Survey operations are underway at an offshore wind farm site near Japan after Fugro signed a contract with the project developer, a consortium comprising RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas. The fieldwork started in May 2024 and is being performed from Fugro’s self-elevating platform (SEP), the Amberjack, an
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores), a joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDF-RE Offshore Development, has picked Riggs Distler to lead the Cardiff substation expansion programme for Atlantic Shores Project 1. The contract scope includes the engineering, procurement, constru
A consortium of Boskalis and Orient Cable (NBOS) has completed the pull-in and burial of the second export cable for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore grid connection at the landfall location in Velsen-Noord, the Netherlands. The 700 MW grid connection will link the offshore wind farm that
Boskalis’ cable-laying vessel Giant 7 has commenced with the installation of the second and final nearshore export cable for TenneT’s 700 MW Hollandse Kust (west Beta) project in the Netherlands. Following the successful installation of the first cable by Boskalis’ Giant 7 barge, work on the second
Belgium’s transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has awarded contracts to several companies for high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) components of Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island. The artificial energy island will be built some 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast, with
The construction of the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection projects in northern Germany has commenced, Amprion said on 18 June. Work on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connections, which will transport power from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the mainland, has started in Li
According to a recent report from Rystad Energy, continental Europe will see the installation of 137 offshore substations over the coming decade, with an estimated total investment of USD 20 billion (approximately EUR 18.6 billion). According to the report, over 120 substations will be installed bet
UK companies 2H Offshore and Vekta Group have established a strategic partnership aimed at driving innovation in high-voltage cables for offshore wind developments. London-headquartered 2H provides structural, hydrodynamic, geotechnical engineering and related digital and integrity services for fixe
Deme and Allseas have installed the offshore substation at the 496 MW îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Deme installed the pin piles for the jacket foundation and transported the jacket and the topside to the project site. Once at the offshore site, the jacket and the topside
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has opened the first phase of its submarine cable plant that will supply the offshore wind industry. The submarine cable plant, covering around 44,800 square metres behind Godae Pier at Pyeongtaek’s Dangjin Port, is being constructed in two phases. The first phas
The Highland Council has approved the onshore plans of the 2 GW West of Orkney Windfarm project, being developed by TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) in Scotland. The onshore application for planning permission in principle was approved on 4 June
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), has secured a subcontract to build an offshore substation (OSS) high-voltage direct current (HVDC) platform required for TenneT’s 2 GW programme in the Nethe
The production of TenneT’s new cables that can transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity has started at LS Cable in Donghae, South Korea. The new cables with a voltage of 525 kV make it possible to transmit 2 GW of direct current (DC) over long distances with low losses, said the Dutch-German [&
Italy-headquartered Prysmian has completed the installation of the export cable for the 30 MW Gruissan/EolMed floating offshore wind project in France. In 2021, Prysmian signed a contract with the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) for the Engineering,
