Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc has been awarded a licence by Ofgem to own and operate the £352 million transmission link to the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. It is the largest offshore transmission (OFTO) project to date to be financed through the capital markets. Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc is owned by the Balfou
Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc has been awarded a licence by Ofgem to own and operate the £352 million transmission link to the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. It is the largest offshore transmission (OFTO) project to date to be financed through the capital markets. Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc is owned by the Balfou
February was a successful month for the French cabling specialist, Nexans. After securing Kriegers Flak onshore cabling contract earlier this month, the company has signed another deal for NordLink project worth EUR 0.5 billion. According to the agreement, Nexans will design, manufacture and install
Italian cable company, Prysmian Group, has been awarded a EUR 60 million contract by Iberdrola for the Wikinger offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Prysmian is responsible for the design, manufacture, installation, burial, termination and testing of total 81 km of 33 kV submarine cables connecti
Sabella S.A.S. has placed an order for a complete MacArtney connectivity solution for its new industrial scale ‘Sabella D10’ tidal stream turbine project. Pre-orientated in the direction of natural tidal currents and empowered by symmetrical rotor blades, the turbines effectively capture the energy
First Subsea will launch a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles and top tension connector for floating wind turbines on stand A-D8 at EWEA Offshore 2015. “First Subsea connector technology gives installation companies the ability to significantly reduce cable installation and
50Hertz is in charge of connecting EnBW Baltic 2 to the grid. The German offshore wind farm, being constructed 32 kilometers north of the Baltic island of Rügen, is four times as large as EnBW Baltic 1. With 80 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 turbines, it can produce six times as much power. The construction of
The six-month examination of the Dogger Bank Teesside A&B development consent order application by the Planning Inspectorate concluded yesterday. Dogger Bank Teesside A&B comprises two 1.2 gigawatt wind farms located 165 kilometres from the UK coast at their closest point and is planned to connect t
The first wind turbines of the Butendiek offshore wind farm in the North Sea started operation, wpd informed today. All foundations, cables and the substation were installed according to schedule during the last year. Today, the first of the 24 turbines so far installed started production and are fe
The first wind turbines of the Butendiek offshore wind farm in the North Sea started operation, wpd informed today. All foundations, cables and the substation were installed according to schedule during the last year. Today, the first of the 24 turbines so far installed started production and are fe
Nordic Yards held a dock laying ceremony of a steel element of the offshore converter platform DolWin gamma in Warnemünde on 30 January. The placing of a 200-tonne section marked another milestone in the production of the 900 MW HVDC platform. “With today´s dock-laying, we are happy to have complete
TenneT TSO GmbH has invited tenders for offshore wind farm services as part of authorisation for planning approval process, divided into: engineering, environmental professional planning, and project coordination. The required services throughout the planning approval process for an offshore wind po
TenneT’s offshore connection BorWin2 is now operational and transports the German North Sea electricity to the grid on land. BorWin2 has a capacity of 800 megawatts (MW) and can provide around one million households with electricity. With BorWin2, four grid connections with a total capacity of appro
Siemens has handed over the first North Sea grid connection, BorWin2, to TenneT following successful completion of test runs. The offshore platform of the BorWin2 grid connection is located around 100 kilometers off the German coast – northwest of the island of Borkum, after which the project was na
