Global renewable energy company Mainstream Renewable Power has finalised negotiations with UK’s National Grid for 5,000MW of “firm” access to be delivered to the UK National Grid from 2017 to 2020. The company’s Board today approved the second payment at a meeting of its Risk and Investment Committe
RTE France is seeking for contractors who will undertake geotechnical and geophysical studies of the seabed prior to the installation of high voltage subsea cables connecting offshore wind farms to land. This includes seabed geotechnical studies to a depth up to about 5-6 m. Works could require geot
Following the announcement that the cable upgrade from Orkney to Caithness will be delayed until 2018, Orkney Islands Council has called for urgent talks with ministers. Besides the problems in securing planning consents and land acquisition, SSE said they are also facing problems in the global supp
Part of the SSE energy group, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, announced that they will delay the grid connection between Orkney and Shetland until 2018, reports BBC. This announcement raises questions over the Scottish government’s Saltire Prize which was created to accelerate the commercial d
The small and highly specialized high-voltage submarine cable market is expected to see significant growth in the coming years. National governments and regional organizations are accelerating efforts to build offshore renewable power generation facilities, link remote landmasses, and interconnect t
Fred. Olsen Renewables Ltd. has confirmed that it has signed a grid connection offer of 1GW for Codling Wind Park, with co-owners Hazel Shore Ltd satisfying the typical power requirements of more than 160,000 homes. The Irish Waters project, which is situated in shallow waters, currently consented f
Offshore wind farm RIFFGAT, the joint project of Ewe and Enova, is under construction since May 2012. These days, the export cable has been laid for the future substation. With this cable, generated energy will be transported to the mainland. Project manager, Wilfried Hube, said that the cable will
On 6 July 2012, Nexans started connecting the connecting cables which the vessels Stemat 82 and Toisa Wave were laying on the seabed between the substation and the 111 foundations during summer 2012. Only six months after – on 5 December 2012 – Nexans had completed the work after having connected th
Danish national transmission system operator, Energinet.dk, postponed the COBRA Cable project that will link the country to the Netherlands and will be part of an integrated European grid. According to the company’s modified plans, published on December 14, the link could be completed in 2017, inste
DONG Energy Wind Power A/S would like to inform bidders of a qualification system. The main purpose is in connection with the construction of offshore wind farms in Germany, namely: DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund I GmbH; DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund II GmbH; DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund West I GmbH; P
The Crown Estate and Network Rail have announced the agreement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Two of the largest land owners in the UK have signed an agreement which will clarify the process for installing cable crossings that connect marine renewable projects to the national grid across th
Drain Center has won a contract to supply specialist pipework for a new £736 million high-profile wind farm construction project, located approximately eight kilometres off the East Yorkshire coast. The 12 month contract, currently valued at £300,000, saw Drain Center selected by PBU (UK) Ltd of Sed
German Energy Agency (Deutsche Energie Agentur; Dena) released a study on Tuesday, which shows that up to EUR 42.5 billion of investment is needed in distribution infrastructure until 2030, in order to shift to renewables. Based on that fact, Dena has urged the Government to allow grid operators to
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) signs several contracts with cable suppliers and installers for upcoming Offshore Wind Interconnector installations. In the beginning of 2012, OMM signed several contracts with cable suppliers and installers for the upcoming Offshore Wind Interconnector installations
