TenneT and its Danish counterpart Energinet.dk will install a fibre-optic data link alongside the COBRAcable interconnector itself, in order to exchange the necessary information about the interconnection. In future, the fibre-optic link can also be used to connect offshore wind farms to the telecom
A preliminary geophysical survey within a portion of the Massachusetts Wind Energy Area is set to begin tomorrow with Alpine Ocean deploying the R/V Shearwater at OffshoreMW’s lease area. This is the first step of data collection and assessment that OffshoreMW and Vineyard Power will undertake withi
Nexans has given a boost to its high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable portfolio with cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation designs now fully qualified for 320kV and type-tested at 525kV, and mass impregnated paper insulation now ready for 600kV. HVDC power links are now able to utilize Nexa
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) are requesting public input on the scope of an Environmental Assessment for the Icebreaker project and will hold a public scoping event on 28 September. Representatives from the federal agencies
With Offshore WIND heading towards the launch of its International Business Guide 2017, the new Business Focus articles will update you on the companies that appeared in the news every two weeks. A2SEA A2SEA’s vessel Sea Installer has installed the first of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines at the Bur
Denmark’s Fiberline Composites has set up a joint venture with the Japanese carbon fibre manufacturer Mitsubishi Rayon to provide wind turbine makers with carbon fibre components which will enable them to produce longer and more efficient wind turbine blades. Fiberline Composites is a manufacturer o
Nordsee One GmbH officially inaugurated a new operation and maintenance base for the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in Norddeich, Lower-Saxony, Germany, on Wednesday, 21 September. Nordsee One, which is currently being built approximately 40km north of the island of Juist, will be operated and
Have you seen the latest speaker update for the Offshore WIND Conference? We are very proud of the complete program, focusing on what we as an industry can do to reach potential, and of the many leading companies who have accepted being part of our conference. Just a few weeks to go and we can [&hel
DONG Energy recently started receiving three-dimensional data collected by the BEACon radar on the wind flow at the 210MW Westermost Rough offshore wind farm on England’s east coast. The advanced radar system was installed by DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies and it is the first of its kind in
Denmark is about to get a national Scale-Up Center for the Offshore Industry with the aim of accelerating growth within the country’s offshore oil & gas and offshore wind sectors. The Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen) and the five Danish regions have already committed to investing in thi
Vattenfall has shared two videos of a WW2 mine with a 700kg explosive charge being unearthed from the seabed where Denmark’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm will be constructed, and subsequently detonated. The mine had been identified during a geophysical survey of the specific area, which was
More than 90 original equipment manufacturers, vendors and suppliers assembled earlier this month in Denmark to elect the first supplier business network committee which will support the future developer and operator of the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. On 7 September, th
TÜV SÜD has developed a smart solution for inspecting onshore and offshore wind turbines which enables results to be recorded on site using mobile devices and saved in a database in a structured manner in accordance with the RDS-PP® industry standard. A total of over 25,000 wind turbines are in oper
NKT has decided to split the Holding company into two separately listed companies, with the timing of this decision being linked to NKT Cables’ acquisition of ABB’s high-voltage cables business. NKT is the active and long-term owner of three industrial businesses including Nilfisk, NKT Cables, and N
