Fugro Returning to Rampion Next Week
Fugro's multi-purpose offshore vessel Fugro Symphony will return to the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm next week to install the remaining inter-array cables at the site located some 13 kilometres off...
View ArticleEC Okays Danish Support for Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm
The European Commission has found support to be granted to the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Danish territorial waters to be in line with EU state aid rules.
View ArticleTenneT Issues Hollandse Kust Export Cables Call
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has invited tenders for provision and installation of high voltage alternating current (HVAC) cables that will connect the three offshore substations at the...
View ArticleGerman Offshore Wind Farms Smash Annual Generation Record
German offshore wind farms in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea generated 12.09 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in 2016, a 45.7 percent jump compared to 8.3 TWh generated by wind farms off Germany...
View ArticleTenneT Backs Its Offshore Grid Plans with EUR 1 Billion Green Hybrid Bond
TenneT launched and priced the first-ever green hybrid bond in an amount of EUR 1 billion on 29 March.
View ArticleTrelleborg Puts NjordGuard CPS Through Paces
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has completed a series of wet tests to verify the capabilities and functionality of its NjordGuard cable protection system for installation and removal on J-tube and...
View ArticleSecond Walney Extension Offshore Substation Leaves Hoboken
The second offshore substation built by the Engie Fabricom/Iemants consortium for DONG Energy's 660MW Walney Extension wind farm has set sail from the Engie Fabricom site in Hoboken, Belgium, bound for...
View ArticleNordsee One Delivers First Power
The 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm has started delivering power to the German grid, Nordsee One GmbH, the owner and developer of the project, reports.
View ArticleTenneT Granted EUR 350 Million EIB Loan for NordLink
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide a EUR 350 million loan to TenneT to finance the 1.4GW NordLink high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea interconnector between Norway and Germany.
View ArticleIcebreaker Hits a Snag
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has found the application submitted by the Icebreaker Windpower Inc. for a certificate to construct the 20.7MW Icebreaker offshore wind farm in Lake Erie not to be in...
View ArticlePrysmian and ABB Secure IFA2 Interconnection Contracts
National Grid UK and France's Réseau de Transport d'Electricité (RTE) have awarded contracts with a combined value of around EUR 620 million for the supply of cables and converter stations for the...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 3 – 9 April 2017
Siemens Wind Power CEO to Head Siemens-Gamesa Offshore Business Markus Tacke, previously CEO of Siemens Wind Power, will head the Offshore business at the new company established by Siemens and Gamesa...
View ArticleNKT Takes Delivery of Cable-Laying Newbuilding
NKT Cables has taken delivery of the newbuilding cable-laying vessel which was part of the recently completed acquisition of ABB HV Cables.
View ArticleGalloper OSS Topside Rolled Onto Barge
The substation topside built by Heerema Fabrication Group for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm has been loaded onto a barge at the fabricator's Hartlepool yard.
View ArticleEnerginet.dk Invites Bids for Client Representative Services
Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk has invited tenders for client representative services both onshore and offshore.
View ArticleRampion Readies for OSS Topside Installation
Antwerp-based offshore marine contractor Scaldis is getting ready to install the offshore substation topside at the 400MW Rampion wind farm off the coast of Sussex, UK.
View ArticleGermany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid
Germany's Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for grid connections and funding for existing offshore wind farm...
View ArticleShell Makes Case for 20GW of Dutch Offshore Wind by 2030
Oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell has called on the government in the Netherlands to increase its target for installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 to 20 gigawatts, Reuters reports.
View ArticleOleg Strashnov Installs Walney Extension Substations
Seaway Heavy Lifting's vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed two offshore substations on DONG Energy's 660MW Walney Extension wind farm in the Irish Sea.
View ArticleElia Board Greenlights Modular Offshore Grid Project
The board of directors of Belgium's transmission system operator Elia has approved the EUR 400 million investment into the so-called electricity plug, or Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the North Sea.
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