeBu Works

    6 July 2018
    Vessels

    Van Oord has ordered lifting slings from Cortland, a global ropes and slings specialist, for the installation of monopiles and transition pieces at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium and Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in Germany.

  • MacArtney Winches Borkum Riffgrund 2 Contract

    30 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    MacArtney has won a contract for the supply of two 150 kN and 200 kN electrical cable pulling winches for operation on the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Nexans Among OWA Program Winners

    30 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    Carbon Trust recently announced that Nexans was among the winners of Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) program in the UK. Within this program Nexans aims to expand the development of its new 66kV 3-core submarine inter-array cables and accelerate their time to market. The funding allocated to Nexans, worth around 165 k€, came after a competitive […]

  • Germany: ABB’s Presence in Offshore Wind Industry

    7 June 2012
    Grid Connection

    Over the past three years, ABB’s wind power business has grown on average over 50 percent a year, but historically there have been difficulties associated with wind farms, such as the amount of space they occupy, the importance of their siting (without obstructions such as trees or hills), their noise and the threat to birds […]

  • Malaysian Contractor to Build Nederwiek 1 HVDC Offshore Platform

    4 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), has secured a subcontract to build an offshore substation (OSS) high-voltage direct current (HVDC) platform required for TenneT’s 2 GW programme in the Netherlands. Under the subcontract awarded by Petrofac, the Malaysian company will be responsible for […]

  • Otary Becomes New Knowledge Centre for Wind Energy (Belgium)

    24 February 2011

    Eight Belgian offshore wind specialists are pooling their experience and know-how in a new knowledge centre for wind energy at sea. Otary, as the new partnership is called, will construct and run offshore wind farms in Belgium and possibly abroad, should the opportunity arise. The Otary partnership (via Otary plc RS) comprises the green electricity […]

  • Siem Aimery Resumes Inter-Array Cable Works at Beatrice

    21 March 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    After installing 16 inter-array cables at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in late 2017, the cable laying vessel Siem Aimery continued the works with the second campaign that started on 10 March.

  • Italy: Prysmian Adjusted EBITDA Drops to EUR 282 Million

    2 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Board of Directors of Prysmian S.p.A. has approved the Group’s consolidated results for the first half of 2013.  “The Group’s half-year results show signs of improvement from the second quarter. In fact, in the second quarter 2013 both sales and profitability increased on the first quarter 2013, while still remaining below the same period […]

  • GWFL Prepping Sizewell Beach for Galloper Export Cables

    5 May 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Galloper Wind Farm Limited (GWFL) has started preparing a section of Sizewell beach in Suffolk for the installation of the export cables that will bring the power generated from the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm to the onshore substation that will connect to the National Grid. Work is also continuing at the substation construction site north […]

  • New Agreement to Keep LS Cable & System Busy Offshore South Korea

    21 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection

    Vena Energy’s subsidiary, Taean Wind Power, has selected LS Cable & System as the preferred submarine cable supplier for the 504 MW Taenan offshore wind farm in South Korea. Under the agreement, LS Cable will supply high-voltage subsea cables, which are essential for transmitting renewable energy from offshore turbines to the onshore grid. The company’s […]

  • Axess Wins Cable Work on Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    2 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Axess Technologies has secured a cable installation contract with HSM Offshore Energy for the Thor offshore wind farm located off the Danish west coast. The scope of work includes project management, engineering, pulling, terminating, and testing the internal platform cables into the Thor offshore substation topside, covering both 66 kV and 275 kV cable systems. […]

  • Saipem and Siemens Energy to Develop Floating Substation Concept

    5 September 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Saipem and Siemens Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of a concept design for a 500 MW high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) floating electrical substation for use in offshore wind farms. Floating offshore substations, installed in deep water, offer several advantages such as a lighter substructure, an easier and asset-light […]

  • Ørsted, PSEG Select Ocean Wind 1 Onshore Transmission Team

    26 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and PSEG, the developers of the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm in New Jersey, have awarded engineering, procurement, and construction contracts for the project’s onshore transmission system to JINGOLI Power and Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company. The contracts include the installation of two high voltage substations and around nine miles (14 […]

  • Saipem 7000 Set to Install Seagreen OWF’s Offshore Substation Jacket

    18 November 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm’s offshore substation is currently on its way to the project site in Scottish waters in the Firth of Forth, where the work on installing the structure is about to start. The jacket, which left Eversendai Offshore’s fabrication yard in Ras Al Khaimah on board the Dongbang Giant […]

  • FairWind to Assist Siemens Gamesa on Formosa 2

    10 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has awarded FairWind with a contract to assist on pre-assembly work on offshore wind turbines for the Formosa 2 wind farm in Taiwan. FairWind will be responsible for the pre-assembly of the towers for 47 SGRE 8.0 MW wind turbines, scheduled to start in March 2021. “This is an important opportunity for FairWind […]

  • TenneT and Vattenfall Pen Hollandse Kust Zuid Grid Agreements

    15 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Grid operator TenneT and wind farm developer Vattenfall have signed agreements for the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust Zuid I and II wind farms in the Dutch North Sea. The agreements relate to the realisation of the connection and the transmission of electricity between Vattenfall’s wind farm and the TenneT Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore […]