The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is currently conducting consultation with the offshore wind market on the design of the state’s sixth solicitation which could be launched in the first quarter of 2026. The consultation primarily concerns the possibility of procu
TenneT has contracted Nokia to provide optical networking technology for eight new 2 GW offshore converter platforms in the Dutch North Sea that will transmit electricity generated by offshore wind farms to the Netherlands. The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) will use the communicati
German transmission system operator (TSO) has issued a call for tenders for a jack-up barge that would connect to an offshore substation and (separately) for air rescue services, both for offshore wind farm assets in the German Baltic Sea. The jack-up barge will be connected to an offshore substatio
Axess Technologies has been awarded a cable installation contract by Greece-headquartered Hellenic Cables for the Ostwind 3 grid connection project, located in the German Baltic Sea. The scope of work comprises planning and pulling internal platform cables into the offshore high-voltage (HV) substat
Dutch Climate and Green Growth Minister Sophie Hermans has included LionLink, said to be the first direct-current hybrid interconnector, in the country’s latest Offshore Wind Energy Development Framework. LionLink will use the offshore grid connection of the Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Net
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A consortium comprising LS Cable & System, Jan De Nul, and Denys has received a letter of allocation (LOA) from German/Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT for the supply of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables for the BalWin5 grid connection project in Germany. Under the LOA, the co
The Dutch/German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has selected NKT to provide high-voltage direct current (HVDC) on- and offshore power cable systems for two projects that are part of TenneT’s 2 GW programme. The contracts, valued at approximately EUR 1 billion, are set to be completed betw
Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a framework agreement from France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau Transport d’Electricité (RTE) to supply and install the export cables for two floating wind farms off the coast of Southern Brittany, totalling 750 MW. Jan
Hitachi Energy has received an order from Ørsted to provide the power electronics technology to integrate 2.4 GW of electricity from the Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm into the UK grid. The order, which is subject to the final investment decision, will see Hitachi Energy supply a grid-forming solution
Hitachi Energy has signed contracts, totalling over EUR 2 billion, with German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion to deliver four converter stations for two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links that will support Germany’s clean energy transition. The orders follow the capacity reservatio
SLPE has been awarded a contract to develop detailed foundation designs for HVDC offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1 and 2 offshore wind projects in France. The contract represents SLPE’s largest offshore substation project to date, the company said on 19 December. The UK-based engineering
Transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has launched a tender for environmental engineering consultancy services for the interconnection between Denmark and Germany, part of Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea. The TSO is looking to contract an environmental consultancy provider to prepare t
