The Crown Estate has invited developers interested in bringing forward renewable energy trading projects to provide details of their plans. The data provided will allow The Crown Estate, as managers of the UK seabed, to consider the spatial effect of possible cable infrastructure from proposed renew
Maine-based Cianbro Corporation has been subcontracted for the Cape Wind offshore project, after Cape Wind and Siemens entered into a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) contract for the project. Cianbro will be designing and building the electrical service platform (ESP) for the project at the compa
A rock placement vessel ‘Seahorse’ is now at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm site and will start to lay rocks as a scour protection around all of the turbine bases. ‘Maersk Responder’ is currently in Liverpool for mobilisation and can be expected to arrive on site early next week to carr
Vroon Offshore Services BV has announced that VOS Satisfaction, a DP1/4PM subsea‑support vessel, is to work on TenneT’s HelWin 2 project. The vessel will be employed on the second phase of the marine Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) survey program . Read more about second phase of TenneT’s UXO survey HERE.
50 Hertz is taking another important step for the offshore wind energy off the German Baltic coast. The Northeast German transmission system operator submitted on Monday a request for approval of establishment and operation of six submarine cable systems to the Department of Energy of the State of M
After months of planning, mobilization and trials, the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has successfully installed a data cable designed to connect to a recoverable underwater research platform – the first subsea cable ever installed in the Minas Passage. “Today proves that we can be s
At Heerema Zwijndrecht, one of the manufacturing yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), fabrication of the HelWin bèta topsides for Siemens, yesterday reached the phase during which the transformer equipment will be installed outside. In October 2012, Heerema Zwijndrecht started the construction
UTV1200, an SMD built cable burial tool will be ready for operation in the new year. The vehicle has undergone extensive modifications that have enhanced the configuration to provide a more effective post-lay trenching burial vehicle. The previous configuration of UTV1200 (LBT1) allowed for concurre
The Ormonde Wind Farm was shut down at the beginning of the month to facilitate work carried out at the Heysham onshore substation. The maintenance work at the Heysham onshore substation for the Ormonde Wind Farm is now completed and main power has been restored. All of the turbines are brought on l
Subsea works on the inter array and export cables at locations of four UK’s offshore wind farms are about to commence. Divers from the Dive Support Vessels ‘HBC SUPPORTER’ and ‘TERRAMARE 1’ will carry out construction works on subsea cables inside the perimeter of the West of Duddon Sands offshore w
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a EUR 500m corporate loan to TenneT. The funds are being made available in connection with the construction and operation of three offshore high voltage direct current (HVDC) lines that will connect wind farms in the North Sea with the German onshore e
Germanischer Lloyd has granted a design certification for CPNL Engineering’s diverless spreader beam which will be used for the Baltic cable joint this winter period. The design of the spreader bar for lifting of bending restricted cables is considered in line with Germanischer Lloyd rules for class
Dogger Bank Creyke Beck offshore wind energy development proposals have received the green light from East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The Council voted unanimously, after the recommendation from the Director of Planning and Economic Regeneration’s report, for the proposal to connect the potential
Ofgem has granted offshore transmission licence for Greater Gabbard wind farm. The deal represents further evidence of the innovation introduced by Ofgem’s competitive tendering process which is helping to drive down the costs for consumers of connecting offshore windfarms to the grid. This is the f
