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  • Siemens Electrical Kit for US Offshore Wind Farm

    9 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has secured an order from Semco Maritime to provide the main electrical equipment for the electrical service platform (ESP) of the Mayflower Wind offshore wind farm. The project is located in a federal lease area approximately 25 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts in the United States, and will have a capacity to generate up […]

  • SeaRoc Tackles Cable Failure Risks

    26 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    SeaRoc Group has upgraded its marine management and monitoring system, SeaPlanner, to help offshore wind developers and operators mitigate risks associated with subsea cable failures, recently identified as the main culprit for financial losses and project delays. Subsea cable faults contributed to 77% of the financial losses of global offshore wind projects and led to insurance […]

  • Germany: OMM Completes Preparations for Prysmian Powerlink

    31 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    Offshore Marine Management (‘OMM’) has successfully completed a contract for Prysmian Powerlink as preparations continue for the installation of BorWin2, which will connect new wind parks off the coast of Germany. Using the 2,000 tonne multipurpose vessel Bourbon Enterprise, OMM cleared the route proposed for the 124km (77 miles) high-voltage direct current export cable that […]

  • The Switch Introduces New Full-power Converter Series at China Wind Power 2011

    19 October 2011
    Technology

      The new full-power converter design by The Switch features top fault ride-through (FRT) capability, allowing better grid side performance. The new converters match the most stringent grid code in the world to date, the German BDEW 2008 directive, and they also comply with E.ON 2006, Transmission Code 2007, and Chinese grid code 2008. During […]

  • UK Reinforces Inward Investment and Innovative Projects in Offshore Wind

    12 June 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Business and Energy Minister, Michael Fallon has announced the creation of an Offshore Wind Investment Organisation (OWIO) to boost levels of inward investment and to further stimulate jobs in the UK offshore wind industry, alongside Government support for three offshore wind innovation projects. Energy Minister, Michael Fallon said: “Offshore wind is a major success story […]

  • Last Gemini Turbine Up

    24 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus installed the last of the 150 4MW Siemens wind turbines at the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands, Tuesday evening, August 23. “The installation of the 150th and last turbine in the wind park is a magnificent achievement,” Matthias Haag, CEO of Gemini Windpark, said. “After […]

  • European Governments and Industry Join Forces to Accelerate Offshore Wind Deployment

    7 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Thirty parties ranging from wind energy companies to national governments, grid operators, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have signed an agreement outlining their commitment to work together for the accelerated deployment of offshore wind in Europe. The Governments of Spain, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Estonia and Lithuania, alongside the TSOs National Grid Ventures, Elia, […]

  • Offshore Substation Stands at Arcadis Ost 1

    15 June 2022
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind and 50Hertz have installed the offshore substation for the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The 2,380-tonne, 30-metre high offshore substation was installed by the Scaldis crane ship Gulliver on its monopile foundation at the project site, located around 19 kilometres east of Rügen island in Germany. The […]

  • Van Oord has Completed Belwind and Commissioned a New Installation Vessel for Offshore Wind Energy Market (Belgium)

    13 December 2010

    Van Oord has completed the Belwind Phase | Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Zeebrugge, Belgium. On Thursday 9 December 2010 Belwind was officially opened. The Belwind Phase I Offshore Wind Farm was completed in the record time of 15 months and will now provide 175,000 households with green energy. Van Oord was responsible […]

  • TenneT Picks Jan De Nul and LS Cable for Export Cable Work

    20 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TenneT has awarded the consortium of Jan De Nul Group and LS Cable & System the contracts for the supply and installation of high voltage cables for the grid connection of the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind farms. Jan De Nul Group will take care of the transportation, laying, and protection of […]

  • NordLink Secures More EIB Funding

    14 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has purchased EUR 100 million of TenneT’s hybrid bond to support the construction of the NordLink interconnector between Germany and Norway.

  • Belgium: Elia Requires Offshore Platform Installation Works

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Elia Asset nv is looking for contractors who will undertake the design, engineering, supply, construction, installation and commissioning of an Offshore High Voltage Substation with jacket substructure and top structure (Alpha and/or Beta OHVS) and/or a topside modular construction of an OHVS (Alpha OHVS for an artificial island) for the project Belgian Offshore Grid (BOG). […]

  • Nexans Secures EUR 1 Billion Framework Agreement for HVDC Cables in France

    25 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Nexans has secured a major framework agreement, valued above EUR 1 billion, with Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) for the design, manufacturing, and supply of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables for offshore wind farms in France. The framework agreement covers the supply, installation, and commissioning of 450 kilometre of HVDC subsea cables and 280 kilometres […]

