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
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
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO B.V. has issued a tender for offshore unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and clearance at the zones identified in the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030. The tender covers the 700MW Hollandse Kust Noord, the 700MW Hollandse Kust (west) Alpha
The Rampion wind farm offshore Sussex, UK has been shut down due to a fault on the wind farm’s high voltage electrical distribution system, a spokesperson from the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm confirmed to Offshore WIND. According to BBC, the 400MW wind farm has been shut since 26 October. ”We are in
Ørsted has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the kick-off of the onshore substation construction for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. In November 2018, Ørsted awarded an EPC contract to Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation (TCC) to build two onshore substations, cable cor
Unitech Offshore has secured a contract to provide dynamic power cable and grid connection for the TetraSpar demonstration project in Norway. Unitech said it had been working together with the project partners and investors under an Early Work Agreement up to the signing of the main contract at the
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved the power purchase contract for the Maine Aqua Ventus floating offshore wind project. The Maine PUC said it had voted unanimously to approve the contract for the 12MW demonstration wind farm that will be located offshore Monhegan Island in the
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control over the transmission operator for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm by Diamond Transmission Corporation (DTC), Infrared Capital Partners (IRCP) and Chubu Electric Power. Diamond Transmission Partners Walney Extension, the h
An official inauguration event for the 700MW COBRAcable subsea interconnector is being held today, 4 November, in both Eemshaven (the Netherlands) and Endrup (Denmark), in the presence of representatives from the Dutch and Danish ministries. According to Prysmian, the cable supplier for the project,
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has accepted Thanet OFTO Limited’s claim on a partial outage in electricity transfer in 2015 due to an export cable fault. As a result, Thanet OFTO Limited’s reported system incentive performance shall be adjusted to offset the full duration of the outage. The report
SSE has chosen Nexans as the preferred supplier of export cables for the first phase of the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland, which comprises the Seagreen Alpha and Bravo offshore wind farms. Nexans will design, manufacture and install three 65km offshore export cables and three 20km onsho
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will hold a public stakeholder meeting on November 12 to discuss how New Jersey should plan its transmission system to accommodate the scenario where offshore wind plays a major role in the State’s energy future. The public meeting will have a conferenc
Siemens has delivered the first of the three onshore transformers to the onshore substation at New Deer, Scotland, for the Moray East offshore wind farm development. Once the transformer has been skidded into position, the installation of associated electrical equipment will begin. Moray East is Sie
ABB has secured a contract to supply its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Light® converter systems to connect the Dogger Bank offshore wind project to the UK transmission network. In the first-ever use of the HVDC technology in the UK’s offshore wind market, ABB will supply technology with one of
