Highlights of the Month: September 2016
Areva Sells Its Stake in Adwen to Gamesa for EUR 60 Million Areva has decided to sell its 50% stake in the offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen for EUR 60 million to Gamesa, with which Areva had a...
View ArticleEDS Wins Rampion Cable Termination and Testing Contract
UK-based high voltage engineering specialist, EDS Group, has been chosen to complete cable termination and jointing work at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. The site which is based off the Sussex...
View ArticleABB and Aibel Forge Offshore Wind Links
ABB and Aibel have formed a strategic partnership to deliver offshore wind integration solutions. ABB will focus on its high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology, while Aibel will take turnkey...
View ArticleIberdrola Returns to Navantia for East Anglia ONE Offshore Substation
Spanish energy company Iberdrola has awarded the compatriot Navantia with a EUR 65 million contract to construct an offshore substation for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm in the UK’s...
View ArticleVattenfall Unveils Norfolk Vanguard Onshore Plans
Vattenfall has revealed early plans for the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm, including its decision to bury around 50km of onshore transmission cables under ground. After coming to an agreement...
View ArticleOfgem Sets Galloper and Walney Extension OFTO Tender Dates
UK’s Ofgem will launch competitive tenders for offshore transmission licences for the 336MW Galloper and the 660MW Walney Extension wind farm on 27 February, 2017. Ofgem initially planned to kick off...
View ArticleTenneT and Siemens Top Out BorWin3 Converter Station
Transmission systems operator TenneT and Siemens have held a topping-out ceremony for the Emden/Ost converter station, part of the 900MW BorWin3 grid connection project. The land station Emden/Ost is...
View ArticleEWE Trading to Market Merkur’s Power
Merkur Offshore GmbH has awarded EWE Trading, part of the Oldenburg-based energy provider EWE, with a contract to market the electricity produced by the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 03 – 09 October 2016
26 Bidders Apply for Borssele III & IV The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has received 26 applications for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the governmental body reported after the...
View ArticleENSM Starts Engineering Course on Offshore Structures
France’s National Maritime School (the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Maritime or ENSM) has just welcomed the first class of a new course focused on offshore systems, including systems used for offshore...
View ArticleHavila Phoenix Ready for Race Bank
DeepOcean has completed the mobilisation of the T3200 subsea trenching system onto the Havila Phoenix and the vessel is now ready for cable works at DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm....
View ArticleHas Cape Wind Lost the Battle of Nantucket Sound?
Cape Wind Associates has dismissed its appeal against a decision by the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board to deny the company a two-year extension on permits for two subsea cables that would...
View ArticleGround for COBRAcable Broken in Denmark
Danish Energy Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt and Chairman of Energinet.dk, Kim Andersen, broke ground for the COBRAcable today, thus marking the start of works on the subsea interconnector between...
View ArticleTenneT Issues EUR 500 Million Green Bond
Transmission systems operator TenneT Holding B.V. has issued a new, EUR 500 million Green Bond, bringing its total long-term debt in green format to EUR 3 billion. TenneT launched and priced the...
View ArticleWind to Meet 5% of Global Power Demand by Year-End
The total installed wind capacity is expected to reach 500 GW by the end of 2016 and cover 5% of global power supply, according to the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA). The worldwide wind capacity...
View ArticleSeaRenergy and Fichtner to Keep TenneT’s Converter Stations Safe
The SeaRenergy – Fichtner consortium has been awarded a contract to provide revision and development of all risk assessments for offshore and onshore converter stations operated by the Dutch and German...
View ArticleMitsubishi Electric to Build HVDC Verification Facility in Amagasaki
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corporation plans to enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility...
View ArticlePfisterer Unveils Size 6 CONNEX Cast Resin Joint
Pfisterer has expanded its line of gas-free joints with the dry, pluggable CONNEX size 6 cast resin joint. The new cable connection for voltages of up to 170 kV is particularly well suited to offshore...
View ArticleBeatrice Digs Into Scottish Ground
The 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm project reached another milestone with the recent breaking of ground near Portgordon in Moray, Scotland, SSE reports. Enabling works are now underway at the main...
View ArticlePrysmian Scores Rentel Inter-Array Cable Supply Deal
Tideway B.V., part of DEME Group, has awarded Prysmian Group with a EUR 13 million contract to supply inter-array cables and accessories for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm in Belgian North Sea....
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