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  • Jan De Nul, Hellenic Cables Sign Cable Framework Deal with French TSO

    23 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a framework agreement from France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau Transport d’Electricité (RTE) to supply and install the export cables for two floating wind farms off the coast of Southern Brittany, totalling 750 MW. Jan De Nul and Hellenic Cables will execute these projects […]

  • Masdar Secures Financing for Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm Stake

    18 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom

    Abu Dhabi-based Masdar has achieved close on the financing of its 49 per cent shareholding in the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. According to Masdar, the total lending package amounted to EUR 488 million, with participation from ABN AMRO, Credit Agricole CIB, ING, Santander, and Siemens Bank. The Baltic Eagle offshore wind […]

  • UK and Netherlands Blazing Trail with Multi-Purpose Interconnector

    22 September 2020
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    National Grid Ventures and TenneT have signed a cooperation agreement to explore the feasibility of connecting Dutch and British offshore wind farms to the energy systems of both countries via interconnectors. Under the terms of the cooperation agreement, TenneT and National Grid Ventures will explore the development of a multi-purpose interconnector (MPI) to simultaneously connect […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on Northwester 2 Wind Farm

    19 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer Parkwind and marine contractor Jan De Nul have kicked off offshore seabed preparation works in the Belgian North Sea for the 219MW Northwester 2 wind farm. Jan De Nul has just finished the offshore scour protection works on the wind farm’s 23 turbine locations. At each location, the subsea rock installation vessel Simon […]

  • VolkerInfra Gets In On Hornsea 2 Action

    18 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Lancashire-based VolkerInfra has signed a multi-million-pound contract with Ørsted to install 360 kilometres of high voltage onshore cables for the 1.4GW Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Drydocks to Build BorWin Gamma Converter Platform

    13 October 2014
    Grid Connection

    Drydocks World has signed an agreement with Petrofac to build the BorWin3 high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform in the North Sea, named BorWin gamma. When completed, this will provide an essential renewable offshore resource to meet increasing energy demands. Drydocks World has successfully secured the contract for the fabrication, commissioning and load out […]

  • UK: Datawell to Launch DWR4 with ACM at OI2012 in London

    6 March 2012
    Technology

    The long anticipated, in-home developed, Waverider that integrates wave and current measurements, will be launched at Oceanology International 2012. The DWR4 with ACM is a Directional Waverider extended with an Acoustic Current Meter for measuring surface current velocity. Within the familiar 90 cm hull, and without compromising robustness or low power performance, a proprietary current […]

  • Seaway 7, JDR to Deliver Inter-Array Cables for Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    8 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Moray West Offshore Wind Farm has signed contracts with Seaway 7 and JDR for the supply and installation of the inter-array cables (IACs) for the 882 MW offshore wind project in Scotland. The IACs will connect 60 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines back to the offshore substation before exporting the power back to […]

  • COBRAcable Converter Station Starts Taking Shape in Eemshaven

    3 January 2017
    Grid Connection

    TenneT and Energinet.dk have driven the first pile into the ground to kick off the construction of the Dutch converter station of the COBRAcable, a subsea electricity connection that will link the Dutch and Danish grids. The COBRAcable will have a capacity of 700MW, will be approximately 325 kilometres long, and will run from Eemshaven, the […]

  • Two South Korean Floating Offshore Wind Projects Receive EIA Approval

    28 August 2024
    Authorities, Environment, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    South Korea’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy have approved the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for Hexicon’s MunmuBaram project and Korea Floating Wind’s floating offshore wind project being developed off the coast of Ulsan. The EIA process, conducted by the MunmuBaram project team, involved a comprehensive examination of potential environmental impacts […]

  • OFGEM Announces Eight Bidders for Three More Offshore Transmission Projects

    26 January 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ofgem has announced the eight bidders which have successfully qualified to compete for three more high-voltage transmission links with offshore wind farms as part of Ofgem E-Serve’s latest competitive tender process. Ultimately the winning bidders will then own and operate the links for the next 20 years. Today’s announcement is the list of bidders which […]

  • Sif Puts Second Production Line at Maasvlakte 2 into Operation

    24 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dutch foundation components manufacturer Sif Holding NV has put into operation the second production line at the company’s assembly facility at Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam, bringing the plant to full capacity. With the opening of the second production line this month, the company expects the capacity for XL monopiles to increase and reach a maximum capacity of […]

  • ‘Largest US Subsea Cable Factory’ Breaks Ground

    29 April 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Onshore Infrastructure

    Construction work on LS Cable & System’s manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, the US, has started. LS Cable & System announced that its US subsidiary, LS GreenLink, had held a groundbreaking ceremony for what the company says will be the largest factory of this kind in the United States. […]

  • 50Hertz Opens Environmental Consultancy Tender for Danish Part of Bornholm Energy Island Interconnection

