Construction has begun on the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island, in the Belgian North Sea, with the first two of 23 caissons already submerged at their final location. The work is being carried out on behalf of grid operator Elia Transmission Belgium by TM Edison, a joint ve
South Korea-based LS Marine Solution has signed a contract, worth approximately USD 15.8 million (about EUR 13.8 million), to lay submarine cables for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan. According to the company, the contract marks LS Marine Solution’s firs
Construction work on LS Cable & System’s manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, the US, has started. LS Cable & System announced that its US subsidiary, LS GreenLink, had held a groundbreaking ceremony for what the company says will be the largest fa
The Dutch company, N-Sea Group, has been awarded a contract to repair one of the four export cables that connect the 576 MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in the UK to the National Grid. N-Sea will be responsible for replacing a five-kilometre section of 132 kV export cable from the onshore transiti
The offshore HVDC converter station of the BorWin5 grid connection system, including topside and jacket, departed from Dragados Offshore’s yard in Puerto Real, Spain, on 18 April and is en route to its final location in the German North Sea. The BorWin epsilon platform will make a short stop in the
Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa has been loaded for the first time with submarine cable, destined for what will become the largest US offshore wind farm once operational. Prysmian reported two days ago that the submarine cable for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
Ocean Winds has awarded P&Q a contract to build the onshore substation for its 390 MW BC-Wind offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea. The contract covers the design, construction, installation, and commissioning of an onshore substation for integration into the national power system in the C
The first onshore substation of the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind project in Taiwan has been connected to the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) onshore substation in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park. The energisation of the onshore substation for the Greater Changhua 2b part of th
TenneT Holding is setting up a new funding structure to facilitate the separation of its Dutch and German operations by establishing two standalone companies, each operating and funded separately, the holding company said on 18 April. “The new funding structure is part of TenneT’s exploration of str
The first onshore cables have been pulled at a site in Lower Saxony, Germany, for the BorWin4 and DolWin4 grid connection projects, marking the start of the cable laying campaigns, according to cable supplier Prysmian. The DolWin4 and BorWin4 grid connection systems, each with a capacity of 900 MW,
The Offshore TSO Collaboration (OTC), an initiative established in 2022 that gathers transmission system operators (TSOs) from the European Northern Seas, says that a unified and efficient offshore grid development strategy is needed for the North Sea to maximise benefits for Europe’s energy securit
Chinese power cable manufacturer Orient Cable has been awarded two new export cable contracts in its home country, one of which involves the supply of a 500 kV line for what the company says is the longest offshore distance in China’s offshore wind so far. On 14 April, Orient Cable (NBO) said that,
Prysmian has completed the installation and HV testing of the export subsea cables that connect the Sofia offshore wind farm to the UK mainland. The 1.4 GW offshore wind farm comprises more than 440 kilometres of ±320 kV offshore export cables with XLPE insulation, manufactured in Prysmian’s Pikkala
Navantia Seanergies and Semco Maritime have signed an agreement to partner on building offshore substations and offering lifecycle support. Under the agreement, the two companies will combine their experience and capabilities – that of an industrial-scale manufacturer in offshore wind and an HVAC of
