The application for the electrical infrastructure for RWE’s Triton Knoll offshore wind farm has been accepted for examination, the UK Planning Inspectorate notified on its website. RWE seeks an order granting development consent for its proposed electrical system, comprising onshore and offshore bur
Subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group, alongside its French regional partner Wenex Equipments, last year formed a Franco-Scottish consortium which has led to the group successfully securing a £2.5million/€3.5million contract. The project involves manufacturing and installation of the arr
The approval for Dudgeon in meeting the milestone requirements was confirmed by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), the designated independent Counterparty to CFDs, last week. Dudgeon issued the milestone requirement notice on 7th May 2015, two days ahead of schedule. “This milestone fulfillmen
Atlastitan has been contracted by TenneT Offshore GmbH to assist it in the commissioning of German offshore grid connection systems. The business activities of Atlastitan comprise logistics, commercial and technical support. Atlastitan has been entrusted with the planning and implementation of machi
Avantha Group Company CG, along with other consortium partners Cofely Fabricom and lemants, has been awarded the contract for the supply and installation of HV offshore substation for the 400 MW Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH. The scope of work for CG includes the electrical engineering, grid compl
Scottish MSP representing the Highlands and Islands, Mike MacKenzie, has written to the new UK Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, calling for an urgent review into island interconnectors for Orkney, Shetland and Westerns Isles to keep Scotland’s leading position in marine renewable energy. “We are ten ye
Balfour Beatty has contracted VBMS to undertake a repair of Gwynt y Môr export cable. For the job in the Mostyn area, VBMS has utilised cable laying vessel NDurance, which will be working on the site by the end of May / early June dependent upon weather delays. David Brown, the project manager at Ba
Ofgem has appointed Transmission Capital Partners (TCP) as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission link to the Westermost Rough wind farm for the next 20 years. Transmission Capital Partners, a consortium comprising Transmission Capital Partners Limited Partnership and Inte
Members of the Buchan area committee raised no objections to request by Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL) on Tuesday. Namely, the offshore wind farm developer asked to proceed with work on New Deer substations earlier than planned, writes The Press and Journal. Last week MORL submitted a report t
TenneT today announced the launch of a Green Bonds issuance programme and an associated Green Bonds Framework. This is the first time that a Dutch non-financial company is putting a green bond framework in place to prepare for euro green bond issuance. The announcement relates to the issuance of Gre
Cable laying barge, Nostag 10, carrying array cables, is on its way to Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm site. The vessel was first to arrive at the NSW’s factory berth in Nordenham on Friday 1st May. Currently in transit, it is expected to arrive on the site later this week. The second cab
The jack-up barge WaveWalker 1 has been deployed to work on Gemini wind energy project offshore Eemshaven. To be able to run the Gemini offshore wind farm two export cables have to be run under two existing submarine cables. Due to strong currents and very shallow water depths at the location WaveWa
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, announces the signing of a strategic agreement with Balfour Beatty to become the exclusive integrated marine service provider for its OFTO asset portfolio in offshore wind farms around the UK. The agreement will see James Fisher
50Hertz has reached another important milestone in the approval procedure for the Ostwind 1 offshore cable project. The public hearing for the submarine cable route in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the grid connection of the Westlich Adlergrund cluster (project Ostwind 1) was held last week.
