Companies in the offshore wind industry have written a letter to the 10 energy ministers of the North Sea region ahead of the informal energy council next week in Luxembourg. The letter, sent last night, calls for enhanced regional cooperation. North Seas Offshore Grid and Europe’s Energy Union Dear
A report of a recently completed study of offshore wind submarine cable spacing, commissioned by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), is now publicly available. The report, titled “Offshore Wind Submarine Cable Spacing Guidance”, seeks to identify the factors used to determine spacing
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the 400 MW Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm. The contract is estimated to be worth more than EUR 1
Jiangsu Hengtong Power Cable Co., Ltd has won a contract from China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to provide high voltage subsea cables for the 150MW Rudong offshore wind demonstration project. The contract, worth CNY 32.05 million (approx. EUR 4.8 million), covers the delivery of a 55km long 35
Despite the difficult market environment, the German ABB performed well in the 2014 financial year. The company booked 2.4 per cent more orders in the home market over the previous year increasing the ration of all orders secured from Germany to 53 per cent. On the other hand, the total order intake
Ecosse Subsea Systems Ltd (ESS) more than trebled profits to £3.4 million and increased revenue by 88% to £15.6 million according to its latest published accounts. The Aberdeenshire-based subsea engineering specialist attributed the phenomenal growth to a diversification from its traditional oil and
Prysmian Group has secured a new award by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH – a subsidiary of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, transmission grid operator in Germany – worth approximately € 230 million to design, produce and install a power cable system for the offshore wind park cluster West of Adlergrund in the Germ
A joint venture comprising VolkerInfra and VBMS has been appointed by DONG Energy to execute the export cable landfall installation for Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay. The works consist of two 600 meter duct installations, both intertidal and onshore, between Rhyl and Prest
Lancashire based EDS is marking the completion of a £10m contract for cable termination work at the world’s second largest operating offshore wind farm, with an exemplary health and safety record. EDS has now completed all high voltage and fibre optic cabling works on the 160 wind turbine transition
RXPE has won another multi-million GBP turnkey contract from DONG Energy for equipment to support compliance with the UK Grid Code. DONG Energy selected RXPE through a competitive tender process. The power electronics specialist will provide two market-leading utility grade STATCOMs for DONG Energy’
National Grid and Statnett, the Norwegian Transmission System Operator, yesterday signed the ownership agreement which signals the start of the construction phase for the 730 kilometre interconnector between UK and Norway. The NSN Link would be the first electricity interconnector between the two co
Work has commenced in Norfolk to install the underground cables and construct the substations that will enable electricity produced by the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm to be distributed into the UK National Grid electricity network. Two underground cables will run from Weybourne on the North Norfolk c
Anholt offshore wind farm has been turned back on just over four weeks after faulty cable forced it to shut down. The wind farm went offline on 21 February after which NKT and JD Contractors worked to replace the faulty cable section. “It is a mammoth task to find the fault and replace the broken [&
In February 2015, three MEDOW researchers presented their work at the 11th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2015) in Birmingham, UK. Robert Renner’s work concentrates on optimal DC reference voltage in HVDC grids. The paper introduces a method to find the optimal DC
