GE Sees DolWin3 as Reference for Future OW Projects in Germany
Multinational energy conglomerate General Electric (GE) is hoping the successful completion of the 900MW DolWin 3 offshore grid connection project will prove a good reference in the company’s future...
View ArticleThe Carbon Trust Looking Into Subsea Cable Thermal Optimisation
The Carbon Trust has awarded a contract for dynamic thermal rating of subsea cables (DTR) to the Kenilvorth-based Transmission Excellence Ltd. The GBP 375,000 contract is part of the Offshore Wind...
View ArticlePrimo Marine Completes Cable Emergency Response Manual for Luchterduinen OWF
Rotterdam-headquartered Primo Marine has finalized the Cable Emergency Response Manual for the subsea power cables of the 129MW Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Primo Marine was commissioned to...
View ArticleGlobal Tech I Joins Terawatt-Hour Club
The 400MW Global Tech I far shore wind farm marked a milestone of delivering one terawatt-hours (TWh) of energy to the German grid earlier in April, some seven months after its official commissioning....
View ArticleVBMS to Lay Inter Array Cables at E.ON’s Latest Offshore Wind Project
VBMS has been awarded a contract by E.ON for the installation of 65 inter array cables for the Arkona offshore wind farm. The total scope of work for VBMS will consist of route engineering, surveying,...
View ArticleSTX France Lands Arkona Offshore Substation Contract
STX France SA has won the contract to design, build and install a HVAC offshore substation for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm. STX France will perform an EPCI contract for the jacket foundation,...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Horns Rev C Topside Falling Into Place
Seaway Heavy Lifting has shared this photo of the heavy-lifting vessel Stanislav Yudin setting the topside of the Horns Rev C substation down onto the jacket construction. The topside was transported...
View ArticleN-Sea Keeping Galloper Safe from UXO
N-Sea has been awarded a pre-construction unexploded ordnance (UXO) contract with Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (GWFL). The clearance works commenced in April 2016 and include UXO risk management,...
View ArticleSSE Selects Xodus for Employers Representative Services
Xodus Group has been awarded a framework agreement with energy company SSE to provide employers representative services for the development and ongoing improvements of its electrical networks. The...
View ArticleCape Wind Fights Back
Cape Wind Associates has filed a court appeal against the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board’s decision not to extend the company’s permit for two subsea cables that would connect a 468MW...
View ArticleVBMS Installs Its 1000th Inter-Array Cable at Sandbank
VBMS has reached a major milestone by installing its 1,000th inter-array cable during its works for Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm this week. In 2008, when the company was founded, VBMS...
View ArticleSiem Aimery Christened and Ready for German Offshore Wind Projects
The cable-laying vessel Siem Aimery, the latest vessel added to the Siem Offshore fleet, was christened in a naming ceremony on Wednesday, 27 April, at the Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Gdansk,...
View ArticleTop News of the Week Apr 25 – May 1, 2016
Siemens, SPR Sign Europe’s Largest Wind Turbine Contract ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€...
View ArticleDanes Majorly Into Renewables
One in three Danes wants Denmark’s electricity to come exclusively from renewable energy sources within the next five years, with only 10% of the country’s population willing to wait 15 years or more...
View ArticleHorns Rev C Team Defies Bad Weather; OSS Now Standing Proudly
The installation works on the Horns Rev C transformer platform, the heart of the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm, have finished. The components of the platform, 1,888 tonne topside and the 1,300 tonne...
View ArticleDONG Starts Consultation on 2.4GW Hornsea Project Three
DONG Energy is starting consultation as part of the planning process for the Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm, which has a maximum capacity of 2.4 GW. Hornsea Project Three is now seeking to...
View ArticleE.ON Selects Nexans Subsea Cables for Arkona
Nexans Deutschland has won a contract to supply 76 kilometres of subsea energy cables to E.ON for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm. The cables, which will be manufactured in Nexans’ Hanover plant,...
View ArticleABS to Certify Hornsea Project One Substations
ABS Group Ltd. has received a contract to provide project certification services from DONG Energy Wind Power A/S for the planned 1.2GW Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One in the UK. ABS Group’s...
View ArticleGWFL Prepping Sizewell Beach for Galloper Export Cables
Galloper Wind Farm Limited (GWFL) has started preparing a section of Sizewell beach in Suffolk for the installation of the export cables that will bring the power generated from the 336MW Galloper...
View ArticleReport: China’s Installed Wind Capacity to Reach 495 GW by 2030
Wind power installed capacity in China will more than treble from approximately 149 Gigawatts (GW) in 2015 to over 495 GW by 2030, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9%, according to...
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