TenneT has invited applications to qualify for a tender that will be launched in February 2021, when the Dutch transmission system operator will seek a subsea cable supplier for the Hollandse Kust West Beta platform. The scope of the contract will include the design, engineering, production, deliver
Energinet has issued a call for tenders for offshore market engagement support services for the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) project. The consortium behind the NSWPH project is looking to engage with commercial and regulatory experts from leading offshore wind developers highlighting key regulat
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has completed upgrades on the offshore converter platform DolWin gamma in the German North Sea. The upgrades included enhancements to the valves and control system, which now, in addition to improving the overall performance of the grid connection system
All three export cables for the Moray East offshore wind farm have been laid and pulled in, with the cable laying vessel NKT Victoria now demobilised after finishing the project. The vessel Havila Phoenix is currently burying the three subsea power cables below the seabed by using remotely operated
Van Oord has completed the pull-in of the two export cables at the Alpha platform of TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind project. The two cables have now reached the recently installed six-legged jacket foundation at the Alpha offshore substation. The installation started on 22 Septembe
French TSO Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) and its Irish equivalent EirGrid have launched engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tenders for the Celtic Interconnector project. The Celtic Interconnector is a planned 700MW HVDC subsea link to allow the exchange of electricity between
Correll Services (CS) has won a contract to provide the termination and testing of the individual submarine composite cables at the Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan. CS was selected for the work by Seaway 7, the renewables business unit of Subsea 7. Seaway 7 is in charge of the supply and installati
Ultra NDT S.C. and Jaworski Energy Services have signed a contract with the ENGIE Solutions Belgium and Iemants joint venture for work on the Hollandse Kust Noord substation topside. Ultra NDT S.C. has been selected as the third-party responsible for non-destructive testing, with Jaworski Energy Ser
Proserv and Synaptec have signed a strategic alliance agreement to develop an integrated cable monitoring system for offshore wind projects. Synaptec’s passive distributed electromechanical sensing (DES) technology will be incorporated within the monitoring solution. According to the companies, this
Codling Wind Park Ltd has issued a contract notice for a geophysical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes of the Codling Wind park offshore Ireland. The Codling Wind Park is located off Codling Bank, 13 kilometres from the east coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow
TenneT has awarded LOC Germany with a framework agreement for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services, along with several other companies that applied for the tender earlier this year. One-year framework agreements, with the potential for extension for up to eight years, have been awarded to multipl
Polenergia S.A. and Equinor have started preparations to develop the supply chain for the two offshore wind projects in the Polish Baltic Sea with a combined capacity of 1.44 GW. Polenergia and Equinor hold 50 per cent stakes each in MFW Bałtyk II Sp. z o.o. and MFW Bałtyk III Sp. z o.o., the specia
The next phase of the onshore cable works for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland is set to start at Carnoustie Golf Links in the coming days, according to Angus Council. In August, the Seagreen team begun preparatory works for the onshore cabling project with early compound set up works at
The European Commission is investing €14 million in the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) program. The financing will be used to carry out a study to support the development of the project. Consortium partners behind the NSWPH, Gasunie, TenneT Netherlands, TenneT Germany, and Energinet have joined to
