Ørsted will start surveying potential landfall locations in Delaware for the Skipjack Wind 1 export cable this month, according to the local media, which reports the developer will survey the seafloor and coastal terrain at three locations near Bethany Beach. The developer will deploy three vessels
Odfjell Oceanwind plans to order the first batch of floating Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) later in 2022, with a plan of going into operation in 2024. The units will be operated as one fleet under Odfjell Oceanwind’s management. Odfjell Oceanwind, part of Norway’s Odfjell Group, is developing a
Hellenic Cables has won a contract by Van Oord Offshore Wind UK for the supply of 66 kV inter-array cables and accessories for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. Under the contract, Hellenic Cables will design, engineer, manufacture, test and supply approximately 360 kilometers of 66
Orient Cable has won a cable engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by MingYang Smart Energy for a 500 MW offshore wind project in China. The Chinese power cable specialist will deliver 220 kV export and 35 kV inter-array cables under the contract valued at more than
DEME Offshore has contracted Proserv Controls for the delivery of the monitoring system for inter-array cables for the first two phases of the Dogger Bank offshore wind project. Proserv will supply its Electro Cable Guard (ECG) cable monitoring system (CMS) for Dogger Bank A and B, integrating appli
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean (LDTVO) plans to start the second inter-array cable installation campaign at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm offshore France in mid-March. Back in September 2018, a consortium of LDTVO and Prysmian officially secured a contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cable
SSE Renewables has issued contract notices seeking Tier 1 contractors for the Arklow Bank Phase 2 wind farm project offshore Ireland. Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 is located approximately 6 to 15 kilometres off the coast of Arklow, Co. Wicklow and covers an area approximately 27 kilometres long and
A rudderless cargo ship is drifting around the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea following a collision with an oil and chemicals tanker in heavy seas in the anchorage area near IJmuiden on Monday, 31 January, the Dutch Coastguard said. In one of its most recent updates on
National Grid Electricity System Operator, the UK’s electricity system operator, has published Networks Options Assessment (NOA) for 2022 recommending more than £5 billion (around $6.7 billion) worth of grid infrastructure investments in the North of Scotland.
Fugro has partnered up with the University of Houston (UH) and its four partnering universities on a collaborative project to advance geo-data science skills in the energy sector. The Data Science for the Energy Transition project, funded through a three-year grant with the National Science Foundati
A European transmission system operator (TSO) is on the market for engineering, procurement, construction & installation (EPCI) services for an artificial energy island to be completed by August 2026.
Denmark’s Energinet has awarded MMT with a contract to carry out cable route surveys at the planned energy island in the Baltic Sea and associated offshore wind projects. The Energy Island, located on the island of Bornholm, some 15 kilometers offshore, will connect Germany and Denmark to an offshor
Asso Group has taken over the dive support and construction vessel (DSCV) SBM Installer, following a purchase agreement with SBM Offshore. The vessel was delivered to Asso Group on 19 January in Algeciras, Spain, and was renamed Athena, hoisting the Greek flag. Over the next days, it will be re-clas
DEME Offshore has awarded Greece’s Hellenic Cables with the contract to supply inter-array cables for the third and final phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger bank offshore wind farm – the Dogger Bank C. With this contract, Hellenic Cables has become the sole supplier of inter-array cables for the world’s lar
