Belgium Inaugurates Stevin Line
On 21 November, Belgian transmission system operator Elia officially inaugurated the Stevin high-voltage line which will, i.a., transport the wind energy generated offshore to the mainland via the...
View ArticleCDC to Buy Brayton Point Power Station. Eyes Offshore Wind Potential
Commercial Development Company (CDC), a U.S. commercial real estate and brownfield redevelopment company plans to buy the retired Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, identified as having big...
View ArticleNexans Opens High Voltage Test Lab in Calais
Nexans has opened a new high voltage test laboratory at its Calais Center of Excellence in France, making it fully operational with the capacity to test cable systems up to 1.5 million volts.
View ArticleKriegers Flak Offshore Substation Topsides Start Rolling Out
Hollandia Offshore and Croonwolter&dros have moved the Kriegers Flak B (KFB) offshore substation topside from Hollandia Offshore's production hall in Krimpen aan den IJssel and into the yard.
View ArticleVattenfall to Seek Thanet Extension PEIR Feedback
Vattenfall will kick off the statutory consultation process on the Thanet Extension offshore wind farm project to get feedback on the Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR).
View ArticleParkwind Issues Call For Northwester 2 Export Cable
Belgian offshore wind developer Parkwind is looking for a provider of an export cable for the 228MW Northwester 2 wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.
View ArticleOfgem Selects Transmission Capital Partners as Dudgeon OFTO
Ofgem has appointed Transmission Capital Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high-voltage transmission link to the Dudgeon offshore wind farm for the next 20 years.
View ArticleHSM Offshore Extends Joulz Contract with Borssele Beta
HSM Offshore has contracted Joulz Energy Solutions as subcontractor for TenneT's 700MW Borssele Beta to be built offshore at Borssele in the south-west of the Netherlands.
View ArticleRampion Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power
The 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm has generated first power after the first MHI Vestas 3.3MW turbine was brought online earlier this week, E.ON, the owner and developer of the wind farm, said.
View ArticleGlomar Wave Wraps Up Rentel Wire Works
Glomar Offshore's multi-purpose DP2 subsea support vessel Glomar Wave has executed a project for GeoSea on the Rentel offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.
View ArticleTenneT Offers Ways to Dutch Offshore Wind Capacity Surge
Transmission system operator TenneT has laid out its ideas for supporting the possible further expansion of offshore wind energy in the Dutch North Sea.
View ArticleStatoil Orders Hywind Scotland Battery Set
Norwegian energy company Statoil has awarded a contract to Younicos to deliver a 1MW battery system that will be connected to Hywind Scotland, the world's first commercial floating wind farm.
View ArticleStudy: Multitasking Interconnectors Increase Utilisation while Reducing Costs
The WindConnector concept -an offshore grid infrastructure solution that can transmit electricity generated by offshore wind farms and interconnect electricity markets in the North Sea - holds the...
View ArticleZephIR Combines Lidars with Offshore Substations
ZephIR Lidar has released details of a new meteorological standard which shows that offshore substations on operational wind farms can now be delivered with a ZephIR 300M wind lidar as part of a...
View ArticleHohe See Offshore Substation Rolls Out
ENGIE Fabricom has rolled out the substation topside being built for the Hohe See offshore wind farm at the company's yard in Hoboken, Belgium.
View ArticleCross-Border Offshore Wind Solutions Key to Meeting EU Target
Developing cross-border solutions in the offshore wind sector will be key to meeting the target set by the European Commission, said Christopher Jones, Deputy Director General for Energy at the...
View ArticleKriegers Flak Substation Foundations Start Taking Shape
The first steel structure which will support one of Kriegers Flak offshore substations was placed onto the concrete section of the gravity based foundation (GBF) at the port of Ostend, Belgium, Jan De...
View ArticleLewek Connector Secures Hornsea One Charter
Norway's Ocean Yield ASA has entered into a time charter contract for the vessel Lewek Connector which will conduct cable lay operations for Ørsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm project in...
View ArticleØrsted Picks Greater Changhua Cable Installation Partner
Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Woen Jinn Harbour Engineering to make the Taiwanese company the preferred offshore cable installation partner for the Greater Changhua...
View ArticleThe Carbon Trust Chooses Windar LiDARs for New Project
The Carbon Trust has selected Windar Photonics to supply LiDARs for a new project launched as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme.
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