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  • Malaysian Contractor to Build Nederwiek 1 HVDC Offshore Platform

    4 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), has secured a subcontract to build an offshore substation (OSS) high-voltage direct current (HVDC) platform required for TenneT’s 2 GW programme in the Netherlands. Under the subcontract awarded by Petrofac, the Malaysian company will be responsible for […]

  • Axess Wins Cable Work on Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    2 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Axess Technologies has secured a cable installation contract with HSM Offshore Energy for the Thor offshore wind farm located off the Danish west coast. The scope of work includes project management, engineering, pulling, terminating, and testing the internal platform cables into the Thor offshore substation topside, covering both 66 kV and 275 kV cable systems. […]

  • New Agreement to Keep LS Cable & System Busy Offshore South Korea

    21 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection

    Vena Energy’s subsidiary, Taean Wind Power, has selected LS Cable & System as the preferred submarine cable supplier for the 504 MW Taenan offshore wind farm in South Korea. Under the agreement, LS Cable will supply high-voltage subsea cables, which are essential for transmitting renewable energy from offshore turbines to the onshore grid. The company’s […]

  • Eiffage Details EPCIC Contract for Belgian Energy Island

    5 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    France-headquartered Eiffage has unveiled details about its engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract, which the company won last month to build four electrical substations for the world’s first artificial energy island, Princess Elisabeth Island. The contract was won through its Belgian arm Eiffage Métal subsidiary Smulders, in a consortium with HSM Offshore Energy […]

  • Export Cables for RWE’s Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Installed at Landfall Point

    25 June 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates

    A consortium of Boskalis and Orient Cable (NBOS) has completed the pull-in and burial of the second export cable for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore grid connection at the landfall location in Velsen-Noord, the Netherlands. The 700 MW grid connection will link the offshore wind farm that RWE will build in the Dutch North […]

  • Saipem 7000, Seaway Strashnov to Begin Dogger Bank B Offshore Construction Work

    9 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the offshore substation topside and monopile foundations is about to commence at Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm, the second of the three 1.2 GW phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Installation vessels Saipem 7000 and Seaway Strashnov are expected to arrive at the project site […]

  • 9.58 GW of Renewable Energy Contracts Signed in UK’s Latest CfD Auction

    15 November 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting

    The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), a UK government-owned company, has signed 130 contracts for a total of 9.58 GW of renewable energy generation, covering the projects that were successful in the country’s latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round 6 (AR6). AR6 secured a broad range of technologies from wind and solar to emerging, […]

  • RWE Installing Ultra-Fast Battery Storage in Netherlands, Part of OranjeWind Offshore Wind Project

    9 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Storage, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has started building an ultra-fast battery storage system with an installed capacity of 7.5 MW and a storage capacity of 11 MWh on the site of its power plant in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, as part of the OranjeWind offshore wind project that involves system integration solutions. Owned by RWE and TotalEnergies, the 760 MW […]

  • Heerema Installs Sofia Offshore Substation

    29 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore converter platform (OCP) has been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK. The installation was carried out by Heerema Marine Contractors, using its Sleipnir heavy-lift vessel as a subcontractor to the GE Vernova/Seatrium consortium responsible for the OCP. The platform, equivalent in height to an […]

  • Floating Power Plant Buys Siemens Gamesa Wind Turbine for Demonstrator Project

    26 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Denmark’s Floating Power Plant has purchased a wind turbine from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for its flagship demonstrator project located off the coast of Gran Canaria. According to the company, the selected wind turbine, a 4.3 MW SWT-DD-120 from Siemens Gamesa, fits Floating Power Plant’s requirements for a well-established technology. The wind turbine generator will […]

  • CIP Chooses Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore for Fengmiao 1 CSOV

    22 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has been awarded a charter for a newbuild Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2027, the new CSOV will be used to support the Fengmiao 1 project’s operations […]

  • Sleipnir Installs Hollandse Kust West Beta Substation Jacket

    22 May 2024
    Foundations, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel, Sleipnir, has installed the jacket foundation for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (west Beta) offshore substation in the Netherlands. On 16 May, the jacket foundation sailed on a floating pontoon from the Port of Vlissingen to its final destination about 53 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee. The 49-metre-high structure […]

  • Eversource Secures USD 89 Million for Offshore Wind Hub in Connecticut

    20 August 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    Eversource Energy, a US utility company, has secured a federal grant of USD 89 million (approximately EUR 80 million) to fund the development of new infrastructure aimed at enabling the interconnection of approximately 2.4 GW of offshore wind capacity throughout several states in New England. The Huntsbrook Offshore Wind (OSW) Hub consists of building a […]

  • Next-Gen Transmission Tech Under Development in Germany; Multiterminal Hubs to Enable Feeding Vast Amount of Offshore Wind Electricity Into Grid

