Schleswig-Holstein Wants More Offshore Wind
The state government of Schleswig-Holstein has called for an additional expansion of Germany's 2030 and 2035 offshore wind capacity targets.
View ArticleRentel OSS Topside Touches Down
The topside of the offshore substation for the Rentel offshore wind farm has been installed in the Belgian North Sea, Rentel NV, the owner and developer of the 309MW wind farm said.
View ArticleWIND Secures Export Cable Storage Contract
Dutch specialist in subsea cable logistics WIND has won a contract for the storage of 2 x 25km export cables for a wind farm in the Baltic Sea.
View ArticleBeatrice Schedules First Power for July
The 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm is expected to produce first electricity in July this year, SSE, one of the owners of the wind farm, said.
View ArticleKCI and Tractebel Join Hands in French Offshore Wind Projects
KCI The Engineers is supporting Tractebel at the Dieppe et Le Tréport and Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farms in France by providing the structural know-how to the engineering team for the...
View ArticleArkona Offshore Substation Topside Changes Scenery
STX France has moved the offshore substation topside for the Arkona wind farm from the Forme B dock in Saint-Nazaire to the Forme 1 dock belonging to the Port Authorities.
View ArticleGermany Sets Out Offshore Wind Tender Rules
Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has announced the terms of the second competitive tender for grid connection and offshore wind farm compensation.
View ArticleBeatrice Export Cable Section Arrives in Peterhead
The first section of the second export cable which will connect the Beatrice offshore wind farm to the Scottish grid arrived in Peterhead on Monday, 29 January, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited...
View ArticleRace Bank Offshore Wind Farm Goes Full Throttle
Full power output has been achieved at Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm located off the North Norfolk coast, UK.
View ArticleVBMS Pulls In First EOWDC Export Cable
VBMS has pulled ashore the first export cable for Vattenfall's 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) located in the Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.
View ArticleVan Oord Picks WIND for Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cable Works
Van Oord has contracted Dutch subsea cable logistics specialist WIND to support the cable transfer operations on the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind project.
View ArticleConnecticut Joins US Offshore Wind Race
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) of the US state of Connecticut has issued a Request for Proposals (RfP) seeking to solicit up to 825,000 MWh of offshore wind-generated...
View ArticleFirst Beatrice OTM Jacket In Place
Seaway Heavy Lifting has installed the first of the two jacket foundations for the Siemens Offshore Transformer Modules on the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.
View ArticleSeaproof Adds to Hornsea One Order Book
Ørsted has awarded Seaproof Solutions with a contract extension to supply all inter-array cable protection systems (CPS) for its 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK.
View ArticleFirst Beatrice OTM Heads for Installation
The first Siemens Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) has left Rosyth and is on its way to the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.
View ArticleHornsea One Digs Up Lincolnshire’s Past
Wessex Archaeology has unearthed numerous archaeological remains in Lincolnshire, UK, and the surrounding area as part of the onshore construction works for Ørsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind...
View ArticleOffshore Wind Accelerator Opens Black Start Competition
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has issued a call for expressions of interest in its new innovation competition, aiming to develop and enhance black start capabilities for offshore...
View ArticleAll Nissum Turbines Installed, Cabling Work Nearing Completion
The fourth and final Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbine was installed at the Nissum Bredning site in January, with cabling works now well underway and expected to be completed soon, according to the...
View ArticleHR Wallingford and Rostock University Collaborate on Scour Research
HR Wallingford and the University of Rostock are conducting a research on the development of scour on offshore substation jacket foundations located in the German part of the North Sea.
View ArticleTenneT Issues Offshore Substation Certification Call
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO has invited certifying authorities to submit their bids for the certification for the execution phase of the Alpha and the Beta offshore substation...
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