  • LS Cable & System Subsidiaries to Focus on Offshore Wind

    24 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Vessels

    South Korean subsea cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has decided to expand its offshore wind business with plans to maximise the synergistic effect of cooperating with its subsidiaries to deliver solutions to the offshore wind industry. Starting on 24 March with its subsidiary LS Materials, four LS Cable & System subsidiaries plan to reflect […]

  • Dutch Government Launches Consultation on IJmuiden Ver Gamma Project

    22 April 2021
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT have opened consultation on the IJmuiden Ver Gamma 2 GW offshore wind connection project, the third offshore grid in the wind farm zone along with IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta. Local residents, companies and other parties have until 21 May […]

  • Energinet and Elia Seek Environmental Consultancy Services

    27 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Danish and Belgian transmission system operators, Energinet and Elia, have issued a contract notice seeking environmental engineering consultancy services for the development of the subsea cable route for the Triton Link interconnector project in the North Sea. Elia and Energinet are developing the Triton Link interconnector project, which will connect the high-voltage grid in Belgium […]

  • CG Opens Fourth Office in UK

    17 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Avantha Group Company CG, one of the world’s leading engineering companies, has opened its fourth office in the UK, at Stafford, complementing its existing offices in Hazel Grove-Stockport, Jarrow-Tyne and Wear and Inchinnan-Renfrewshire. The new office will support CG’s growing client base in the UK, which includes power utilities, renewables, rail and industry customers such […]

  • Westermost Rough Offshore Substation Installed

    3 June 2014

    Offshore construction at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm has completed its next significant milestone with the successful installation of the project’s offshore substation on site in the North Sea. The vessel Stanislav Yudin has safely lifted the offshore substation into position, and work is now underway to pull in and connect the pre-laid export […]

  • Riffgat OWF Wins ‘Project of the Year’ Award

    25 September 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    For the third time, the Renewable Energy Hamburg Cluster presented the German Renewables Award for innovations and pioneering achievements in wind energy. An independent jury selected four winners from 61 submissions and nominations in the categories “Product Innovation of the Year”, “Project of the Year”, “Student Thesis of the Year, Wind Energy” and “Lifetime Achievement, […]

  • Wind Keeps Low Energy Costs for UK

    16 January 2015

    As energy security rises up the agenda across Europe this winter, a report by independent analysts Cambridge Econometrics shows additional wind power would make the UK’s energy supply more resilient by cutting costly imports of fossil fuels. In 2013, wind energy reduced the UK’s need to import coal by an estimated 4.9 million tonnes and […]

  • ScottishPower Appoints Keith Anderson as Chief Corporate Officer

    20 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    ScottishPower today announces the appointment of Keith Anderson as Chief Corporate Officer. The appointment follows an extensive internal and external recruitment process which fully considered a number of strong candidates. Keith takes on this role which is based in Glasgow, whilst retaining his position as CEO of ScottishPower Renewables. He will drive and champion Iberdrola […]

  • Sunrise Wind First US Offshore Wind Project to Use HVDC Transmission Technology

    27 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource, the developers behind the Sunrise Wind project in New York who awarded Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions with a contract to deliver the offshore wind farm’s high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system, said that this would be the first offshore wind project in the US to use the HVDC system. While HVDC technology […]

  • Siemens Energy and Aker to Deliver Grid Infrastructure for 3.6 GW Offshore Wind Zone in UK

    9 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has selected a consortium of Siemens Energy Limited, Siemens Energy Global GmbH, and Aker Solutions as the preferred bidder to develop grid connection infrastructure for its 3.6 GW Norfolk offshore wind zone. The Norfolk offshore wind zone consists of the Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas wind farms. The grid connection infrastructure will use High […]

  • TenneT Presents Future Dutch Grid Connection Plans

    27 March 2018
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Following the release of the Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030, TenneT has tabled proposals on how to connect offshore wind farms in the Holland Coast (West), North of the Wadden Sea Islands, and IJmuiden Far Offshore zones to the offshore grid.

  • Danish Energy Minister Greenlights Viking Link

    30 October 2017
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate Lars Christian Lilleholt gave an approval to the Viking Link project, almost 760km long 1,400MW HVDC interconnector that will link the British and Danish transmission systems.

  • ABB to Connect German Wind Farm to Mainland Grid

    23 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Nordergründe, an offshore North Sea wind farm, to the mainland grid in Germany. The order was booked in the first quarter. The link has a […]