CABILITY Delivers New Submarine Cables Stability Guidelines
Wood has led a joint industry project (JIP) to improve knowledge and understanding of submarine cables behaviour on the marine environment and rocky seabed, and develop a new set of industry guidelines.
View ArticleSSE and EDF Get a Rejection Letter from CMA
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has dismissed an appeal by SSE and EDF Energy against Ofgem's decision to reject their request to modify industry rules.
View ArticleArkona OSS Foundation Ready for Delivery
STX France has transported the offshore substation jacket foundation for the Arkona offshore wind farm to a quay in the Saint-Nazaire Port, from where it will be placed on a barge and transported to...
View ArticleSTX France Hands Over Arkona Offshore Substation
STX France has organised a delivery ceremony for the Arkona offshore substation in Saint-Nazaire, France.
View ArticleEDS HV Concludes Rampion Works
EDS HV Group has completed cable termination and testing works at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm located off Sussex, UK.
View ArticleNexans Goes Full Steam Ahead with Beatrice Works
Nexans has completed the installation of its 400kV Outdoor Sealing Ends at Blackhillock, where the onshore substation for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm is being built.
View ArticleSeaway Heavy Lifting to Install Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard Platform
Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has secured a contract to install the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for Elia's Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.
View ArticleElia Picks LOC France for MOG Cable and Platform Surveys
Belgian transmission system operator Elia has appointed London Offshore Consultants (France) SARL as the marine warranty surveyor for submarine cables and the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the...
View ArticleWestwood: Offshore Wind to Fuel Subsea Cable Demand Spike
The demand for subsea cables in the offshore wind industry will grow at a 15% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) in the period from 2018 to 2022, accounting for 45% of the overall forecast demand for...
View ArticleHeerema Starts Building Elia’s OSY Platform
Belgian transmission system operator Elia has awarded Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) with a contract for the fabrication of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG)...
View ArticleInch Cape Proposes New Onshore Substation Site
After the Inch Cape Offshore team had spent the last year consulting on a new location for its onshore infrastructure, based on the feedback received on the initial application, the developer has now...
View ArticleWescott Industrial Services Preps Beatrice OTM Steel
The UK-based Wescott Industrial Services has completed the preparation and coating of the steel surfaces for the Siemens Offshore Transformer Modules (OTM) to be used on the Beatrice offshore wind farm.
View ArticleBEIS Nods to Hornsea Two Onshore Works Site Tweaks
UK's Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has approved an increase in the total works area for the Hornsea Project Two onshore substation site.
View ArticleElia Reveals Main MOG Contract Winners
Belgian transmission system operator Elia is on track to complete the Modular Offshore Grid by September 2019 after awarding all the main contracts for the project.
View ArticleSweden Tackles Offshore Wind Grid Connection Costs
The Swedish Energy Agency has, on behalf of the government, examined two different models to remove the grid connection costs for offshore wind power.
View ArticleSiemens Working on Commissioning Beatrice OTM 1
Siemens Transmission and Distribution is carrying out commissioning works on the recently installed Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in preparation for the...
View ArticleArkona Offshore Substation On the Move
The offshore substation topside built for the Arkona offshore wind farm has left STX France's yard in Saint Nazaire and is now en route to the German Baltic Sea.
View ArticleEDS HV Wraps Up Cable Sentry Trials at Gwynt y Môr
High voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group has successfully completed trials at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm as part of its EU Funded Horizon 2020 project.
View ArticleDutch Government Reveals 11.5GW by 2030 Offshore Wind Roadmap
The Dutch government has presented the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030, setting out plans for the development of additional 7GW of offshore wind capacity in the 2024-2030 period.
View ArticleTenneT Presents Future Dutch Grid Connection Plans
Following the release of the Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030, TenneT has tabled proposals on how to connect offshore wind farms in the Holland Coast (West), North of the Wadden Sea Islands, and...
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