Grid Connection

Sleipnir Installs Second Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation

UK Approves Transmission Infrastructure for Morecambe and Re-Tendered Morgan Offshore Wind Farm

Equinor to Deploy Cable Monitoring Tech at 9-Year-Old Offshore Wind Farm

Norway’s energy company Equinor has awarded Proserv with a contract for the deployment of cable monitoring technology at the 402 MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK. Proserv’s ECG Business Unit will deploy its advanced monitoring technology to provide continuous visibility of cable and terminati

Nadara Pinpoints Landfall Location for 1.8 GW Floating Wind Project, Starts Preparing for Offshore Transmission Licence Application

Nadara, the developer of the Bellrock floating wind farm in Scotland, has confirmed the project’s landfall location and submitted a Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report for the project’s offshore transmission infrastructure to the Marine Directorate, with a plan t

Tekmar Secures EUR 1 Million Concrete Protection Contract for ‘Major’ European Offshore Wind Project

Export Cable Installation Completed at Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

Consent Granted for Substation to Connect Three New Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms to UK Grid

National Grid has received planning consent for the new Birkhill Wood substation in East Yorkshire, which will connect 4.22 GW of offshore wind capacity from three planned North Sea wind farms to the UK grid. Birkhill Wood will serve as the grid connection point for RWE and Masdar’s Dogger Bank Sout

JDR Opens Subsea Cable Manufacturing Facility in Blyth

JDR Cable Systems has opened its new cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, UK, which the company says expands its capacity to supply inter-array, interconnector and export cable systems for offshore wind projects. The new plant is aimed at supporting growing demand for offshore wind i

Aberdeenshire Council Greenlights Onshore Plans for 1 GW Scottish Floating Wind Project

Ocean Winds Receives Full Onshore Planning Consent for 2 GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm

Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture owned by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has received full onshore planning consent for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm following approval by Aberdeenshire Council’s Infrastructure Services Committee on 14 May. According to the company, the approval covers around t

TenneT, National Grid Ink Joint Development Agreement for LionLink Offshore Wind Interconnector

Transmission system operators (TSOs) TenneT and National Grid Ventures (NGV) have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to advance LionLink, a hybrid interconnector linking the UK and the Netherlands via a future offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The agreement sets out how the two part

First Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Stands Complete

Jan De Nul Orders Nordlicht I Cable Protection Systems at CRP Subsea

Jan De Nul has contracted CRP Subsea to supply protection systems for inter-array cables at Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. CRP Subsea will deliver 141 NjordGuard cable protection systems (CPS), with three NjordGuard CPS designs to be engineered to meet the speci

Smulders HSM Starts Building East Anglia Two Offshore Substation

Smulders HSM, a subsidiary of Eiffage Métal, has commenced the construction of the East Anglia Two offshore substation topside and jacket foundation. ScottishPower Renewables, part of Iberdrola, awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to HS