Ofgem Shortlists 5 Bidders for Burbo Bank 2 Offshore Transmission
Ofgem today announced a shortlist of five bidders competing to own and run the GBP 230 million transmission link to the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, situated in the Bay of Liverpool. The...
View ArticleNexans Officially Inks Deal for First OWF to Use 66kV Cable System
Nexans has officially signed a contract for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm Project after VBMS selected its 66kV cable system to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines...
View ArticleNordLink Breaks Ground
TenneT, Statnett and KfW (represented by KfW IPEX-Bank) launched the construction of the NordLink interconnector by driving the first spade into the ground and performing a symbolic cable pulling today...
View ArticleNext Geosolutions, RMS Surveying West of Adlergrund OWF Cluster Cable Routes
Next Geosolutions and RMS Submarine are some two months away from wrapping up a 17-month project involving marine surveys for cable route design and engineering of multiple 220kV HVAC grid connections...
View ArticleOceanteam to Store Dutch Offshore Transmission Cables
Oceanteam Solutions has been awarded a long-term contract to supply an Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) with port facilities, loadouts and storage of cables at Oceanteam’s own cable storage facility...
View ArticleABB to Sell EUR 836 Million High-Voltage Cables Business to NKT
NKT Cables is acquiring ABB’s global high-voltage cable system business with a total enterprise value of EUR 836 million. ABB’s cable system business offers turnkey solutions including design,...
View ArticleNKT Separating Businesses Following ABB Cable Deal
NKT has decided to split the Holding company into two separately listed companies, with the timing of this decision being linked to NKT Cables’ acquisition of ABB’s high-voltage cables business. NKT is...
View ArticleNexans Advances Its HVDC Cable Technology
Nexans has given a boost to its high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable portfolio with cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation designs now fully qualified for 320kV and type-tested at 525kV, and...
View ArticleFibre-Optic Data Cable to Run Alongside COBRAcable
TenneT and its Danish counterpart Energinet.dk will install a fibre-optic data link alongside the COBRAcable interconnector itself, in order to exchange the necessary information about the...
View ArticleLEEDCo Hires Local Firm for Icebreaker Grid Link
Cleveland-based Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) has selected a local company, Middough Inc., to provide engineering services for the design and construction of the land based electric...
View ArticleWindEnergy Hamburg Kicks Off
Germany’s Minister for Economics Sigmar Gabriel has officially opened the second edition of WindEnergy Hamburg, a biennial trade fair focussing on wind energy. The WindEnergy Hamburg 2016 will run from...
View ArticleBurbo Bank Passes Frequency Response Test
DONG Energy’s 90-megawatt Burbo Bank offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay has successfully completed tests demonstrating its ability to provide frequency response to support the national grid network....
View ArticleMAKE: Europe to Have 39.2GW Offshore Wind Capacity by 2025
Europe’s commissioned offshore wind capacity will grow at an average rate of 3GW per year between 2017 and 2025 and represent a key driver of growth in Europe, according to MAKE. The offshore market...
View ArticleTekmar CPS to Protect Beatrice Inter-Array Cables
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has selected the UK based Tekmar Energy Ltd to supply the cable protection systems (CPS) for the inter-array grid cable system to be installed at the 588MW Beatrice...
View ArticleTransmission Capital Services Returns to CWind
Transmission assets owner and operator Transmission Capital Services (TCS) has chartered one of CWind’s crew transfer vessels (CTV) on a five-year contract to support works at several of their offshore...
View ArticleJDR Nabs Beatrice Inter-Array Cables Contract
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has chosen the UK-based JDR Cable Systems Ltd. to design, manufacture and supply inter-array grid cables for the 588MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland....
View ArticleSiem Offshore Contractors Sets Up UK Base in Scotland
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has opened an office in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland to serve as local project office and act as the focal point for the company’s UK market growth strategy....
View ArticlePrysmian’s P-Laser 600 kV Cable System Passes Testing Phase
Prysmian Group has announced the successful development and testing of its new P-Laser 600 kV cable system for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) applications. The company’s new cable technology for...
View ArticleDONG Starts Hornsea Project Three Public Consultation Process
DONG Energy has started the first phase of the public consultation process on the 2.4GW Hornsea Project Three wind farm proposed to be built off the North Norfolk coast, UK. The first phase of the...
View ArticleOfgem Reveals OFTO Tender Round 5 Start Date
UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem will start the fifth tender round (TR5) for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind...
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