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
It stretches 260km under the North Sea, contains 23,000 tonnes of copper and lead, and may represent the first step towards a renewable… By Damian Carrington (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, April 11, 2011
CTC Marine has returned to Germany to continue the installation of subsea inter-array power cables on BARD Offshore 1 Wind Farm. (subseauk) [mappress] Source: subseauk, April 11, 2011
The company planning a “transmission backbone” for wind farms off the Atlantic coast has broadened its sights slightly and asked the… By Mathew L. Wald (nytimes) [mappress] Source: nytimes, April 04, 2011
Together with the operating company BritNed Development Ltd., Siemens Energy has placed the BritNed HVDC transmission link between Britain and the Netherlands into operation. BritNed is a joint venture of National Grid, the international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-ow
Several wind farms have been struggling with subsea cable issues but little knowledge or experience is yet publicly available. By Svein Inge Leirgulen [mappress] Source: dnv, March 16, 2011
The operation of the transmission link for the 180 MW Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the UK has been licensed. (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, March 14, 2011
