Oil & Gas Giant to Build Dutch Borssele III & IV Offshore Wind Farms The Dutch government announced that a consortium of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi / DGE won the second Borssele tender. Following the announcement, the consortium revealed that the preferred supplier for the wind turbines i
Nkt cables has appointed VBMS for the installation of approximately 50km of 150 kV AC high-voltage submarine cables for the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS). The project, owned by Energinet.dk and 50Hertz, will connect the future Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak and the German offsh
Nkt cables has appointed VBMS for the installation of approximately 50km of 150 kV AC high-voltage submarine cables for the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS). The project, owned by Energinet.dk and 50Hertz, will connect the future Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak and the German offsh
RES has been awarded a five year contract to provide O&M services to offshore transmission assets owned by Blue Transmission Walney 1 Ltd. In addition to providing the scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of the equipment, the contract will provide services related to asset and site management, log
The Council of Ministers in Portugal has approved the development of the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic (WFA) floating wind farm project in Viana do Castelo. With the approval from the government, the project can enter the offshore construction phase and will receive a license to connect to the national gr
The Council of Ministers in Portugal has approved the development of the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic (WFA) floating wind farm project in Viana do Castelo. With the approval from the government, the project can enter the offshore construction phase and will receive a license to connect to the national gr
Sixteen shortlisted candidates for a EUR 3 million scientific research programme to understand the environmental impacts of offshore wind at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen, Scotland, have submitted their final bids. The shortlisted projects span topics from
UK-based cable protection systems (CPS) specialist Tekmar Energy has been awarded a contract with Tideway B.V, part of DEME Group, to supply 150 of its TekLink CPS units for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm project in the German part of the North Sea. The supply for the contract will be executed
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) began a 180-day proceeding to evaluate two offshore wind project proposals on Monday, 21 November. PSC opened an application period for a USD 1.9 billion Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credit (OREC) in February 2016. The initial application was submitted
Electricity has been generated for the first time at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners PKA (25%) and KIRKBI A/S (25%). With the initial MHI Vestas 8MW turbines recently installed in Liverpool Bay, power from the first turbin
Electricity has been generated for the first time at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners PKA (25%) and KIRKBI A/S (25%). With the initial MHI Vestas 8MW turbines recently installed in Liverpool Bay, power from the first turbin
Iemants and Jan De Nul Win Kriegers Flak OSS Foundations Work Energinet.dk and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH have awarded Iemants and Jan De Nul Group with a contract to construct, install, ballast and protect gravity based foundations (GBFs) for two offshore substations. ABB Unveils Lightweight, AC Pla
Chinese subsea power cables manufacturer ZTT Group has won a contract to provide 35kV and 220kV submarine composite cables with accessories for the 400MW Binhai North Phase 2 offshore wind farm in the Jiangsu province. China Power Complete Equipment Co., Ltd (CPCEC) accepted ZTT Group’s CNY 298 mill
Chinese subsea power cables manufacturer ZTT Group has won a contract to provide 35kV and 220kV submarine composite cables with accessories for the 400MW Binhai North Phase 2 offshore wind farm in the Jiangsu province. China Power Complete Equipment Co., Ltd (CPCEC) accepted ZTT Group’s CNY 298 mill
