UK Offshore Wind Blows Past 2020 Cost Reduction Target
The cost of energy from offshore wind has fallen by 32% since 2012 and is now below the joint UK government and industry target of GBP 100 per megawatt hour (MWh) four years ahead of schedule,...
View ArticleEIB’s Renewable Energy Investments in UK Reach GBP 1.2 Billion
The European Investment Bank (EIB) invested almost GBP 1.2 billion in renewable energy projects in the UK throughout 2016. New EIB support for renewable energy related investment it the UK last year...
View ArticleScotland Counts on Offshore Wind in New Energy Strategy
The draft Scottish Energy Strategy has set out a new target to deliver the equivalent of 50 per cent of the energy required for Scotland’s heat, transport and electricity needs from renewable sources...
View ArticleMassachussetts Lawmakers Go All-In on Renewables
Massachusetts State Representatives Sean Garballey and Marjorie Decker, and State Senator Jamie Eldridge have filed a bill that would commit Massachusetts to obtain 100 per cent of its electricity from...
View ArticleVattenfall Closes In On Norfolk Vanguard Onshore Cable Route
Swedish offshore wind developer Vattenfall has narrowed the underground onshore cable route for the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm following public consultation. The potential development...
View ArticleVBMS Secures East Anglia ONE Inter-Array Cabling Contract
VBMS has been awarded an inter-array cabling contract by ScottishPower Renewables, for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 100 million and...
View ArticleSandbank Fully Up and Running
The 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm has been fully commissioned, Vattenfall reports. Sandbank, located 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea, delivered its...
View ArticlePrysmian Lands GBP 27 Million East Anglia ONE Contract
Prysmian informed today that it had been awarded a GBP 27 million contract for the land cable connection of the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.
View ArticleIDeCON Consortium Tackles HVDC Grid Design and Control Issues
Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom and Spain have formed a consortium dubbed IDeCON to combat technical barriers currently hampering the practical deployment of High Voltage Direct Current...
View ArticleMarine Warranty Surveyor Wanted for COBRAcable
Energinet.dk is looking to pre-qualify companies which will participate in a tender for a Marine Warranty Surveyor contract worth EUR 600,000 for offshore cable laying and cable protection at the...
View ArticleOrdtek Expands Mine Map to Cover Danish Waters
UK-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) specialist Ordtek has expanded the geographic scope of its interactive online mapping service, Mine Map, to cover Danish waters. The online tool has already been used...
View ArticleHighlights of the Month: January 2017
Ex-Statkraft Engineer Develops New Foundation Installation Solution Arild Bolsø, an engineer who worked for Statkraft in Norway and Forewind in the UK, has developed a new technical concept for...
View ArticleIcebreaker Windpower Applies for Construction Permit
Icebreaker Windpower Inc. has filed an application for a certificate to construct the 20.7MW Icebreaker offshore wind farm in Lake Erie with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB).
View ArticleAIS Prepping Deep Ocean Crew for Offshore Wind Work
AIS Training has secured a contract with offshore cable installation contractor, DeepOcean, to upskill its workers as the company prepares to deliver several new offshore wind contracts. The scope of...
View ArticleGerman TSOs Table Network Expansion Plans
German transmission system operators 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW have submitted the first drafts of the onshore and offshore network expansion plans (NEP and O-NEP) covering the period up...
View ArticleEIB Approves EUR 57 Million for Burbo Bank Extension Link
On 31 January, the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved more than EUR 7.8 billion of new financing which, inter alia, includes EUR 57 million (GBP 50 million) for the...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 30 January – 5 February 2017
Germany Launches First Competitive Offshore Wind Tender, 1.55GW Up for Grabs German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has issued an invitation to tender as part of the first competitive...
View ArticleTenneT Hires Hollandse Kust Noord EIA Team
Transmission systems operator TenneT has contracted Arcadis and Pondera Consult to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of an offshore grid which will deliver electricity generated at the...
View ArticleSiem Installs Veja Mate Inter-Array Cables 10 Weeks Early
Siem Offshore Contractors has completed the inter-array cable installation and post-lay burial activities at the Veja Mate offshore wind farm in German North Sea ten weeks ahead of schedule. Cable...
View ArticleTriton Knoll to Give Private Tours along Onshore Cable Route
Developers of the 900MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm will host several invite-only site visits over the next few weeks for contractors hoping to win the main installation contract for the project’s...
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