UK: Intertek Appoints New Head of Cables and Offshore Development
Intertek has appointed Chris Marchant as the new Head of Cables and Offshore Development for Intertek’s Energy and Water Consultancy Service. Chris joined the business in October and takes up...
View ArticleThe Crown Estate Launches Offshore Wind Transmission Study
The Crown Estate has commissioned a study into best practice in offshore transmission for offshore wind, building on recommendations from the Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force made last year. It...
View ArticleBorehole Survey for Dogger Bank Export Cables to Start (UK)
Forewind contractor VolkerInfra will carry out a borehole survey this month near the site where the Dogger Bank Teesside A & B and Dogger Bank Teesside C & D export cables are proposed to come...
View ArticleTenneT Requires Offshore Technical Advisory Services (Germany)
TenneT Offshore GmbH is looking for a provider of technical advisory services in support of the purchaser-risk management in the operation of offshore grid connection systems. Specifically, this...
View ArticleDeepwater Wind Modifies Block Island Wind Farm Proposal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, have announced that the developer of the proposed Block Island Wind Farm is modifying the proposed plans in seeking a permit to construct the...
View ArticleNew Report on Submarine Electricity Transmission
Reportlinker.com announced that new report titled ”Submarine Electricity Transmission”, is available at their offering. The market for high-voltage submarine cables is a small and highly specialized...
View ArticleTwo Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Farms Take Step Forward
Angus Council yesterday issued planning consent in principal for the onshore infrastructure required for Phase 1 of Seagreen Wind Energy’s Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Zone. This includes 19km of...
View ArticleOfgem Grants Offshore Transmission Licence for Greater Gabbard OWF
Ofgem has granted offshore transmission licence for Greater Gabbard wind farm. The deal represents further evidence of the innovation introduced by Ofgem’s competitive tendering process which is...
View ArticleUK: East Riding of Yorkshire Council OK’s Dogger Bank
Dogger Bank Creyke Beck offshore wind energy development proposals have received the green light from East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The Council voted unanimously, after the recommendation from the...
View ArticleGL Certifies CPNL Engineering’s Diverless Spreader Beam
Germanischer Lloyd has granted a design certification for CPNL Engineering’s diverless spreader beam which will be used for the Baltic cable joint this winter period. The design of the spreader bar for...
View ArticleTenneT Gets EUR 500 Mln Loan for Connection of OWFs to German Grid
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a EUR 500m corporate loan to TenneT. The funds are being made available in connection with the construction and operation of three offshore high voltage...
View ArticleCabling Works to Begin at West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm
Subsea works on the inter array and export cables at locations of four UK’s offshore wind farms are about to commence. Divers from the Dive Support Vessels ‘HBC SUPPORTER’ and ‘TERRAMARE 1′ will carry...
View ArticleMaintenance Performed on Ormonde OWF’s Onshore Substation (UK)
The Ormonde Wind Farm was shut down at the beginning of the month to facilitate work carried out at the Heysham onshore substation. The maintenance work at the Heysham onshore substation for the...
View ArticleSMD’s Offshore Cabling Vehicle to Become Operational in the New Year
UTV1200, an SMD built cable burial tool will be ready for operation in the new year. The vehicle has undergone extensive modifications that have enhanced the configuration to provide a more effective...
View ArticleThe Netherlands: Construction of HelWin Beta Platform Advances
At Heerema Zwijndrecht, one of the manufacturing yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), fabrication of the HelWin bèta topsides for Siemens, yesterday reached the phase during which the transformer...
View ArticleCanada: First Subsea Cable Installed at FORCE’s Tidal Energy Site
After months of planning, mobilization and trials, the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has successfully installed a data cable designed to connect to a recoverable underwater research...
View Article50 Hertz Makes Progress with Baltic Offshore Transmission System
50 Hertz is taking another important step for the offshore wind energy off the German Baltic coast. The Northeast German transmission system operator submitted on Monday a request for approval of...
View ArticleVroon’s VOS Satisfaction to Work on HelWin 2 UXO Survey
Vroon Offshore Services BV has announced that VOS Satisfaction, a DP1/4PM subsea‑support vessel, is to work on TenneT’s HelWin 2 project. The vessel will be employed on the second phase of the marine...
View ArticleCabling Work Starts at West of Duddon Sands OWF (UK)
A rock placement vessel ‘Seahorse’ is now at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm site and will start to lay rocks as a scour protection around all of the turbine bases. ‘Maersk Responder’ is...
View ArticleCianbro Subcontracted for Cape Wind Project (USA)
Maine-based Cianbro Corporation has been subcontracted for the Cape Wind offshore project, after Cape Wind and Siemens entered into a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) contract for the project....
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