VBMS Wraps Up Sandbank OWF Wiring
VBMS has completed cable installation and post-lay burial work at Vattenfall’s 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm, situated in the German Bight. The company installed a total of 76 inter-array cables...
View ArticleVIDEO: Export Cable Pull In at Burbo Bank Extension
The export cable at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm has been pulled in. The cable was floated ashore on pillow floats to a small jack up barge then pulled through the tidal and connected...
View ArticleDolWin2 Disconnected Due to Repair Work
During the test phase of the DolWin2 offshore grid connection, a cable component had failed repeatedly and TenneT decided to power off the system and has asked ABB to address the issue. The companies...
View ArticleOfgem Gives Its Blessing to Scotland-Norway Interconnector
Ofgem has approved a 650km long subsea interconnector between Norway and Scotland, planned to be installed in 2021. On 20 June 2016, Ofgem granted an electricity interconnector licence to Norway-based...
View ArticleEU to Discuss Energy Infrastructure
Energy Union Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will attend the Energy Infrastructure Forum tomorrow in Copenhagen, where they will also meet...
View ArticleEnBW Invites Bids for Albatros Inter-Array Cabling
EnBW has issued an invitation to tender for inter-array cabling for the Albatros offshore wind project. The tender calls for the provision of turnkey planning and project certification, procurement,...
View ArticleMurphy Secures Hornsea One Onshore Cable Installation Contract
DONG Energy has awarded J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) the onshore cable installation contract for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project One, located off the...
View ArticleHorns Rev 3 Transformer Units Installed
Blue Water Shipping and A2SEA have completed the loading, transportation and installation of three transformer units at the 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the North Sea....
View ArticleStudy Finds Areas for Improvement of German Offshore Grid
A new study commissioned by German wind energy industry has revealed considerable acceleration and cost reduction potential in the offshore HVDC grid connection field and has proposed an improved...
View ArticleHBC Offshore Solutions to Help Fugro Install Rampion’s Array Cables
HBC Offshore Solutions Ltd, part of the HBC Group, has been awarded with the contract to support Fugro with the installation of the array cables on the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. Fugro will lay...
View ArticleElia Seeks Modular Offshore Grid Platform Designers and Subsea Cable Providers
Belgian transmission system operator Elia has issued two separate calls for bids, one for a detailed design of an offshore platform, and the other for an EPC contract for submarine cables that will...
View ArticleTenneT Announces Multi-Billion Investment in Dutch Grid
TenneT will invest a total of EUR 6 billion in Dutch high-voltage grid in the next decade. Driven by significant growth in renewable energy capacity in the Netherlands and surrounding countries, the...
View ArticleTrelleborg to Carry Out BorWin Gamma Floatover Installation
Trelleborg has been awarded a contract by the Siemens-Petrofac consortium for floatover installation of an offshore converter platform for the BorWin3 offshore grid connection project. Siemens will...
View ArticleUPDATE: Riffgat OWF Back Online Since May
EWE, the owner and operator of the Riffgat offshore wind farm in Germany, has confirmed to Offshore WIND that the export cable is repaired and that the wind farm has been back on the grid since 22 May....
View ArticleEcofys, RPS Working on Baseline EA for Meshed Grid in Irish and North Sea
The European Commission has appointed Ecofys and RPS to prepare a Baseline Environmental Assessment for a meshed grid in the Irish and North Seas. The results may be used to inform any future plans for...
View ArticleACM Certifies TenneT as Operator of Dutch Offshore Grid
The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has certified TenneT as the offshore grid operator. The supervisory body said it has issued the certification in a short time, so that the Minister...
View ArticleEU Earmarks EUR 14.8 Million for Viking Link
On 15 July, EU Member States agreed on the European Commission’s proposal to invest EUR 263 million in key trans-European energy infrastructure projects, including EUR 14.8 million for Viking Link, an...
View ArticleTenneT Hires MMT for Offshore Geo Surveys in Germany
MMT has signed a framework agreement with TenneT to carry out offshore and nearshore geophysical and geotechnical investigations from 2016 to 2020. The area to be surveyed is the electrical grid...
View ArticleEirGrid, RTE Push Ireland-France Interconnector Forward
In the presence of the French President Francois Hollande and An Taoiseach (Irish Prime Miniter) Enda Kenny, EirGrid and RTE today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to move to the next phase of...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 18 – 24 July, 2016
Rough Sea Ahead for German Offshore Wind, Industry Says The new German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) means troubled waters for the German offshore wind industry, according to a press release...
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