TenneT today announced the launch of a Green Bonds issuance programme and an associated Green Bonds Framework. This is the first time that a Dutch non-financial company is putting a green bond framework in place to prepare for euro green bond issuance. The announcement relates to the issuance of Gre
TenneT today announced the launch of a Green Bonds issuance programme and an associated Green Bonds Framework. This is the first time that a Dutch non-financial company is putting a green bond framework in place to prepare for euro green bond issuance. The announcement relates to the issuance of Gre
Cable laying barge, Nostag 10, carrying array cables, is on its way to Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm site. The vessel was first to arrive at the NSW’s factory berth in Nordenham on Friday 1st May. Currently in transit, it is expected to arrive on the site later this week. The second cab
Cable laying barge, Nostag 10, carrying array cables, is on its way to Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm site. The vessel was first to arrive at the NSW’s factory berth in Nordenham on Friday 1st May. Currently in transit, it is expected to arrive on the site later this week. The second cab
The jack-up barge WaveWalker 1 has been deployed to work on Gemini wind energy project offshore Eemshaven. To be able to run the Gemini offshore wind farm two export cables have to be run under two existing submarine cables. Due to strong currents and very shallow water depths at the location WaveWa
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, announces the signing of a strategic agreement with Balfour Beatty to become the exclusive integrated marine service provider for its OFTO asset portfolio in offshore wind farms around the UK. The agreement will see James Fisher
50Hertz has reached another important milestone in the approval procedure for the Ostwind 1 offshore cable project. The public hearing for the submarine cable route in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the grid connection of the Westlich Adlergrund cluster (project Ostwind 1) was held last week.
Offshore wind industry can expect to install a record capacity of 4.2 GW in 2015, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance report. These predictions follow last year’s delays which prolonged some project completions for this year. Last year saw just 868MW constructed, 1GW less than expected. German
The construction of the first electricity cable between the Westermeerwind offshore wind farm and the high voltage station being built within the dike in Espel began on May 1st. A total of six cables (up to 15 cm thick) will run under the dike through the tubes built last year. The construction of a
Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm has submitted an application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Triton Knoll Electrical System on 24 April 2015. “The application and associated documents will be reviewed by the Planning Inspectorate and we await confirmation that our application has been
Siemens has handed over SylWin1, the third North Sea grid connection this year, to its customer TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission grid operator has now put the world’s most powerful grid connection to date into commercial operation, Siemens said in a press release issued Friday, April 25. The of
Kentish Flats Extension export and array cables will commence load out onto two vessels in Nordenham in Germany on 1 May. The vessels BoDo Installer and Nostag 10 will transport the cables to the Kentish Flats Extension site, where they will begin cable laying work later in May. Manufacturing of the
The European grid operator, TenneT, has awarded a Nordergründe offshore wind farm contract to German-based Bitek Bergungsdienst. Bitek Bergungsdienst will be in charge of surveying a 28-kilometre cable route for ordnance, as well as for its removal. Namely, TenneT has agreed to install a 111MW grid
Offshore wind turbines are connected to the grid via subsea cables, through which they transmit electricity. In order to protect the cables, they are usually buried in the seabed. An international offshore and subsea shipping company, Siem Offshore, has demonstrated a typical offshore wind farm arra
