The Bałtyk II offshore wind farm, developed by a joint venture between Equinor and Polenergia, has received a building permit from the Polish Government. In addition, the Bałtyk III wind project has been given a building permit for offshore export cables in the Polish Baltic Sea. On 3 July, the Pome
Dutch engineering company Iv has designed more than a quarter of all offshore wind platforms in the European Union, the company said on 9 July, citing offshore wind statistics from a WindEurope report. Of the 19 GW of offshore wind energy the EU had installed at the end of 2023, Iv has worked on off
South Korea-based offshore wind cable manufacturer, LS Cable & System, has decided to build a manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, which the company says will be the largest factory of this kind in the United States. The factory will be built on a
Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has initiated the scoping process for its onshore grid infrastructure by submitting the Onshore Scoping Report to Aberdeenshire Council. The Onshore Scoping Report contains details of the planned onshore elements and its
Two transformers for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm have completed their overland and sea journey from Zagreb, Croatia. The transformers traveled via Rotterdam, Netherlands, before arriving at the Smulders yard in Wallsend, the UK. The 545 MVA transformers were manufactured by Koncar Power
France-headquartered Eiffage has unveiled details about its engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract, which the company won last month to build four electrical substations for the world’s first artificial energy island, Princess Elisabeth Island. The c
The Dutch/German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT is working on a concept for an offshore subsea transformer that could, according to the TSO, speed up the offshore grid expansion. At the end of June, TenneT launched a tender in Germany for feasibility studies into the concept. Acc
Norwegian Vard has held the steel cutting ceremony for the highly customised hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel it is building for the Japanese offshore wind market. The steel-cutting ceremony for NB 980 was held on 1 July in Vard Shipyards Romania – Braila, marking a milestone in the co
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
