The Jasmund offshore substation topside, built for the German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz, has been rolled out at the HSM Offshore Energy yard in Stormpolder, the Netherlands. The substation topside weighs 5,300 tonnes, and its dimensions are 68x37x21 metres. The HSI consortium, compr
Bluestream Offshore, a subsidiary of OEG Energy, has been awarded a contract by transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT for the retrofit installation of a corrosion protection system on the SylWin alpha offshore converter station for the SylWin1 offshore grid connection in Germany. The award is fo
UK-headquartered Enshore Subsea has secured an export cable installation contract for one of Scotland’s largest offshore wind projects, the 1.1 GW Inch Cape. The Inch Cape offshore wind farm will feature two 85-kilometre, 220 kV, three-phase export cables, each delivered in three sections and requir
TenneT is seeking crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for its offshore wind grid connections in the Netherlands, with CTVs required to travel between the port of Vlissingen or the port of IJmuiden to offshore high-voltage platforms in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch transmission system operator (TSO)
The first of three offshore substations has been installed at the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, located 43 kilometres off the coast of Virginia Beach, the US. The 3,907-metric tonne lift marks the completion of the installation of the first topside onto the jacket, which was
EnBW is laying the first submarine cable of the internal wind farm cabling that connects all 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines of the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm. Seaway7 has been commissioned with the task. In 2022, EnBW awarded the company an engineering, procurement, installation, and commi
Semco Maritime and its consortium partner PTSC M&C have completed the load-out and sail-away of the second and last offshore substation for the Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. “With the successful load-out and sail-away of offshore substation topsides for Hai Long 2 in April2024 and Hai Lo
Greece-headquartered tanker pool management firm, Heidmar, has signed a contract with TenneT under which Heidmar will provide a platform supply vessel (PSV) and crew for supply tours to TenneT’s offshore platforms in the German North Sea. The contract was awarded following a tendering procedure that
The joint venture between SSE Renewables, TotalEnergies and PTTEP has signed an agreement with a consortium of Equitix and Kyuden Group to sell the offshore transmission assets of the Seagreen Phase 1 offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Seagreen 1 transmission assets transmit electricity from the of
The first steel has been cut for BalWin4, Germany’s first 2 GW offshore grid connection, at Sangsangin Ship Machinery’s factory in South Korea. The fabrication of the foundation for the topside that will later bring renewable energy from the North Sea to Germany has started. According to Daniel Birk
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean and Prysmian will soon resume the inter-array cable installation at the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm site in France. According to a recent social media post from Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, 5 strings and 37 cables are left to be installed and connected at the si
Construction activities on the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm are scheduled to start this April with construction work within the project’s export cable corridor. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project team, the work will commence with operations at the export cable landfall site
Ofgem is inviting tenders to own and operate electricity transmission links worth GBP 4 billion (about EUR 4.8 billion), connecting the Sofia offshore wind farm to Great Britain’s mainland energy network. Ofgem has opened the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime Tender Round 12, which invites i
Geophysical survey operations and a static fishing gear survey are taking place within the Inch Cape offshore wind farm site and its associated export cable corridor from 19 February until the end of April. On behalf of Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables,