    18 December 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Environment, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has launched a tender for environmental engineering consultancy services for the interconnection between Denmark and Germany, part of Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea. The TSO is looking to contract an environmental consultancy provider to prepare the Planning Consent and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), where required, for Bornholm Energy […]

  • DemoSATH Floating Wind Platform Secures Final Prototype Certification

    27 September 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology

    Saitec Offshore Technologies, in collaboration with RWE and Kansai Electric Power, has been awarded the final prototype certification for the DemoSATH floating wind project by Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV). The final prototype certification of DemoSATH2MU by BV confirms that a comprehensive set of standards for safety, structural integrity, and operational feasibility, including BV […]

  • Rise Light & Power Proposes to Replace New York City Fossil Fuel Generation with Offshore Wind

    18 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Rise Light & Power has revealed its Queensboro Renewable Express (Queensboro) plan, an offshore wind transmission project that will bring renewable energy to Queens and replace existing fossil fuel generation. The company’s idea is to use multiple sets of transmission cables to bring up to 3.9 GW of electricity generated by offshore wind farms in […]

  • RWE Orders Offshore Substation for Polish Wind Farm at Atlantique Offshore Energy

    11 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has selected France’s Atlantique Offshore Energy to engineer, procure, construct, install, and commission the offshore substation for the F.E.W. Baltic II wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The substation will collect and export the power generated at the 350 MW wind farm through high voltage submarine cables, while remotely controlling […]

  • Dogger Bank Wind Farm Picks Seajacks Vessel for Offshore Substation Commissioning

    29 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seajacks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eneti, has signed three contracts with Dogger Bank Wind Farm for the charter of one of its NG2500X class vessels to support offshore substation platform hook-up and commissioning on all three 1.2 GW phases of the offshore wind project. The first contract will commence in the second quarter of […]

  • Highlights of the Month – March 2020

    2 April 2020

    We bring you the ten most-read articles on OffshoreWIND.biz for the month of March 2020. Siemens Gamesa 11MW Turbine Prototype Goes Full Tilt Siemens Gamesa’s prototype SG 11.0-193 DD Flex wind turbine has produced 11MW of power, the turbine maker said. ABB Tech for Japanese Wind Turbine Installation Vessel ABB has won a contract to […]

  • North Sea Electricity Super-Highway Project Kicks Off in UK

    16 November 2020
    Grid Connection

    SSE, National Grid, and ScottishPower have started work to develop a multi-billion pound underwater super-highway expected to turn the North Sea into the hidden powerhouse of Europe. Subsea surveys have started on the Eastern Link project which will see the world’s longest subsea high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables with a combined capacity of up […]

  • Ørsted and Vattenfall Being Neighbourly Offshore Denmark

    18 June 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A new eight-kilometer cable link between Horns Rev 2 and Horns Rev 3 wind farms in the Danish North Sea has recently been used for the first time while one of the export cables was undergoing scheduled maintenance, Vattenfall said. Energinet recently shut down the export cable connecting Horns Rev 2 to the grid for […]

  • JDR and McAllister Form US Offshore Wind Pact

    15 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    JDR Cable Systems (JDR) and McAllister Towing have established a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development and collaborative operation of a US East Coast Offshore Wind subsea power cable service base with an integrated cable training center.

  • Mainstream Unveils 3D Model of SuperNode

    30 June 2014
    Grid Connection

    Global renewable energy company Mainstream Renewable Power unveils the first three-dimensional scale model of the SuperNode which is set to fundamentally change the way electricity is delivered to homes. Developed by Mainstream, the SuperNode will, for the first time enable electricity to be collected from where it is generated and intelligently routed over long distances […]

  • Switzerland: ABB Enters Top 50 Global Innovators List

    26 February 2013

    MIT Technology Review, the official science and technology journal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), named ABB to its 2013 list of top 50 global innovators. ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, was cited for a technology breakthrough in 2012 that solved a 100-year-old electrical engineering puzzle and paved the way for […]

  • HelWin Beta Jacket Leaves Heerema Vlissingen Yard

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    At Heerema Vlissingen, one of the fabrication facilities of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), the HelWin bèta jacket was completed and sailed on Friday to its offshore location in the German sector of the North Sea. After the EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contract award by Siemens in 2012 and subsequent completion of the design by […]

  • Elia and IFM to acquire the German Transmission System Operator 50Hertz Transmission from Vattenfall

    15 March 2010
    Grid Connection

    Elia System Operator (Elia), the Belgian transmission system operator (TSO), and Industry Funds Management (IFM), one of the largest global infrastructure investment managers, announced on 12 March the signing of an agreement under which they will acquire the German regional transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (50Hertz) from Vattenfall Europe AG, Germany’s third largest electricity […]