A new project aiming to advance offshore wind grid connection technology and develop new solutions has been launched in Norway. The Ocean Grid project – led by Equinor and gathering 15 other companies and research institutions – will develop new cable designs, subsea technology, and floating convert
JDR Cable Systems has adopted HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden’s Resonant Test System (RTS) for testing inter-array cables at offshore wind projects. The test system is purpose-built for post-installation testing of 66 kV offshore inter-array cables according to the international standard IEC 63026. T
Denmark’s Gottlieb Paludan Architects has aided water construction experts from DHI A/S in developing a concept for the construction of energy islands said to have the smallest possible negative impact on the surrounding marine environment. Based on parallel development of construction methods and d
Hellenic Cables has secured its first contract with Vattenfall under which it will deliver the inter-array cables for the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farms in Denmark. The Greek company will design, manufacture, test, and supply approximately 70 kilometers of 66kV XLPE insulated i
DEME Group’s cable-laying vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of the export cables for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The cables will connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the Dutch mainland. In total, Living Stone installed two 34-kilometer expo
CIMC Raffles has delivered an offshore substation for the 300 MW offshore wind farm being built by China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) off the Shandong Peninsula in China. The offshore substation consists of three parts: the upper power module, the four-legged jacket foundation, and th
The developers of the South Fork offshore wind farm, Ørsted and Eversource, have selected Texas-based Kiewit Offshore Services to design and build the offshore substation for the project, with the work scheduled to start in November. The offshore substation for New York’s first offshore wind farm wi
Peel Ports Clydeport, owner of Hunterston Port and Resource Campus (Hunterston PARC), has signed an option agreement with XLCC for two factories in Ayrshire, Scotland, that would produce high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables. The overall agreement includes building a 70-acre facility that
Van Oord has awarded TKF with a contract to provide the inter-array cables for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project in Germany. TKF is in charge of the production and delivery of approximately 79 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables and corresponding accessories. Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel N
Japanese company PowerX plans to design and build an automated Power Transfer Vessel to carry electricity from offshore wind farms to shore. The Power ARK 100 is a 100 TEU trimaran specially designed for transferring renewable energy in Japan’s coastal waters. Upon its completion in 2025, Power ARK
East Lothian Council planning officers have recommended for approval the Seagreen 1A onshore proposals at Cockenzie. The applications were submitted earlier this year to East Lothian Council for onshore works and Marine Scotland for offshore works. No local representations had been received against
Acteon has completed a cable survey at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in Virginia as part of a partnership with Siemens Gamesa. Acteon’s TerraSond performed the survey from Atlantic Endeavor, the project’s dedicated crew transfer vessel (CTV) that was specially modified for the wo
DEME has installed the first offshore substation (OSS) in France at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm off the Guérande peninsula. Weighing 2,100 tons, the OSS topside was installed at the site on August 18. The substation’s jacket foundation was installed earlier this week. The electrical substation was c
The Hornsea Two offshore substation (OSS) and the reactive compensation station (RCS) topsides have left the Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard in Singapore and are en route to the UK, Sembcorp Marine said. The two topsides departed on 15 August and are expected to reach their destination at the end of
