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  • Baltic Eagle Offshore Substation Leaves Belgium, Heads Out to Germany

    24 January 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The substation topside for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany sailed out of Hoboken, Belgium, this morning (24 January) and is now on its way to the German Baltic Sea. Iberdrola, the developer of the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany, posted an update on social media on 23 January […]

  • Denmark Unveils Plan for Up to 3.8 GW Bornholm Energy Island

    14 May 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has revealed its Plan for Program Bornholm Energy Island, outlining the framework for the future energy island at Bornholm and the adjacent coastal areas. The project is planned to consist of an offshore wind farm south of Bornholm with a 3.8 GW capacity as well as high-voltage installations on Bornholm […]

  • Aker Solutions Wins EUR 309 Million Offshore Wind Contract in US

    27 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Aker Solutions has won a contract for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project in the US, valued at more than NOK 3 billion (approx. EUR 309 million / USD 358 million). Under the contract secured with Ørsted and Eversource, the company will provide the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system for their offshore wind farm […]

  • TenneT Gathers 2GW Offshore Grid Connection Team

    13 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission systems operator TenneT has entered into an ”innovation partnership” with a number of companies to develop a 2GW offshore grid connection system. Given that such a platform does not exist, a new platform design and a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system that allows increased power transfer is required, TenneT said. To realise […]

  • ACE Winches Back DolWin Gamma Installation

    23 May 2017

    ACE Winches has mobilised and installed a winch package for use on the jacket installation and float-over of the topside of the DolWin gamma platform, the centrepiece of the 900MW DolWin3 grid connection.

  • Denmark: Three Bidders Shortlisted for Kriegers Flak Substations

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Three suppliers have just been prequalified to bid for the supply of two transformer substations for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project. During the fall, a tender for DC cable will be invited. “We are required to be ready with power supply 1st July 2018, when the first offshore wind turbines are scheduled to start […]

  • Nexuns H1 Net Earning Takes Dive

    30 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The French cable specialist, Nexans, has reported a net loss of EUR 58 million (profit of EUR 25 million) after taking into account 38 million euros in net cost of debt and a 10 million euro income tax expense. On the other hand, EBITDA came to EUR 167 million, up from EUR 147 million in the first six months of […]

  • Jan De Nul Signs EPCI Contract for Nobelwind

    25 September 2015
    Vessels

    On Tuesday 15th September 2015, Jan De Nul Group and the offshore wind project Nobelwind signed the first offshore wind contract for Jan De Nul’s recently acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel Vidar. It concerns the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 51 monopile foundations for 50 wind turbines and for the Offshore High Voltage […]

  • Seafox Wins DolWin Alpha & Gamma Contract

    2 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels

    TenneT has selected Seafox to provide an accommodation jack-up barge for operations on DolWin Alpha and DolWin Gamma offshore platforms in Germany. The transmission system operator (TSO) was looking for an offshore jack-up barge that could accommodate up to 47 persons on board (POBs) in single cabin occupancy, with direct access to the DolWin Alpha […]

  • RTE Wins Work on Danish Bornholm Energy Island

    5 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    RTE international (RTEi) has been entrusted with the modelling and simulation requirements and the specifications to de-risk the multi-vendor multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC) functionalities for the Bornholm Energy Island (BEI) project in Denmark. Planned by the Danish and the German TSOs, Energinet and 50Hertz, BEI will be set up in the Baltic Sea by […]

  • EU Commission Approves EUR 86.6 Mln for Alstom’s SuperGrid Institute

    31 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The European Commission has concluded that the €86.6 million aid, granted by France to the “Supergrid Institut pour la transition énergétique” for a research project aimed at developing a new generation of long-distance energy transmission networks, complies with the EU rules on State aid.  Joaquín Almunia, Commission Vice President responsible for competition, stated: “Securing energy […]

  • Jumbo Offshore to Install Baltic Eagle Transition Pieces

    6 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Van Oord has contracted Jumbo Offshore to transport and install transition pieces (TPs) for Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. Operations on the project are to commence this month. Van Oord recently installed all monopiles and began inter-array cable installation activities at the Baltic Eagle site northeast of the Rügen […]

  • Eneco Luchterduinen Export Cable Makes Beach Landing (Gallery)

    17 October 2014
    Grid Connection

    With arrival of the export cable at the Dutch shore on Wednesday, the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, located 23 kilometers off the coast of Noordwijk and Zandvoort, has reached another important realisation step. The cable will transport the energy of 43 wind turbines with a total capacity of 129MW to shore. It will take the […]

  • Nordic Yards Starts Construction of Siemens’s HelWin Alpha Offshore Platform (Germany)

    24 May 2011

      Nordic Yards, manufacturer of technologically sophisticated and innovative special ships and maritime structures, starts construction of the second offshore transformer platform for Siemens Energy today at its Wismar yard. The HelWin alpha platform will be built in separate sections at Wismar and Warnemünde and provide work for up to 450 employees over the course […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]