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  • Developers Seek Interest in UK-Norway Interconnector Cabling Work

    20 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    National Grid NSN Link Ltd and Statnett SF have issued a call for Expressions of Interest for their subsea electricity interconnector project that will run between Norway and the UK. The scope of the work for a submarine and underground cable system covers, but is not limited to: design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, assembly, testing, […]

  • BARD and Typhoon Offshore Partners in Offshore Wind Farms

    2 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    BARD Holding and the Netherlands based green investment firm Typhoon Offshore have signed an agreement to jointly build windfarms on the North Sea. BARD Holding will focus mainly on the technical realization of the wind farms and Typhoon Offshore mainly on the structuring and financing thereof. Dr. Stephan Bormann, deputy managing director BARD Holding GmbH […]

  • The hidden costs of cutting corners in the early phases of offshore wind projects

    9 March 2022

    James Hunt (Interconnectors & Cables Lead, Xodus) and Matt Blythe (Co-Founder, Continuum Industries), explain why offshore wind developers need to understand how more detailed and early optioneering on marine export cable routes can generate financial value at EVERY stage of their project The first priority for offshore wind developers that have secured sites in recent […]

  • Keystone Shipping Joins US Offshore Wind Vessels Pact

    21 November 2019
    Vessels

    Green Shipping Line and Kongstein have finalized an agreement with Keystone Shipping Company to operate future shuttle vessels in the U.S. offshore wind market. The deal follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Green Shipping Line and Kongstein signed at the beginning of the year for the provision of a complete offshore wind farm supply […]

  • E.ON to Hold Public Consultations for Rampion Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    26 January 2012

    E.ON is planning to construct the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm between 8 (13km) and 15 miles (24km) out to sea. The site can accommodate an installed capacity of up to 700 megawatts (MW), enough to power around 450,000 homes. Dave Rogers, Regional Director for Renewables at E.ON, says: “Round 3 challenges us to build even […]

  • ZF Wind Power Places 15 MW Test Rig Order at R&D Test Systems

    25 April 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    ZF Wind Power has ordered a 15 MW end-of-line test rig from R&D Test Systems which will support the testing of two powertrains a day. In the first quarter of 2024, the first serial-produced 15 MW powertrain for the offshore wind market will leave the ZF Wind Power factory in Lommel, Belgium. Before these powertrains […]

  • 8 in 10 UK Bosses Support Offshore Wind

    19 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    A poll of nearly 1,000 bosses by the Institute of Directors found that nearly eight in ten, or 78.8% to be more precise, support the increased deployment of offshore wind in UK waters. 998 members of the Institute of Directors replied to the survey between 11-26 May 2016. Out of those surveyed, 44.5% strongly support increased development […]

  • Work Kicks Off on DolWin3 Onshore Work

    16 May 2014

    The ground-breaking ceremony for the onshore converter station took place at the Dörpen West site in Heede, Germany, yesterday. Representatives of Transmission System Operator TenneT, contractor Alstom and the mayors of the joint municipalities of Dörpen and Heede, together with local and regional politicians and public figures attended the event. The onshore station is a key […]

  • TenneT Takes BorWin3 Reins

    13 February 2020
    Grid Connection

    Siemens and Petrofac have handed over the 900MW BorWin3 offshore grid connection system in the German North Sea to TenneT. The grid link was handed over following several weeks of testing, and TenneT has now taken over the maintenance and operation of the connection. The link was commissioned in August 2019. Siemens was responsible for […]

  • RWE to Help Louisiana’s Oil & Gas Supply Chain Diversify into Offshore Wind

    5 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    RWE Renewables has partnered with Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) and the GNOwind Alliance to help establish an offshore wind supply chain in Louisiana that could serve projects across the US. Germany-based offshore wind developer will collaborate with GNO, Inc. and GNOwind Alliance on building a programme that will help existing Louisiana companies, especially […]

  • Energy Secretary Steven Chu Approves Google’s Offshore Orid Project (USA)

    24 October 2010
    Grid Connection

    Google’s plan to build an undersea power line for offshore wind farms along the East Coast drew praise Friday from U.S. Energy Secretary… By David R. Baker (sfgate) [mappress] Source: sfgate, October 25, 2010;

  • Sevear Cold With no Wind Presents a Problem for Wind Turbines (UK)

    26 January 2011

    The Meteorological Office recently confirmed that December was the coldest December since records began in 1824 and, during this period… (halifaxcourier) [mappress] Source: halifaxcourier, January 26, 2011

  • Germany Raises 2030 Offshore Wind Target to 20 GW

    12 May 2020
    Authorities

    German federal government, the coastal states, and the transmission system operators have signed a joint agreement to raise Germany’s offshore wind capacity target from 15 GW to 20 GW by 2030. Following the meeting of the energy ministers last week, the final work on the agreement has now been completed. With the agreement, all parties […]

