Seaway to Install Sandbank Substation
Bladt Industries A/S, Aalborg, Denmark has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of the Sandbank substation. The substation platform consists of a jacket,...
View ArticleResearchers to Develop ‘Super Grid’ for Sharing Wind Power
Researchers at Cardiff University are working on technology which will contribute to the development of a ‘super- grid’ for sharing renewable power across Europe. Working with Leuven University (KU...
View ArticleDresden Researchers to Reduce Costs by Increasing Voltage for Offshore Wind...
On the way from the generator to converter, a wind system generates substantial losses in the transmission of electrical energy. In order to reduce these losses, especially in offshore wind turbines,...
View ArticleCT Offshore Installs Borkum Riffgrund 1 Cables
Last week, CT Offshore completed the installation and burial of 44 inter-array cables at the DONG Energy wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. “The valuable experience gained from the West of Duddon Sands and...
View ArticleEltek to Deliver DolWin3 Onshore Equipment
Eltek has secured a key order for advanced power supply systems for the operation of the DolWin3 offshore wind energy project in Germany. Eltek equipment will supply secure power to protection and...
View ArticleABB, Hitachi to Enter Joint Venture for HVDC System Solutions
ABB and Hitachi have announced an agreement to form a joint venture for high voltage direct current (HVDC) system solutions in Japan. The new entity, to be based in Tokyo, will be responsible for the...
View ArticleFirst Capacity Market Auction Underway
The first Capacity Market auction, which started at 09:00 today, is the next stage in the Government’s plan to ensure the lights stay on at the least cost – both now and in the future. The aim of the...
View ArticleOfgem Approves GBP 1.1 Bln Caithness Moray Subsea Link
Ofgem today approved £1.1 billion funding for a new subsea link in the north of Scotland, called the Caithness Moray project. The regulator’s decision is £105 million less than the funding request from...
View ArticleTenneT Gets On Board NordLink Project
TenneT has given the green light to its participation in the construction of the NordLink cable from Germany to Norway. The power cable, which largely runs across the seabed, has a capacity of 1,400...
View ArticleNKT Cables Clinches Race Bank Deal
NKT Cables has been awarded the order for delivery of export cable systems to the Race Bank Offshore Wind farm by DONG Energy. The order is NKT Cables’ 11th large offshore wind farm project since 2010...
View ArticleFORCE’s Cable Safety Zone Needs Modifications, Fishermen Say
Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy, FORCE, held a meeting yesterday in Truro where they met local fishermen. Besides upcoming activities, the main topic of this event was the proposed safety zone...
View ArticleBelgium to Decide on Wind Energy Storing Island in 2015
Belgium will have their say in early 2015 about a project that would see excess energy stored and used later when needed. The project aims to store energy produced by offshore wind farms when there is...
View ArticleBalfour Beatty Buys Thanet OWF’s Transmission Assets
Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has agreed a £164mn deal to transfer ownership of a Kent wind farm’s electricity export cables and substations. The agreement, with international infrastructure...
View ArticleSiemens to Enhance Grid Reliability with Superconductors
When fed into medium-voltage power grids, large loads of renewable or other decentralized energies – which are generated when winds are strong or the sun is very bright – can produce short circuits...
View ArticleAlstom Assists with Singapore’s Renewable Energy Integration
Alstom and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have announced a collaboration to design, develop and deploy MicroGrid Power Mix Management (MPMM) solution in the context of the Renewable...
View ArticleEnerginet.dk Gets Approval to Build Kriegers Flak Grid Connection System
On December 16, the Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building issued an investment approval for units to be erected by Energinet.dk in order to connect the forthcoming offshore wind turbines at...
View ArticleNordsee Ost’s First Turbine Spinning
The first electricity from the Nordsee Ost (North Sea East) offshore wind farm off the German coast is flowing shore-ward. The first of a total of 48 wind turbines has commenced trial operation in the...
View ArticleEnBW Fights for Offshore Wind Network Connection
On the recommendation of the Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), in consultation with the Federal Maritime and...
View ArticleCG Bags Another Northwind Contract
Avantha Group Company CG has been awarded a contract from the Belgian offshore wind farm operator Northwind to provide operation and maintenance services for the 216 MW wind farm offshore substation on...
View ArticleFirst Subsea Gets GBP 130K from GROW:Offshore Wind
Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea, has been awarded £130,000 of Process Technology Innovation Funding under the Government’s GROW:Offshore Wind programme. The award is for development of a...
View Article