The developers of the 2 GW West of Orkney wind farm offshore Scotland have shared more information on the project through the recently published documents. In January, the Offshore Wind Power Limited (OWPL) consortium comprising Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies, and Scottish offshor
Jan De Nul is getting ready to start cabling work on the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind farm grid connections in the Netherlands, developed by the transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT. The cable laying vessel (CLV) Isaac Newton loaded the first batch of subsea cables at the L
German electricity transmission system operator (TSO), 50Hertz, will increase investments in the infrastructure required for the transport of renewable energies, with one of the focus areas being grid connections for large offshore wind farms in the Baltic and the North Seas. 50Hertz said it wanted
Prysmian has won a contract worth around EUR 1.2 billion to deliver the 725-kilometer NeuConnect interconnector that will directly link the German and UK electricity grids for the first time. The Italian cabling giant will provide the turnkey design, manufacturing, installation, testing, and commiss
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) will release the third solicitation for New Jersey’s offshore wind development by January 2023, rather than the previously anticipated September 2022. The 1,200 MW solicitation is expected to close by the end of 2023 and the project or projects awarde
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has initiated a new environmental assessment of the onshore infrastructure of Vattenfall’s Vesterhav Nord and Syd offshore wind farms after the existing permits were rejected by the Environment and Food Appeals Board last year. This is the first step on the
The commissioning team of Ørsted has energized the offshore substation and export cable of the Greater Changhua 2a offshore wind farm. According to the developer’s social media update, this represents a “big step” for the upcoming wind turbine installation and power transmission preparations. During
Survey vessel Geo Ranger is set to begin a geophysical pre-lay survey along the export cable corridor at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind project in mid-March. The activities are planned to begin on 13 March and end on approximately 18 March. They will be carried out on a continuous basis, 24 hours a
Sumitomo Electric Industries and Seaway 7 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to together provide subsea cable engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) services for offshore wind projects in Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration is planned to
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a contract notice for the procurement of the onshore export cable section for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. The wind farm’s onshore grid connection consists of 21 individual cable sections each containing two 220 kV cable systems with a co
Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT has launched tendering procedures for the sea and land stations of BalWin1, BalWin2, and BalWin3 grid connections in the North Sea off Lower Saxony, each with a transmission capacity of 2 GW. The contracts for all three projects have a combined order
Odfjell Oceanwind plans to order the first batch of floating Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) later in 2022, with a plan of going into operation in 2024. The units will be operated as one fleet under Odfjell Oceanwind’s management. Odfjell Oceanwind, part of Norway’s Odfjell Group, is developing a
The second offshore transformer station topside for the grid connection of the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project has set sail from the Drydocks World Dubai’s fabrication facility in the United Arab Emirates. In charge of the weighing, transport and load-out of the 700 MW, 3,950-tonne
French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) has invited tenders for insurance coverage of works to be performed on the grid connections for the Dieppe-Le Tréport and Yeu-Noirmoutier offshore wind farms. The tender, launched on 16 February, is divided into three
