BSH OKs Ostwind 1 Offshore Cable Project
50Hertz has received an approval for its Ostwind 1 offshore cable project within the EEZ from Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH). “We are greatly pleased with the permit for this...
View ArticleTekmar TekLink Installed on Gemini
Work to install the Tekmar Energy’s TekLink cable protection system (CPS) has started on what is poised to be one of the world’s largest offshore wind parks, the Gemini project in the Dutch North Sea....
View ArticleHVDC Transmission Market to Grow at CAGR of 17.13% by 2020
Research and Markets has added the “HVDC Transmission Market by Technology, Configuration, Power Rating, Application, Component & Geography – Forecast Analysis to 2014 – 2020″ report to its...
View ArticleAnholt Scheduled for Cable Replacement
Energinet.dk is planning to replace two cable sections at Dong Energy’s Anholt offshore wind farm. Following a fault on a export cable in February, transmission operator in cooperation with NKT Cables...
View ArticleDONG Energy Divests West of Duddon Sands Transmission Assets
West of Duddon Sands, a joint venture owned by DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, has signed an agreement for the sale of transmission assets to WoDS Transmission plc. WoDS Transmission plc is...
View ArticleOfgem: Over £2.5 Bln New Transmission Investment Delivered since 2009
By granting West of Duddon Sands (WoDS) Transmission plc a licence to own and operate the £269 million transmission link to the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, the total new transmission...
View ArticleVBMS to Install Rampion Wires
VBMS has been awarded a contract by E.ON for the installation of two 16 kilometre-long export cables for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The 150kV HVAC cables will transport the power ashore from the...
View ArticleVos Prodect Guides Gemini Cables in Place
The first two Vos Prodect’s monopile entry systems (Pro-MES) have been installed by Van Oord, at Gemini offshore wind farm project by the end of week 32. Pull-in of both first end and second end of the...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest Floating Turbine Sails Out
“Fukushima Shimpuu”, the largest floating offshore wind turbine in the world, left Onahama port on July 28th and arrived at the testing area the next morning. “Fukushima Shimpuu” has a 7MW output...
View Article50Hertz Starts Ostwind 1 Offshore Connection Construction
50Hertz held a starting ceremony for the Ostwind 1 offshore cable construction project earlier this month. The Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Erwin Sellering, attended the...
View ArticleVan Oord Installs Gemini Substations
Van Oord has installed the two Offshore High Voltage Stations (OHVS) and first 77 transition pieces at the Dutch Gemini Wind Park. The realisation of the large offshore wind project construction is...
View ArticleEnerginet.dk Postpones Anholt Cable Replacement
Energinet.dk, the Danish transmission system operator, has decided to postpone Anholt offshore wind farm cable repair. The operation was scheduled for the late September. However, due to an error in...
View ArticleNingbo Oriental Delivers First 220KV Photoelectric Composite Submarine Cable
The first homemade 220KV photoelectric composite submarine cable, produced by Ningbo Oriental Group Co. Ltd., has recently been approved and accepted. The cable will be used at the 400MW offshore wind...
View ArticleTrianel Inaugurates 200MW Borkum West 2.1
One of Europe’s largest municipal utilities, Trianel, has officially cut the ribbon at its 200MW Borkum West 2.1 offshore wind farm. This is the first offshore wind project owned by municipal utilities...
View ArticleTenneT Maps Borssele Wires Route
TenneT, the Dutch electricity transmission system operator, has mapped the export cable route for the Borssele offshore wind farm zone. The cable will come ashore at Borssele, less than a kilometre...
View ArticlePrysmian, Global Marine Team Up for Wikinger Job
Prysmian Group has chartered Global Marine Systems Limited’s cable-laying vessel, the C.S. Sovereign, for the work on 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Her remit will be to install...
View ArticleFugro to Install Rampion Array Cables
Fugro has been awarded a contract for the installation and burial of array cables at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The development in the English Channel, 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast, is being...
View ArticleCanyon Offshore to Bury Dudgeon Cables
Canyon Offshore Ltd, the robotics subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc., has been awarded a multi-million pound project with VBMS Ltd on the Statoil, Masdar and Stakraft Dudgeon Offshore Wind...
View ArticleTwo Competitors Launch Inter Array Engineering
Advanced Global Energy and Dynamo Electrical have formed a new engineering company Inter Array Engineering. Inter Array Engineering will offer a OWF package for clients with services including all of...
View ArticleIsrael Approves Eco Wave Power’s Grid Connection
Eco Wave Power has received an official recognition as “Pioneering Device” by Dr. Bracha Halaf, the Israeli Chief Scientist on behalf of the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water...
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