Visser & Smit Marine Contracting, a VolkerWessels company, has recently signed four contracts related to the installation of cables for offshore wind parks with a combined value of over € 150 million. This underlines the excellent qualities of VSMC as one of the leading European companies in the fie
JDR, the leading provider of specialist high performance subsea cables and umbilical systems for the offshore oil, gas and renewables market announces that Andrew J. Norman will join the company as Chief Executive Officer on 19 September 2011. Andrew joins from Dresser Flow Technology Europe, where
Equipment made by PCS Power Converter Solutions in Berlin enables wind turbine type e.n.o. 82 by e.n.o. energy to meet the German SDL bonus requirements. So far, 26 MW worth of wind turbines have been fitted with the Green Line 1000 reactive power converter. The accelerated expansion of renewable en
Subsea specialists Marin Group and Ecosse Subsea Systems have formed an alliance to offer a one-stop excavation and trenching service to the oil, gas and renewables industries worldwide. The association brings together Marin Group’s pioneering Evo System suite of mass-flow excavation, claycutting an
The consortium Alstom Grid and WeserWind GmbH has been awarded a turnkey contract by WindMW GmbH for the delivery of an offshore wind farm substation. Alstom Grid, the global electrical grid expert, is partnering with the Bremerhaven based WeserWind GmbH Offshore Construction Georgsmarienhütte for t
Offshore wind power as an industry is set to undergo intense growth over the next 10-20 years. The EWEA (European Wind Energy Association)… (cleantechies) [mappress] Source: cleantechies, August 10, 2011
GEO has finished the geotechnical site investigations for the projected German offshore wind farm, Gode Wind I. The investigations consisted of 77 deep CPTs, carried out from the vessel Blue Alfa. The offshore wind farm is located 40 km off the German coast, west of Cuxhaven. It will generate 231 MW
The first turbine has been successfully installed and commissioned at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, and on 2nd August started producing electricity to the UK grid. “This heralds the start of operations and is an important milestone for Scira Offshore Energy, the owner and operator of the
The export cable pull for the Walney 2 substation was completed at 04.00 on Sunday 3 July, when the export cable was pulled up to the cable deck of the offshore substation. Here the cable ends are being terminated and the fibre optic cables are currently being jointed. Export cable joint completed T
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue HVDC and HVAC Submarine Power Cables: Supply Constraints, Demand Drivers, Technology Issues, Prominent Projects, Key Industry Players, and Global Market Forecasts The high-voltage submarine cable market is, by
The high-voltage submarine cable market is, by all definitions, a niche market with few purchasers and even fewer manufacturers and installers. The demand for these products is rapidly moving beyond the traditional role slotted for high-voltage submarine cables, connecting islands to nearby national
Ofgem E Serve has today announced that TC Gunfleet Sands OFTO Limited (Transmission Capital Partners) has secured a licence to operate the high voltage link to the Gunfleet Sands wind farm. TC Gunfleet Sands OFTO Limited can now operate the £49.5 million link to the onshore grid for a period of 20 y
Due to the realisation of offshore windfarms at St. Brieuc and St. Nazaire, GEOfrance will attempt geophysical studies to determine the trajectory of the future export cables. About GEOfrance “GEO.XYZ International Surveys” is an independent company specialised in hydrographic and topographic surv
nkt cables has signed a contract with DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables (part of Iberdrola Renovables) for supply of on- and offshore high voltage cables, including delivery and installation of accessories for the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm. The West of Duddon Sands project will