Siemens NL has contracted VSMC to design, supply and install infield cables between 48 wind turbine generators and 6 export cables to the onshore substation of the Westermeerwind wind Farm. The work for VSMC also includes 7 dike crossings (HDD), cable terminations and testing. VSMC will start the HD
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited will partner with the University of Adelaide on a $1.8m project part funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant to research and develop control strategies for wave energy converters. The three year project will specifically focus o
The grid operator Elia was granted a permit for the construction and operation of a high voltage offshore grid in the North Sea called “Belgian Offshore Grid” (BOG). This week Ministers approved the project that would feature two substations, with one installed on an artificial island or platform we
Siemens has installed a fourth offshore platform in the North Sea, completing an important stage for grid connections of sea-based wind farms. This is the platform for the SylWin1 DC link, which is the most powerful of the four offshore wind power grid connections contracted to Siemens by the German
A wedding was celebrated on the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm construction site of RWE Innogy: This is what the construction process is called when the foundation is successfully married to the substation platform. As a result the sea-based transformer substation and all its electrical components h
Cable installation has been halted at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm this month. The Reef Subsea-owned vessel, Polar Prince, is undergoing DNV class inspection in dry dock. According to RWE Innogy, the project developer, this will not affect their schedule as the ship maintenance was planned. Th
Following an international competition the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has awarded contracts to three cable manufacturers to help commercialise the development of 66kV offshore wind farm intra-array cables. It is providing funding of £400k (£133k to each cable manufacturer) to acc
Under the direction of Seaway Heavy Lifting, one of the world’s largest converter platforms has been installed off Sylt, an East Frisian Island. SylWin alpha platform, built by Siemens, is so large and heavy that the ingenious “float-over method” has been used to lift it from a pontoon onto the alre
Scottish Renewables has welcomed two decisions by the energy regulator, Ofgem. Firstly, to give the go-ahead to a subsea link between Caithness and Moray and, secondly, confirmation of its position on reform of transmission charging, known as Project TransmiT. Welcoming Ofgem’s approval of the new C
SHE Transmission, the electricity transmission subsidiary of SSE plc, has welcomed Ofgem’s decision to approve the need for the new transmission link between Caithness and Moray. The new link, which will feature over 100 miles of under ground and subsea cable, is needed to transmit a large volume of
Siemens has completed installation of the offshore platform for the direct-current connection HelWin2. Working under contract from the German-Dutch grid operator TenneT, Siemens has thus achieved a decisive milestone of the German grid connection projects. “We have now installed three high-tech plat
Ofgem has today given the green light for a new subsea link in the north of Scotland. Scottish Hydro Electricity Transmission (SHE Transmission)’s significant upgrade of the electricity network is a £1.2 billion project. It is expected to connect 1.2GW of new renewable electricity generation followi
Subsea specialist Tekmar Energy is holding a series of live events to demonstrate its industry-leading cable protection systems (CPS), installation techniques and engineering developments. The demonstration days are taking place at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s (ORE Catapult) National Ren
50Hertz plans to invest billions of euros by 2023 to bring offshore wind power from Germany’s north, which is not quite industrialised, to the country’s south, which is very much industrialised but also powered by nuclear energy. Along with improvement and expansion of German onshore electrical netw
