Transmission system operators Energinet.dk and 50Hz Transmission are inviting tenders for an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey and services along the planned cable routes of the 400MW Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) interconnector in the Baltic Sea. Kriegers Flak CGS is a joint project bet
The 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as Aberdeen offshore wind farm, started onshore substation works at Blackdog, Aberdeenshire, on Monday, 17 October. The programme for constructing the substation and associated cabling works has begun with work to prepare and se
Tideway B.V., part of DEME Group, has awarded Prysmian Group with a EUR 13 million contract to supply inter-array cables and accessories for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm in Belgian North Sea. Prysmian is responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the 33 kV submarine cables in vario
The 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm project reached another milestone with the recent breaking of ground near Portgordon in Moray, Scotland, SSE reports. Enabling works are now underway at the main onshore construction compound near the cable landfall point for the route to Blackhillock. Work on t
Pfisterer has expanded its line of gas-free joints with the dry, pluggable CONNEX size 6 cast resin joint. The new cable connection for voltages of up to 170 kV is particularly well suited to offshore assembly operations on ocean platforms, the company said. Pfisterer’s new cast resin joints are cur
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corporation plans to enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility to be built at its Transmission and Distribution Center in Amagasaki, Japan, by 2018. The company s
The SeaRenergy – Fichtner consortium has been awarded a contract to provide revision and development of all risk assessments for offshore and onshore converter stations operated by the Dutch and German transmission systems operator TenneT. The contract has been signed for a minimum of two years. The
The total installed wind capacity is expected to reach 500 GW by the end of 2016 and cover 5% of global power supply, according to the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA). The worldwide wind capacity reached 456,486 MW by the end of June 2016, out of which 21,714 MW were added in the first six mont
Transmission systems operator TenneT Holding B.V. has issued a new, EUR 500 million Green Bond, bringing its total long-term debt in green format to EUR 3 billion. TenneT launched and priced the 17-year Green Bond issue with a coupon of 1.25% with the support of three banks, Lloyds Bank, Rabobank an
Danish Energy Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt and Chairman of Energinet.dk, Kim Andersen, broke ground for the COBRAcable today, thus marking the start of works on the subsea interconnector between Denmark and the Netherlands. The groundbreaking event took place at the site of Energinet.dk’s high-
Cape Wind Associates has dismissed its appeal against a decision by the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board to deny the company a two-year extension on permits for two subsea cables that would connect a 468MW offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound to the mainland, according to local media. C
France’s National Maritime School (the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Maritime or ENSM) has just welcomed the first class of a new course focused on offshore systems, including systems used for offshore renewable energy projects. The course, titled ”Deployment and maintenance of offshore systems”, is be
26 Bidders Apply for Borssele III & IV The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has received 26 applications for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the governmental body reported after the tender closed on 29 September. Video: Rotterdam Ready for Offshore Wind with Sif Group Dutch manufactur
Merkur Offshore GmbH has awarded EWE Trading, part of the Oldenburg-based energy provider EWE, with a contract to market the electricity produced by the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The contract was signed during the WindEnergy Hamburg 2016 exhibition. Merkur
