Triton Knoll to Start Round 2 of Onshore Cable Surveys
Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm is due to begin a second round of site survey works in Lincolnshire next week, as it builds a detailed picture of local ground conditions at various locations along the...
View ArticleSouth Korea Tapping Into Dutch Offshore Wind Know-How
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and DUWIND/TU Delft have designed a long-term training programme for future South Korean experts who will work on developing offshore wind potential off...
View ArticleGerman Researchers Start Testing Offshore Wind Energy Storage System
German researchers have started trialing a 1:10 scale model of the StEnSea (Stored Energy in the Sea) undersea compressed air energy storage system designed to temporarily store electricity generated...
View ArticleSiem Offshore Contractors Nets Trianel Borkum II Inter-Array Cable Contract
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has been awarded a contract for a turnkey supply and installation of the inner array grid cable system for the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase II (TWB-II) offshore...
View ArticleIemants and Jan De Nul Win Kriegers Flak OSS Foundations Work
Energinet.dk and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH have awarded Iemants and Jan De Nul Group with a contract to construct, install, ballast and protect gravity based foundations (GBFs) for two offshore...
View ArticleABB Unveils Lightweight, AC Platform-Free HVDC Solution
ABB has presented a new, compact, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) solution for offshore wind which is said to cut the weight and the volume of an offshore platform by more than half and eliminate...
View ArticleVattenfall Cleared to Build Near Danish Shore
Swedish energy company Vattenfall can proceed with plans to develop a 350 MW near shore project off Denmark’s west coast after a majority in the Danish Parliament (Folketing) announced on Friday, 18...
View ArticleZTT Group Wins Binhai North Phase 2 Cable Contract
Chinese subsea power cables manufacturer ZTT Group has won a contract to provide 35kV and 220kV submarine composite cables with accessories for the 400MW Binhai North Phase 2 offshore wind farm in the...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 14 – 20 November 2016
Iemants and Jan De Nul Win Kriegers Flak OSS Foundations Work Energinet.dk and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH have awarded Iemants and Jan De Nul Group with a contract to construct, install, ballast and...
View ArticleBurbo Bank Extension Starts Producing
Electricity has been generated for the first time at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners PKA (25%) and KIRKBI A/S (25%). With...
View ArticleMaryland Public Service Commission Starts Reviewing Offshore Wind Applications
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) began a 180-day proceeding to evaluate two offshore wind project proposals on Monday, 21 November. PSC opened an application period for a USD 1.9 billion...
View ArticleTekmar to Keep Merkur Cables Protected
UK-based cable protection systems (CPS) specialist Tekmar Energy has been awarded a contract with Tideway B.V, part of DEME Group, to supply 150 of its TekLink CPS units for the 396MW Merkur offshore...
View ArticleFinal Bids in for EOWDC Research Programme
Sixteen shortlisted candidates for a EUR 3 million scientific research programme to understand the environmental impacts of offshore wind at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre...
View ArticlePortugal Okays 25MW WindFloat Atlantic
The Council of Ministers in Portugal has approved the development of the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic (WFA) floating wind farm project in Viana do Castelo. With the approval from the government, the project...
View ArticleRES to Take Care of Walney 1 OFTO Assets
RES has been awarded a five year contract to provide O&M services to offshore transmission assets owned by Blue Transmission Walney 1 Ltd. In addition to providing the scheduled and unscheduled...
View ArticleGermany Confirms Offshore Grid Development Plan by 2025
German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has confirmed a plan for the offshore grid development by 2025 (Offshore-Netzentwicklungsplan 2025), which regulates the connections of wind farms in...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 28 Nov – 04 Dec 2016
Germany Confirms Offshore Grid Development Plan by 2025 German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has confirmed a plan for the offshore grid development by 2025 (Offshore-Netzentwicklungsplan...
View ArticleVBMS to Link Kriegers Flak and Baltic 2
Nkt cables has appointed VBMS for the installation of approximately 50km of 150 kV AC high-voltage submarine cables for the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS). The project, owned by...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 12 – 18 December 2016
Oil & Gas Giant to Build Dutch Borssele III & IV Offshore Wind Farms The Dutch government announced that a consortium of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi / DGE won the second Borssele...
View ArticleHeijmans, Europoles Win TenneT’s Grid Upgrade Contract
TenneT has provisionally awarded Heijmans and Europoles with a EUR 200 million contract for the design and construction of high-voltage Wintrack pylons and foundations for the Eemshaven-Vierverlaten...
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