Germany Powered with 8.2TWh of North Sea Wind in 2015
Transmission of wind energy from the North Sea to German mainland has increased sixfold in 2015, with around 7.4TWh fed into the national grid, compared to 1.25TWh in 2014. This means offshore wind...
View ArticleBalfour Beatty Nets GBP 5.5M Hywind Scotland Contract
Statoil has awarded Balfour Beatty with a GBP 5.5 million EPCI contract for a substation and onshore cable for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, world’s first floating offshore wind farm. Jonathan...
View ArticleEU Examining Benefits of Meshed Offshore Grid
A 4-year project investigating the benefits of a meshed offshore transmission grid has been launched recently under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research Program, and is currently the biggest energy project...
View ArticleVolkerInfra to Take Care of Galloper’s Onshore Connection
GE’s Grid Solutions, a division of GE Energy Connections, has appointed VolkerInfra as the provider of substation interconnectors and onshore export cables for the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. The...
View ArticleTenneT Presents Borssele Offshore Platform Design (VIDEO)
Along with the news that TenneT had been confirmed as the operator of the Dutch offshore grid, the TSO reported that it had finalized the design for the offshore platforms which will be part of the...
View ArticleFrance Ponders OW Subsea Substations
RTE France has invited tenders for a feasibility study on HTB submarine substations (>50kV). RTE aims to question the market on feasibility of implementing high-voltage submarine substations as part...
View ArticleCleveland Public Power to Negotiate ‘Icebreaker’ with Fred. Olsen Renewables
Cleveland Public Power (CPP) has been authorised by Cleveland City Council to negotiate contracts with the US spin-off of Fred. Olsen Renewables, which will most likely build LEEDCo’s Icebreaker...
View ArticleTop News of the Week Mar 21 – 27, 2016
Shell to Bid at Upcoming Dutch Offshore Wind Tender? Reportedly, the oil and gas giant Shell is delving into the upcoming offshore wind projects in the Netherlands. TenneT Presents Borssele Offshore...
View ArticleNordic TSOs Open Joint Office in Denmark
Four Nordic Transmission System Operators (TSOs) have opened a joint office in Copenhagen, according to Denmark’s Energinet.dk. Apart from Energinet.dk, the joint office will represent Finland’s...
View ArticleChina Prioritises Renewable Power
Chinese government’s energy and other regulatory agencies have obliged all transmission system operators (TSOs) to grid-connect all renewable energy facilities that meet technical requirements of their...
View ArticleWestermeerwind Goes Full Throttle
The 144MW Westermeerwind near shore wind farm achieved an important milestone last weekend during which all of its 48 wind turbines reached maximum power output of 3MW per turbine. This led to the wind...
View ArticleCape Wind Project Hits Another Roadblock
Cape Wind Associates might suffer another setback in their efforts to build a 468MW offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, after the state’s energy agency recommended that the company’s...
View ArticleEIB Funds Caithness Moray Subsea Power Link
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide GBP 500 million loan for a GBP 1.2 billion Caithness Moray transmission network project aimed at improving connections between offshore...
View ArticleABB Hits Hornsea One Jackpot
Swiss power and automation technology group ABB has won an order worth more than USD 250 million from DONG Energy to deliver a 220-kilovolt high-voltage cable system that will connect the 1.2GW Hornsea...
View ArticleUK Offshore Wind Farms 30% More Productive in 2015
Wind farms offshore the UK generated 17.4 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2015, a 30% increase compared to 13.4 TWh of power generated by offshore wind in 2014, according to a report released...
View ArticleIntertek Joins FAB Project
UK-based Intertek has been appointed by FAB Link Ltd. to provide marine environmental and planning support for the France-Alderney-Britain (FAB) Project, a proposed electrical interconnector situated...
View ArticleHighlights of the Month: March 2016
EEW SPC Rolls Out World’s Heaviest Monopile The heaviest monopile ever produced for an offshore wind project left the production site of EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock on 2 March, and...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Horns Rev 3 Substation Topside Heading to Esbjerg
A 1,600 tonne topside built for the high voltage substation of the 400 MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm left Schiedam last weekend and is en route to Esbjerg, Denmark. The transportation of the...
View ArticleRentel Orders ABB Cable System
ABB has won an order worth around USD 80 million from Rentel NV in Belgium to deliver an advanced cable system that will connect the offshore substation at the 309MW Rentel wind farm located off the...
View ArticleNKT Nets Hornsea One Cable Deal
NKT Cables has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to deliver 170 kilometres of 220 kV high-voltage alternating current (AC) submarine export cable system for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore...
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