The New York State Public Service Commission has approved a transmission line that will deliver electricity from the Sunrise Wind farm off the coast of Long Island, to the existing electrical grid in New York State. The 25-mile offshore/onshore transmission line will carry electricity from the wind
Hitachi Energy and Equinor have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate within electrification, renewable power generation, and low-carbon initiatives worldwide. Initial areas of focus for the collaboration include developing standardized base designs to be applied for high-voltage direct curren
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has issued a contract notice seeking a submarine and land cable system for the OST-6-1 grid connection in the Baltic Sea. The contract covers the design, engineering, construction, supply, installation, burial, handling, and commissioning of the 220
Germany’s federal government, two Hanseatic cities, and four coastal states have signed an agreement with three transmission system operators (TSOs) to more closely coordinate the necessary steps to connect 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, after the country raised its target at the beginning of this
Hai Long Offshore Wind Project and the consortium of Semco Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C) held the ceremonial first cut of steel in Vietnam in early November for the two offshore substations of Hai Long 2 and Hai Long 3. The ceremony marked the start of the early construction
Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembmarine SLP, has been awarded the planned preventative maintenance (PPM) contract by Ørsted for the offshore substation and the reactive compensation station at the Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. Hornsea 2 is currently the largest fully commissioned offsh
Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to provide power grid asset management services for Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp, and Calvados wind farms offshore France. Under the contract, Prysmian Group will provide inspection, maintenance, and r
German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has selected the Dutch-Belgian joint venture (JV) comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy to deliver the Ostwind 3 offshore high voltage substation in the Baltic Sea. The joint venture will be responsible for the e
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has selected an offshore wind transmission project proposed by Mid-Atlantic Offshore Development, a joint venture of EDF Renewables-North America and Shell New Energies US, and Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) Company. The project, called the Larr
SeaRenergy has been awarded a contract by Siemens Energy to provide integrated onshore and offshore logistics services during the commissioning of DolWin6 converter platform in the German Bight. The contract consists of various packages. Besides marine coordination and management of all personnel tr
American utility PPL Corporation, through its subsidiary PPL TransLink LLC, and Belgium’s Elia Group, through its subsidiary WindGrid, have signed an agreement to develop and propose transmission solutions to integrate future offshore wind capacity to the onshore grid in the New England region, USA.
Avangrid, part of the Iberdrola Group, has filed a motion with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to suspend for a month the review of the Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for the 1,232 MW Commonwealth Wind offshore wind project. According to Avangrid’s statement, under the curre
Hellenic Cables has awarded Vos Prodect with a contract to deliver its sealed cable hang-off systems for the Vesterhav Nord and Syd offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea. Vos Prodect said it will perform an extensive test program at the testing facility using the 66kV cross-linked polyethylene
The Regional Director of Environmental Protection in Gdansk has issued a decision on the environmental conditions for the connection infrastructure of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 in the Polish Baltic Sea, to be implemented in two stages. This allows the project’s investor
