Installation works are well underway at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid – the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm – to ensure that electricity starts flowing to the Dutch grid in early May. The first of the wind farm’s 140 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD wind turbines was installed at the site s
Aibel has started the construction of the offshore converter platform for the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm – Dogger Bank C. The first steel for the platform was cut at Aibel’s Laem Chabang yard in Thailand. In keeping with the tradition, the steel was blessed by Thai monk
Boskalis informed on 20 April that the company won a contract for the transportation and installation of export cables for an offshore wind project, classifying the contract value as “significant”, which for Boskalis means it is worth between EUR 150-300 million. The company said the project for whi
Next Geosolutions has selected PanGeo Subsea, a Kraken Robotics company, to provide its sub-bottom imager (SBI) technology to conduct a survey along the Hollandse Kust West Beta cable routes. The London-headquartered NextGeo has been carrying out various works as part of its contract with TenneT for
NKT’s 140-meter long cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Victoria has commenced export cable installation activities at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind project in the UK. The work started on 17 April and will be performed on a continuous basis in two campaigns until approximately 2 June. The first campaig
The industry has been evidently hitting the pause button ahead of Easter. However, it seems like one part of the world still keeps going without slowing down. The Americas took the spotlight this week in offshore energy news headlines, with Canada and the U.S. steering the wheel.
Rise Light & Power and Delaware River Partners (DRP) have partnered up to collaborate on developing the first offshore wind cable manufacturing facility in New Jersey, the U.S. The development of the manufacturing facility at the Repauno Port & Rail Terminal in Greenwich Township is subject to the B
The Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm in the UK is set to undergo a pre-construction survey of its export cable corridor, following a series of export cable issues. Titan Endeavour will carry out the work, starting around 15 April and scheduled to take up to 7 days, subject to weather conditions. The p
ZTT Submarine Cable & System has secured a contract with a local contractor in Vietnam to deliver 83 kilometers of submarine composite cable for the Tan Phu Dong 1 nearshore wind project. ZTT is set to provide the bespoke design, supply and delivery of 35 kV submarine composite cable for the Tan Phu
The NeuConnect consortium has selected the contractors for cabling and converter station works for the first-ever energy link between the UK and Germany. Siemens Energy has been selected to supply the turnkey high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system for the project and will build two c
The current geopolitical crisis has been seen by many as a wake-up call and a nudge the world needed to pivot towards renewables, which are perceived as pillars of a net-zero future. In light of this, the offshore energy industry is putting the wheels into motion to step up decarbonisation as the wo
German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has issued a tender seeking boulder removal services on the cable route of the Ostwind 3 project. The contract covers, but is not limited to, the provision and operation of all assets necessary for the works, removal of boulders, and reporti
Ireland’s XOCEAN is set to soon commence non-intrusive unmanned subsea surveys of the inter-array cables and turbine locations at the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK. XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vessel (USV) X14 will begin the operations on 20 April for a duration of about 7 days on
The UK energy regulator Ofgem has granted provisional approval for the subsea electricity transmission high voltage direct current (HVDC) links that will connect Scotland and England. In a document published on Wednesday, 30 March, Ofgem said it considers “there is a clear consumer benefit in the Ea
