Transmission system operator TenneT plans to cover a portion of the costs needed to develop a submarine cable system for the two 2GW IJmuiiden Ver offshore grid connection systems. A submarine cable system operating at a voltage level 525 kV DC, using extruded insulation types is needed for these tw
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to support EUR 1 trillion of investments in climate action and environmental sustainability from 2021 to 2030 as part of a new energy lending policy. Following the approval of the revised energy lending policy, the EIB stated it will no longer consider
Jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla is on her way to the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm carrying the first of the two mono bucket foundations to be installed in the German North Sea. Seajacks Scylla loaded the first mono bucket at Bladt Industries’ facility in Lindø, Denmark, Northland Power said. The
Ulstein’s first hydrogen-powered offshore construction support ship design is now market-ready, the Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder said. The ULSTEIN SX190 Zero Emission DP2 construction support vessel is Ulstein’s first hydrogen-powered offshore vessel, featuring a Nedstack fuel cell power
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to increase the UK’s 2030 offshore wind target from the current 30GW to 40GW if his Conservative party wins the general election. UK’s current target to have 30GW of connected offshore wind capacity by 2030 was set with the launch of a new joint government
JDR Cable Systems has secured a contract with Equinor to provide inter-array and export cables for the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in Norway. JDR will design and manufacture eleven 66kV dynamic inter-array cables and two static export cables, each equipped with a JDR-designed breaka
Hung Hua Construction has placed an order with Damen for the third Fast Crew Supply (FCS) vessel that will service the Asian offshore wind market. The parties signed the contract for the Damen FCS 2610 in September, and the vessel is already on stock at Damen Shipyards Singapore. It will be delivere
13 of the 32 Senvion 6.2M152 wind turbines have been installed on the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Trianel GmbH said. Eleven out of the thirteen turbines installed have been commissioned, according to Trianel. The wind turbines are being loaded
Mammoet has reached an agreement with Port of Coeymans Marine Terminal in Coeymans, New York which allows the heavy lift specialist access to the port’s 400-acre marine terminal facility. According to Mammoet, the State of New York is ramping up for upcoming offshore wind projects in the area and is
Danish transmission operator Energinet has selected AP Sensing to monitor the cables at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project. AP Sensing is monitoring a total of 300km of cable, using 6 Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) units with a range of 30-50km for thermal profiling and to detect thermal
Senvion has delivered the last turbine for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind project in Germany. According to Senvion, all components for the 200MW wind farm have been finished and shipped to Eemshaven. Trianel Windpark Borkum II comprises 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines installed on
Italian subsea cable specialist Prysmian has completed the DolWin3 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection project in the German North Sea. Prysmian had secured this project in February 2013, with a contract awarded by Alstom Grid (now GE Grid GmbH) on behalf of the Dutch-German
Vattenfall has contracted 3sun Group to carry out statutory inspections across its offshore and onshore wind farms. Under the deal, 3sun will provide inspections across Vattenfall’s 50 offshore and onshore wind farms in the UK, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. “Vattenfall is delighted t
The next UK government should go faster and harder on offshore and onshore wind in a bid to reach the net zero targets by 2050, according to SSE Chief Executive Alistair Phillips-Davies. In its interim results, SSE called on political leaders to put renewable power “front and center” of the plans to
