Siemens, Dragados Offshore, Nexans Bag DolWin6 Gig
Siemens has received an order from TenneT to supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for DolWin6, a grid connection for offshore wind farms in the German waters of the...
View ArticleJB-117 Deployed at DolWin Gamma Site
The self-elevating platform JB-117 has been deployed on the DolWin 3 project in Germany to provide crane support and accommodation services during the float over, installation, hook up and commission...
View ArticleCanyon Offshore to Trench North Sea Link
Prysmian has awarded Canyon Offshore with a multi-million pound contract for the provision of offshore cable trenching services on the North Sea Link interconnector, the 1.4GW subsea HVDC system with...
View ArticleBoskalis to Use New UXO Detection Technology at Borssele Zone
In October, Australian company Gap Explosive Ordnance Detection (EOD) will deliver a new system for detection of unexploded ordnance (UXO) to Boskalis, recently contracted together with Fugro to survey...
View ArticleOffshore ReWIND: The Most Read News in the First Half of 2017
To remind you of just how interesting the first half of 2017 was, the Offshore WIND editorial staff compiled a list of the most read articles published during first six months of this year. Even though...
View ArticleDiamond Transmission Partners Preferred Burbo Bank Extension OFTO
Ofgem has appointed Diamond Transmission Partners (DTP), a consortium comprising Mitsubishi Corporation and HICL Infrastructure Company, as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore...
View ArticleExpertise Hub VIDEO: Throwing Away the Rulebook to Roll Out Novel Solutions...
During the development of its new Offshore Transformer Module (OTM), Siemens team “threw away the rulebook” and got the weight down, because stripping the weight means stripping the costs. It removes...
View ArticleRES Nets Walney 2 OFTO O&M Contract
RES (Renewable Energy Systems) has been awarded a fifteen year contract to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the Walney 2 offshore transmission (OFTO) asset owned by Blue...
View ArticlePfisterer Joins East Anglia ONE Team
In cooperation with British cable manufacturer JDR, Pfisterer has received an order for the delivery of CONNEX cast resin joints and CONNEX plug connectors for up to 72.5kV for the networking of the...
View ArticleFirst NordLink Cable Starts Falling Into Place
The installation of the 1.4GW NordLink high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea interconnector between Norway and Germany has started, Norway's Stattnet reports.
View ArticleTriton Knoll Kicks Off Archaeological Campaign in Lincolnshire
Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm has begun an archaeological trial trenching campaign along the full route of the onshore export cable corridor in Lincolnshire.
View ArticleCWind Reburies Export Cable at Prinses Amaliawindpark
CWind, part of Global Marine Group (GMG), has completed a remedial cable burial project for Prinses Amaliawindpark (Princess Amalia Wind Farm), a wind farm off the Netherlands’ west coast.
View ArticleOfgem Shortlists Galloper and Walney Extension OFTO Bidders
Ofgem has announced shortlists of bidders competing to own and operate transmission links to the Galloper and Walney Extension wind farms off the coasts of Cumbria and Suffolk.
View ArticleSTX France Gives Arkona Offshore Substation Construction Update
STX France AS has lowered the third and final block of the offshore substation topside, being constructed for the Arkona offshore wind farm, onto a transportation barge in the drydock of the company's...
View ArticleInnogy Awards O&M Contract to EDS HV Management
Energy company innogy has awarded high voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Management a contract for operations and maintenance (O&M) management on the high voltage network at Rhyl Flats wind...
View ArticleTenneT Kicks Off BorWin3 Subsea Cable Installation Works
Prysmian's cable laying vessel Cable Enterprise is getting ready to install the next section of the 130-kilometre subsea cable link which will connect the 900Mw BorWin3 offshore station to the German...
View ArticleDEME Bags EUR 130 Million Deal for Belgian Modular Offshore Grid
Belgian transmission system operator Elia has awarded Dredging International, part of the DEME Group, with a contract for the subsea cable installation for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the...
View ArticleKriegers Flak Export Cable Makes Landfall in Denmark
An export cable for the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm made a successful landfall at Rødvig, Denmark, Energinet reports.
View ArticleJDR Completes Beatrice Inter-Array Cables
Hartlepool-based subsea cable specialist JDR has manufactured the inter-array cables for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm, Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (BOWL) said.
View ArticleMAATS Tech Delivers Cable Lay Equipment to NKT Victoria
UK engineers MAATS Tech delivered cable-laying equipment to NKT's newbuild NKT Victoria prior to the vessel's first project - the Caithness - Moray subsea link in Scotland.
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