German-based RWE has signed an agreement with the Danish grid operator Energinet to build two new electrical substations for its 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. The agreement with Energinet regulates the technical set-up, the power quality, and the cooperation between RWE and Energinet, at the point o
The Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland has, following completion of works, achieved its full contracted output of 900 MW to the UK National Transmission Grid, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited said. The wind farm has been able to produce electricity while construction was underway. 1,415,00
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented a plan to boost Britain’s energy security which includes an increased target of up to 50 GW of operating offshore wind capacity by 2030. The up to 50 GW of offshore wind capacity, of which the government would like to see up to 5 GW come in form [&hellip
Star of the South is set to start detailed ground investigations along the project’s proposed transmission route on 4 April, shortly after completing two years of marine environmental surveys in Bass Strait, where the offshore wind farm is planned to be built. Investigations at approximately 180 sit
The topside of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta offshore substation has been installed on its jacket foundation in the Dutch North Sea, TenneT said. The HKZ Beta topside was loaded from the transport vessel onto Allseas’ platform installation vessel Pioneering Spirit in the Alexiahaven. The Pionee
Ørsted and ATP, together with their partners Aarsleff, Bouygues Construction, and Van Oord, have presented their concept of a modular energy island for the forthcoming tender in the Danish North Sea. The Nordsøens Energiø (North Sea Energy) Island will be an island in constant development, even afte
Seaway 7 has won an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract with EnBW for the inter-array cables for the He Dreiht offshore wind project in Germany. The scope includes the supply and installation of around 100 kilometres of 66 kV subsea power cables and respective ca
VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT has been awarded a contract to install Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems on twelve TenneT’s HVDC platforms in Germany. On nine platforms, which are in operation, the installation of the SHM systems will be carried out offshore during operation, while for t
Boskalis has completed the transport of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta substation topside from Dubai to Rotterdam using its semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3. The HKZ Beta topside is scheduled to be installed in the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted have issued a contract notice seeking engineering, procurement and construction services covering the onshore connections of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 and 1 GW Baltica 3 offshore wind farms. The tender is divided into two lots and covers the EPC scope for the wind
The installation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation topside will not be affected by the damage the substation’s jacket foundation suffered in a recent collision with a cargo ship, TenneT said. As reported, the cargo ship Julietta D collided with the substation jacket and a turbine f
16.8 gigawatts (GW) of new commissioned offshore wind capacity was added globally in 2021, a 161 per cent increase compared with 2020, fueled largely by increased activities offshore China, according to a new report by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). The scheduled end to China’s offshore wind
Electric transmission company LS Power Grid, a subsidiary of LS Power, has unveiled plans to bring power generated from New Jersey offshore wind farms into the state’s onshore electric grid. The company said the costs of its plan are between 20 and 50 per cent lower than the costs of competing propo
Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Green Investment Group (GIG), has scheduled an export cable corridor survey for the proposed 1.5 GW offshore wind project. The offshore geophysical survey will be conducted over a 3.5-month period, beginning on 26 March and endin