  • Dorsalys to Build Onshore Substation for 496 MW French Offshore Wind Farm

    25 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has commissioned Dorsalys to build an onshore substation which will enable the Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore wind farm to be connected to its grid. The transformer station, located on land three kilometres from the subsea cable landing point, is scheduled for delivery in spring 2025. The substation […]

  • Ofgem Consults on Changes to Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Incentive (UK)

    29 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Ofgem is consulting on changes to the incentives for owners of the transmission links (OFTOs) to offshore wind farms.   (utilityweek) [mappress] Source: utilityweek,March 29, 2011  

  • ABB wins $50 million service contracts for offshore wind farms (Switzerland)

    14 October 2010
    R&D

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth more than $50 million from the German transmission system operator, TenneT TSO (formerly transpower), to provide maintenance services for the grid connections of offshore wind farms located in the North Sea off the coast of Germany. The three-year contract has extension options. “Offshore […]

  • UK: Hogan Lovells Advises Lenders to Blue Transmission Consortium on GBP 110 Million OFTO Purchase

    28 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Hogan Lovells advised the bank lenders to the Blue Transmission consortium of Macquarie Capital Group Limited and Barclays Integrated Infrastructure Fund on the consortium’s successful bid to acquire and operate the transmission link to the Walney 2 offshore wind farm for £110 million. The lending group comprised Lloyds Banking Group, SMBC, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, […]

  • ESS Group Inc. Expands to Hampton Due to Increased Activity in Mid-Atlantic Offshore Energy Development (USA)

    31 March 2011

    ESS Group Inc., an environmental consulting and engineering services firm, will open a new office at the Peninsula Town Center in Hampton,…   (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, March 31, 2011

  • ABB Delivers East West Interconnector to EirGrid (Ireland)

    14 August 2013
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group has delivered the East West Interconnector to EirGrid, the Irish transmission system operator. The 500-megawatt (MW) transmission connection is the highest capacity link of its kind, based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology, to go into commercial operation. The interconnector establishes an important link between the Irish […]

  • Northland Cancels Deutsche Bucht Mono Bucket Project

    17 March 2020
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Canada’s Northland Power has elected to permanently forego the installation of the Deutsche Bucht Mono Bucket Foundations Demonstrator Project. As reported earlier, the installation of the two turbines utilizing mono bucket foundations at the wind farm in the German North Sea was paused in the fourth quarter of 2019 following the identification of technical issues. […]

  • TenneT TSO GmbH Looking For AC Subsea Cable Supplier

    12 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Bayreuth-based TenneT TSO GmbH has, via DC-Netz BorWin3 GmbH, issued a tender for a supplier of an AC submarine cable to link an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea to the grid connection system. The tender calls for manufacture, supply and installation of the subsea cable in the Cluster 8 of the German Exclusive Economic Zone, including […]

  • Kentish Flats Extension: A Billion Cups of Tea Anyone?

    11 November 2015
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish power company Vattenfall reported that the Kentish Flats Extension has generated enough electricity for the annual consumption of 7,072 homes (based on the DECC’s figure provided for the average annual UK household consumption) since the first of fifteen MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW wind turbines installed off Whitstable and Herne Bay started generating power on August […]

  • Ireland Could Cash In EUR 10 Billion from Wind Energy a Year

    4 November 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ireland could generate EUR 10 billion a year from wind power, estimates the National Offshore Wind Association spokesman Grattan Healy, reports the Irish Times. The offshore wind electricity is the best option for export to Britain since “planning offshore is easier, there’s nobody living there and we’ve done our environmental impact assessments,” says National Offshore […]

  • Floating wind turbines as new clean energy

    12 July 2010
    R&D

    Strong sea breezes offer one of the best options for generating electricity from the wind. And here’s the bonus: since humans like to…   [mappress] Source: scientificamerican, July 12, 2010;

  • Equinor and SSE Eye Green Hydrogen Production for 1.32 GW Dogger Bank D

    6 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and Equinor, the developers of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, are exploring two options for Dogger Bank D, the fourth wind farm the partners are looking to build as part of the development. These include using Dogger Bank D for electricity that would feed into the UK grid and/or for […]

  • TenneT Floats EUR 22 Billion Budget for Future Projects

    8 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    TenneT, an electricity transmission system operator with activities in the Netherlands and Germany, invested EUR 1,46 billion in grid connections for offshore wind farms in 2015, and announced further EUR 22 billion of investments in onshore and offshore electricity infrastructure in the next ten years. A part of the investment budget will go towards the realization of an offshore AC […]