Ørsted Streamlines Hornsea Project Three
Ørsted has published updated plans for the proposed Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm, highlighting the changes that have been made as a result of feedback received through consultation events,...
View ArticleTenneT Seeks Subsea Drilling Team
TenneT TSO has issued a call for delivery and installation of HDPE pipelines which will house the nearshore and onshore sections of export cables in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) wind farm zone in the...
View ArticleTriton Knoll Team Starts Onshore Site Prep Works
Pre-construction works are set to start around the onshore Triton Knoll electrical system, as innogy's 860MW offshore wind project gears up for the start of construction this summer.
View ArticleAnbaric to Develop Massachusetts Offshore Wind Grid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted Anbaric Development Partners (ADP) the rights to solicit customers and sell transmission rights to a 2GW–2.4GW offshore wind transmission...
View ArticleBard Offshore 1 Claims Top Producer Accolade in Germany
The 400MW BARD Offshore 1, Germany's largest operating offshore wind farm, generated 1.488 TWh of electricity in 2017, a 13% increase year-on-year.
View ArticleHSM Offshore Rolls Out Borkum Riffgrund 2 Topside
Schiedam-based HSM Offshore has rolled out the offshore substation topside for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm from the construction hall to the yard.
View ArticleVineyard Wind Moves Through the System
The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office has advanced its environmental review of the proposed Vineyard Wind Connector transmission project by issuing a certificate regarding the...
View ArticleØrsted Applies For Fewer, Bigger Hornsea Two Offshore Substations
Ørsted has sent an application to the UK's Planning Inspectorate to reduce the maximum number of offshore HVAC collector substations permitted under the Hornsea Project Two Development Consent Order...
View ArticleNissum Bredning Produces First Power
The Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines on the Nissum Bredning demonstration site in Denmark produced first electricity on Saturday, 17 February, Nissum Brednings Vindmøllelaug said.
View ArticleTenneT Awards Maintenance Contracts
TenneT has awarded Aker Solutions, NSG Wind and Fichtner with contracts for the maintenance of onshore and offshore converter station components and AC power transmission systems in the Dutch and...
View ArticleJan De Nul Installs First Kriegers Flak Substation Foundation
Jan De Nul has installed the first of the two gravity-based foundations that will support the offshore substations on the 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea.
View ArticleFirst Offshore Transformer Module Installed at Beatrice
The installation of the first Beatrice Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) has been completed with the OTM 1 topside now placed on its jacket foundation that was installed earlier this month.
View ArticleVan Oord Chooses NSW Cables for DeBu Inter-Array Grid
Van Oord has awarded Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), a subsidiary of General Cable Corporation, to design, produce and deliver 45km of medium-voltage submarine power cables for the inter-array...
View ArticleNSG Wind Reveals TenneT Maintenance Contract Partner
NSG Wind has teamed up with Wilhelmsen Ship Management to jointly provide a complete technical maintenance solution for TenneT's onshore and offshore transformer stations and AC electricity...
View ArticleTriton Knoll Goes For Sleeker Look
Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited has filed an application to the UK's Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) seeking to make changes to the project's Development...
View ArticleGMS Sisters Reunite at Port of Blyth
Gulf Marine Systems' Self Elevating Support Vessel (SESV) GMS Evolution has joined her sister vessel GMS Endeavour in the Port of Blyth to undergo mobilisation for operations at the 1.2GW Hornsea...
View ArticleNexans Readying for Cable Pull-In to Beatrice OTM 1
Nexans is scheduled to carry out the pull-in of the export cable 1.2 to the first Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site. The works are scheduled to start on 24...
View ArticleRTE Opens Dunkirk Offshore Substation Design Tender
Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) is seeking a company to provide the basic design of an offshore substation (OSS) which will connect an offshore wind farm off Dunkirk to the French grid.
View ArticleVattenfall Champions HVDC Norfolk Offshore Wind Setup
Swedish energy group Vattenfall plans to deploy High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable technology to connect the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard and its sister project, the 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas, to the UK’s...
View ArticleSecond Kriegers Flak Substation Foundation Now In Place
The foundation for the second Kriegers Flak offshore substation was installed on 22 February, a few days after Jan de Nul installed the first one.
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