During the last 18 months, a team from Bladt has been busy with the EPCI project for the Northwind Offshore Substation. Today, they can reap the benefits of their hard work as the substation has been installed successfully. The installation had to wait a few days due to bad weather conditions, but y
During the last 18 months, a team from Bladt has been busy with the EPCI project for the Northwind Offshore Substation. Today, they can reap the benefits of their hard work as the substation has been installed successfully. The installation had to wait a few days due to bad weather conditions, but y
Energinet.dk would like to pre-qualify a number of tenderers to deliver the HV cables for the Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm. Energinet.dk intends to pre-qualify up to 5 tenders per lot: Lot no. 1: Submarine cable transportation and laying; Lot no. 2: Delivery and installation of beach cable; Lot no
Cape Wind has signed a $15 Million contract with Falmouth-based Lawrence-Lynch Corp. to provide the upland construction work required to bury Cape Wind’s electric cables. Lawrence-Lynch Corp. will also be responsible for providing a conduit for connecting the buried electric cables on land to the su
Combined heat and power (CHP) systems are very popular in high-rise buildings as well as industrial sites and other facilities where they produce heat and power at a reasonable cost. CHP systems can save as much as 40% energy compared with traditional ways of producing electricity and heat separatel
The Blue Transmission consortium, comprising Macquarie Capital Group Limited and Barclays Infrastructure Funds, has completed the transaction to own and operate the transmission link to Sheringham Shoal wind farm. Ofgem appointed Blue Transmission to take over ownership of the link from Scira Offsho
Argyll and Bute Council’s planning committee has been recommended to give approval for SSE Renewables’ meteorological mast on Orsay Island at the next meeting to be held in August. However, Islay Community Council strongly opposes this decision because of the visual impact of the mast, the Scottish
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Power Grid System Market In Subsea, By Offshore Power (Captive Generation, Wind Power, Others), Components (Cables, Variable Speed Drives, Transformers, Switchgears, Others) and Geography – Global Trends & Fo
On June 12, 2013, the Friends of the Supergrid hosted their first Academic Forum – a FOSG initiative to connect leading Academics with the promotion of an integrated European electricity grid. A number of leading European universities are represented in the Forum, including the University of Dortmun
The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, will manage and deliver two pilot projects on behalf of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, focusing on Offshore Cables, and Performance & Reliability issues. Currently, onshore transmission and distribution networks have operational performance bench
Pipeline Engineering, a brand of Circor Energy, has won a multimillion dollar contract with E.ON to supply subsea cable protection for the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm. Pipeline Engineering will supply its patented PEFLEX® subsea cable protection system designed to protect array cables on offsh
The production of 360 conical and cylindrical parts has been awarded to Kersten Europe. The cylinders and cones will be used as nodes for the Converter Deck, AUX Power Deck, GIS Deck, Reactor Deck, HVAC Deck and the Top Deck of HelWin beta The HelWin Beta platform is developed by Heerema Fabrication
A detailed study into how an offshore electricity grid between Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland could be introduced has now been commissioned after being awarded European funding. The second part of the flagship Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) has now been given £1 million to exam
N-Sea has successfully executed an HVDC-cable excavation and survey project at the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm in the UK, offshore Ramsgate. Deburrial was completed using the N-Seatec designed and manufactured Twin-Prop excavation tool. Pre and post lay survey services were also provided from the DP2