    17 July 2024
    Grid Connection, Industry, Innovation, Onshore Infrastructure

    The four German transmission system operators (TSOs), 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT, and TransnetBW, and transmission system suppliers Siemens Energy, GE Vernova, and Hitachi Energy, have entered into a partnership to develop direct current (DC) multiterminal hubs that are said to enable an efficient utilisation and distribution of large amounts of electricity generated by offshore wind farms. […]

  • DemoSATH Floating Wind Platform Secures Final Prototype Certification

    27 September 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology

    Saitec Offshore Technologies, in collaboration with RWE and Kansai Electric Power, has been awarded the final prototype certification for the DemoSATH floating wind project by Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV). The final prototype certification of DemoSATH2MU by BV confirms that a comprehensive set of standards for safety, structural integrity, and operational feasibility, including BV […]

  • Ørsted to Buy Tesla Battery Energy Storage for Giant UK Offshore Wind Farm

    12 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Storage, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on battery energy storage for its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK, where the developer will use a Tesla system with a capacity of 600 MWh and a power rating of 300 MW. The battery energy storage system (BESS) will be installed in […]

  • Two South Korean Floating Offshore Wind Projects Receive EIA Approval

    28 August 2024
    Authorities, Environment, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    South Korea’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy have approved the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for Hexicon’s MunmuBaram project and Korea Floating Wind’s floating offshore wind project being developed off the coast of Ulsan. The EIA process, conducted by the MunmuBaram project team, involved a comprehensive examination of potential environmental impacts […]

  • French TSO Awards Multi-Billion-Euro Contract for Three Offshore Grid Connections

    22 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi Energy and Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the onshore converter stations and the offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1, Centre Manche 2, and Oléron offshore wind projects. The work scope consists of the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation on Dogger Bank A to Resume in May, Voltaire Undergoing Scheduled Maintenance in Netherlands

    27 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The jack-up vessel Voltaire has installed twelve wind turbines at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm in the UK so far and is currently in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, where it will undergo scheduled maintenance and return to the UK project in May. This is according to a Notice of Operations from the project issued […]

  • Fred. Olsen 1848’s Floating Wind Foundation Gets DNV Basic Design Certificate

    31 October 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain

    A floating wind foundation developed by Fred. Olsen 1848 has secured DNV Basic Design Certification after completing its basic design phase in accordance with DNV’s recently updated certification scheme for floating wind, DNV-SE-0422. According to the company, the foundation, dubbed BRUNEL, is one of the few foundation designs in the industry to have received DNV […]

  • Invenergy, energyRe Face Turbine Supplier Issues, Hit Pause on 2.4 GW Wind Project Offshore New Jersey

    5 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Invenergy Wind Offshore (Invenergy) has requested a delay from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) until late December for its proposed 2.4 GW offshore wind project near Long Beach Island. In a July filing with the board, the company, which is developing the wind farm together with energyRe, cited challenges in finding a […]

  • Ocean Winds, Eneco, and Otary to Jointly Bid in Belgian Offshore Wind Tender

    12 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, Eneco, and Otary have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly compete in the tender for the offshore wind Princess Elisabeth concessions in Belgium. The consortium was formed to compete in the upcoming tenders for the Princess Elisabeth Zone, with the first one expected in […]

  • All Inter-Array Cables In Place at First Dogger Bank Wind Farm Phase

    24 July 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Delivery partners have completed the installation of over 328 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables for Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, marking the completion of all inter-array cable work for this phase. The 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables were manufactured by Hellenic Cables under a contract with […]

  • LS Cable & System to Build ‘Largest US Subsea Cable Factory’ in Virginia

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    South Korea-based offshore wind cable manufacturer, LS Cable & System, has decided to build a manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, which the company says will be the largest factory of this kind in the United States. The factory will be built on a brownfield site in Chesapeake that spans some […]

  • European Offshore Wind Substations to Require USD 20 Billion Investment by 2030, Rystad Energy Says

    19 June 2024
    Grid Connection, Industry, Market Outlooks, Offshore Platforms, Outlook & Strategy

    According to a recent report from Rystad Energy, continental Europe will see the installation of 137 offshore substations over the coming decade, with an estimated total investment of USD 20 billion (approximately EUR 18.6 billion). According to the report, over 120 substations will be installed between 2024 and 2030 at a cost of around USD […]

  • DEME to Install Inter-Array Cables, Secondary Steel on OranjeWind Project in Netherlands

    25 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    DEME has been awarded a contract to carry out the transport and installation of inter-array cables and secondary steel for the 800 MW OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Scheduled to start in the second half of 2026, DEME will deploy offshore and cable installation vessels, a hopper dredger and a fallpipe vessel, as […]