As announced at the inaugural conference “Supergrid 2012” on 21 March, FOSG has released a Roadmap on the technological challenges for Supergrid. There are no technology “show-stoppers” to the development of a European Supergrid. For visionary long term planning the availability of key VSC-Grid tech
TenneT Offshore GmbH has announced the tender for subsea cable surveying services for the Alpha Ventus’ BorWin project. The BorWin Alpha in the North Sea is known as the biggest and most remote offshore wind farm cluster project in the world. For the first time in wind power history, the generated p
Cable laying at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore wind farm in the Greater Wash has been completed, reports renews Europe. Visser & Smit has installed a total of 56km of infield cables by utilizing the 86m vessel Team Oman, which has been deployed at the site for 18 months. The cable will now be trenche
CG has been awarded the contract for the grid connection study and supply of main transformer 275 MVA and 2 reactors of 65 MVAr at the Northwind offshore wind farm in Belgium. The Northwind wind farm, previously named “Eldepasco”, will have an installed production capacity of 216 MW. The connection
Tendring Council has approved the Dong Energy’s plans to lay cables for two test wind turbines, according to Clacton Gazette. The cable will connect wind turbines at the Gunfleet Sand wind farm to the substation at the Veolia Water Site. It will surface at Clacton’s Martello Bay coach park. Gunfleet
Five grid initiatives, representing a range of global energy actors, today called on decision makers to accelerate the transition to a pan European electricity infrastructure. At their inaugural conference “Supergrid 2012”, the Friends of the Supergrid today signed a Joint Declaration with represent
Arle Capital Partners today announces that portfolio company Expro International “Expro”, the international oilfield service company, has agreed to sell its Connectors & Measurements (C&M) business, including the Tronic and Matre brands, to Siemens AG at a valuation of US$630 million. Expro’s C&M bu
DONG Energy requires full technical and economic flexibility to deliver against government targets for offshore wind cost reduction. Therefore, SMart Wind and DONG Energy are now including the option to connect Project One to the National Grid using either High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) or
Following SMart Wind’s Phase 2 Consultation Events held between 8th and 17th November 2011 and subsequent responses received following the formal Section 42 Consultation process which ended on 16th December 2011, SMart Wind announced that the Site A has been allocated as the preferred location for t
Construction of electricity links between Britain and its surrounding markets could be perceived as a solution for exporting excess electricity that is hard to predict and cannot be stored, a manager at National Grid stated according to Reuters. In cases when renewable energy production, such as win
One offshore substation platform with two 230,000-volt power lines is appropriate to transmit to shore every 500-700 megawatts of wind-generated electricity constructed off the coast of Virginia, a study done at Dominion Virginia Power’s request recommends. The report, completed by ABB Power Systems
Last Monday, the Town Council of Narragansett voted against the Deepwater Wind’s transmission line across Block Island Sound. Council President Glenna Hagopian thinks they need more specification about this matter to make a decision. “I want to see what you are bringing to the table before we move f
North Norfolk District Council has approved a cable corridor that would connect the Dudgeon wind farm to the national grid, reported BBC. In January, Warwick Energy’s cable corridor proposal to lay 45km onshore cable running between the landfall point at Weybourne Hope (North Norfolk District) and L
TenneT and Mitsubishi Corporation have signed a letter of intent to partner up in two more offshore grid connections. The grid connections, named HelWin2 and DolWin2, are both located in the German North Sea and of crucial importance for the integration of renewable energy in the German onshore grid
