AMP Capital Investors, through its European infrastructure business, has been named by OFGEM as the preferred bidder to become the Greater Gabbard offshore transmission owner (OFTO) as part of a consortium including Equitix and Balfour Beatty. AMP Capital and its Green Energy Transmission (GET) cons
Reef Subsea AS announced today that one of its Norwegian operating companies has signed a significant integrated contract to provide engineering and installation services associated to inter array cable installation inside the Greater Gabbard wind farm. The principal contractor for the Project, Fluo
A CAMPAIGN is underway to convince power bosses to bury new high voltage electricity cables underground or at sea to protect the sensitive… By Tom Bodden (dailypost) [mappress] Source: dailypost, May 30, 2011
The proposed interconnector cable with France will help to smooth out supply volatility relating to offshore wind power, meaning that energy… (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, May 26, 2011
Equitix, Amp Capital and Balfour Beatty Consortium Appointed as Preferred Bidder for High-Voltage Link to Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm Green Energy Transmission (GET), a consortium comprising Equitix Ltd and AMP Capital Investors, together with Balfour Beatty Capital Limited has been selected b
A group of county councillors have thrown their weight behind a campaign to halt the planned extension of Suffolk’s electricity pylon… By Tom Potter (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, May 26, 2011
Germany is planning an energy superhighway from north to south to connect its growing wind energy supply with high energy demand regions. Both onshore and offshore wind energy is so far generated primarily in northern Germany, whereas energy consumption is highest in southern and western regions. To
At Cleveleys near Blackpool, the Stemat Spirit cable barge arrived just off shore in the afternoon of Saturday 7 May. It beached in the early hours of Sunday 8 May in the morning, waiting for very low tide. At about 9 a.m., the process of pulling the cable from the spool on board the […]
A planned undersea electricity cable could disturb more than a million tons of unexploded bombs, chemical and biological weapons,… By Ted Purlain (bioprepwatch) [mappress] Source: bioprepwatch, May 10, 2011;
Dutch national electricity grid company Tennet is considering selling more of its investment in Germany than originally planned, the… (dutchnews) [mappress] Source: dutchnews, May 06, 2011;
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has recently secured a contract with Fluor for the installation and subsequent trenching of 29 inter-array cables at the Greater Gabbard wind farm 14Nm from Felixstowe, East Anglia. OMM will start work immediately on the 500MW Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm proje
During the last ice age, glaciers a mile high pushed several dozen cubic miles of rock, sand and debris into the ocean off North … By David Roberts (popsci) [mappress] Source: popsci, April 29, 2011;
An offshore wind project just started the long slog through the federal regulatory maze, with the filing of an application for a right-… (riskcenter) [mappress] Source: riskcenter, April 25, 2011;
The European Union, China, and the United States have all made significant commitments to renewable energy deployment, at either the… By Letha Tawney (wri) [mappress] Source: wri, April 13, 2011
