VBMS in Action at Sandbank (Video)
This summer, VBMS has completed cable installation and post-lay burial work at Vattenfall’s 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm in the German Bight. The company’s scope of work included cable supply,...
View ArticleJDR Wraps Up Nordsee One Work
UK-based subsea power cable specialist JDR Cable Systems has completed its scope of works at the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea earlier than planned. JDR was...
View ArticleFugro Gearing Up for UXO Hunt at Beatrice
Fugro is getting ready to carry out a survey for unexploded ordnance (UXO) across the development zone of the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm located in the Outer Moray Firth off the east coast of...
View ArticleTenneT Opts For LIOS Export Cable Monitoring Kit
Germany-based Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT has awarded LIOS Technology with a contract for the supply of a Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) unit for an export cable of an offshore...
View ArticleFugro and Nexans Sign Global Environmental Advisory Contract
Fugro has been appointed by Nexans Norway AS for the provision of environmental advisory services as part of its global Environmental Advisor Framework. The global framework agreement with Fugro...
View ArticleSeaTerra Clears UXO from DolWin3 Cable Route
SeaTerra GmbH has completed investigation of 278 objects and removal of eight unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets from the DolWin3 cable route in the German part of the North Sea. Commissioned by the...
View ArticleSSE: Caithness-Moray Project a Boon to UK Economy
A study of the economic contribution made by the GBP 1.1 billion Caithness-Moray transmission project has found that the project is supporting the equivalent of over 10,000 years of employment in the...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Ndurance Loading Galloper Export Cable
RWE Innogy has shared a photo of the first 45-kilometre export cable for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm being loaded onto the carousel of VBMS’ multipurpose vessel Ndurance. In October 2015,...
View ArticleWikinger Substation Stands in the Baltic Sea
The offshore substation Andalucía, built for Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm, has been installed in the German zone of the Baltic Sea. The 4,550 tonne offshore substation, built by...
View ArticleENGIE and Iemants Team Up on Merkur OSS EPC Contract
ENGIE Fabricom-Tractebel and Iemants have joined forces to carry out engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of an offshore substation and an associated jacket for the 396MW...
View ArticleUS Wind Starts Export Cable Route Survey off Maryland
US Wind, Inc., has announced the start of an export cable route survey to prepare the final layout design for an 80,000 acre wind power project off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland. US Wind contracted...
View ArticleChinese Offshore Wind Farm Hooked to the Grid
The 50MW Fujian Putian City Flat Bay offshore wind farm in the Strait of Taiwan has been connected to the grid and fully commissioned this summer. Fujian Putian City Flat Bay is the first wind farm in...
View ArticleHighlights of the Month: August 2016
USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media on 18 August. Bilfinger Exits Offshore...
View ArticlePort of Antwerp Files Appeal Against Borssele Cable Route
The Port Authority of Antwerp has filed an appeal to the Dutch Council of State against a proposed export cable route for Borssele offshore wind farms. The proposed cable route, identified as the 4B...
View ArticleRampion Set For Flurry of Offshore Works
Fugro’s multi-purpose offshore vessel Saltire is expected to start burying inter-array cables at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm on Sunday, 4 September. The Saltire will use a Q1400 trenching...
View ArticleVroon and Rhenus Keeping German Offshore Substations Supplied
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has started cooperating with the German-based Rhenus Offshore Logistics on the provision of offshore supply services to wind farms on the German Continental Shelf....
View ArticleTriton Knoll Electrical System Greenlighted
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark, granted consent for Triton Knoll offshore wind farm’s electrical infrastructure today. Triton Knoll Offshore Wind...
View ArticleEIB Backs Humber Gateway Offshore Transmission Purchase with GBP 82 Million
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing GBP 82 million for the purchase, operation and maintenance of the Humber Gateway offshore transmission system. The 19-year long term EIB loan will be...
View ArticleUK Offshore Wind Farms Generate 10% More Power
Generation from the UK’s offshore wind farms rose by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, from 4.7 TWh in the first quarter of 2015 to 5.1 TWh , with the impact of increases in capacity exceeding...
View ArticleVeja Mate Offshore Substation Stands Ready
The 402 MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm project has reached a milestone with the installation of the offshore substation in the German part of the North Sea. The offshore substation was delivered by...
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