German energy company RWE has selected France’s Atlantique Offshore Energy to engineer, procure, construct, install, and commission the offshore substation for the F.E.W. Baltic II wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The substation will collect and export the power generated at the 350 MW wind farm
Transmission system operator TenneT has shared photos showing the damage done to the jacket foundation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation following a collision with an out-of-control cargo ship Julietta D during Storm Corrie. As reported, the bulk carrier Julietta D drifted for hour
Dogger Bank C will become the first UK offshore wind farm to use the functionality of its transmission assets to help stabilise voltage on the grid and support multi-million-pound consumer savings, according to National Grid ESO, which selected Dogger Bank C following a competitive tender process. T
Atlantique Offshore Energy has launched the commercialization of what the French company calls a solution to support the decarbonization of electrical offshore substations. Atlantique Offshore Energy, Chantiers de l’Atlantique Business Unit dedicated to Marine Energy, has developed an integrated hyd
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) and PJM Interconnection have received 80 different proposals for offshore wind transmission solutions through solicitation launched last year. NJBPU and PJM are currently reviewing the applications, with a determination expected later in 2022, when th
The engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) package management contract for inter-array and export cables at Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan has been awarded to the Netherlands-based CrocWorks. As disclosed, IX Wind awarded CrocWorks with
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued an order related to offshore wind transmission systems that modifies future offshore wind energy procurements to include options for connections through “meshed” grids and requires Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc. (Con Edison)
China connected 16.9 GW of offshore wind capacity to the grid in 2021, the latest data from the country’s National Energy Administration has shown. Back in 2020, China installed then record 3,060 MW of new offshore wind capacity, reaching 9,898 MW of installed capacity at the end of that year. China
A European transmission system operator (TSO) is on the market for engineering, procurement, construction & installation (EPCI) services for an artificial energy island to be completed by August 2026. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can rea
Denmark’s Energinet has awarded MMT with a contract to carry out cable route surveys at the planned energy island in the Baltic Sea and associated offshore wind projects. The Energy Island, located on the island of Bornholm, some 15 kilometres offshore, will connect Germany and Denmark to an offshor
Nexans is about to begin the installation of the first of three export cables at the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. According to the latest AIS data, cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora arrived at the project site on 18 January. Operations will commence at the Carnoustie landfall si
DEME Offshore has awarded Greece’s Hellenic Cables with the contract to supply inter-array cables for the third and final phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger bank offshore wind farm – the Dogger Bank C. With this contract, Hellenic Cables has become the sole supplier of inter-array cables for the world’s lar
EDS HV Group, part of James Fisher Renewables, has won a multimillion-pound contract to provide the high voltage safety management commissioning phase at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The contract involves management of all aspects of high voltage safety throughout the
Construction work on the 132 MW South Fork wind farm offshore New York is scheduled to start on or about 28 January, South Fork Wind, a joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource Energy, said. According to the developer, the project has now received necessary permits to install the export cable sys
