Cable installation at London Array, 1GW offshore wind farm, has been delayed as a result of the bad weather and shallow waters at the construction site, reports Windpower Monthly. With Global Marine’s Jan Steen, Atlantis and Sovereign vessels charter suspension, London array has called in more insta
Cable installation at London Array, 1GW offshore wind farm, has been delayed as a result of the bad weather and shallow waters at the construction site, reports Windpower Monthly. With Global Marine’s Jan Steen, Atlantis and Sovereign vessels charter suspension, London array has called in more insta
ABB, the global power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $160 million from Svenska Kraftnät, the national grid operator, to provide a new high-voltage underground cable system for the South-West Link power transmission project in southern Sweden. When completed in 2014, t
Ofgem is asking for industry views on proposals to change the formula to set transmission charges for power generators using the high voltage grid. Overall transmission charges make up four per cent of an average household power bill. Given the large amount of new low carbon generation that needs to
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it is taking the next steps in the review for a potential Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Transmission Line. Atlantic Grid Holdings LLC has requested a right-of-way grant to develop the Atlantic Wind Connection, a proposed high-voltage direct current tra
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it is taking the next steps in the review for a potential Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Transmission Line. Atlantic Grid Holdings LLC has requested a right-of-way grant to develop the Atlantic Wind Connection, a proposed high-voltage direct current tra
All array cables, connecting the turbines with the Walney 2 offshore substation, have been safely placed on the seabed, and the cable barge Stemat 82 has de-mobilised. One of the cables still needs to be terminated, but this is also paused due to the adverse weather conditions. The Walney Offshore W
nkt cables has entered a contract with E.ON Climate & Renewables Central Europe GmbH at a value of around € 20 million for the offshore wind farm Amrumbank West. For nkt cables, Amrumbank West will be another project with armoured 33 kV submarine cables. The cable will be manufactured at the product
nkt cables has entered a contract with E.ON Climate & Renewables Central Europe GmbH at a value of around € 20 million for the offshore wind farm Amrumbank West. For nkt cables, Amrumbank West will be another project with armoured 33 kV submarine cables. The cable will be manufactured at the product
The company developing the Block Island Wind Farm is Planning a 15-mile underground transmission line that would provide the first… By Iain Wilson (scindependent) [mappress] Source: scindependent, December 09, 2011;
Blue Offshore, a specialist subsea construction contractor, have today announced that they have reached agreement to use the former Swan Hunter shipyard facilities at Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK), for assembly and construction of their cable installation system. Blue Offshore will operate the
Mitsubishi Corporation (hereafter “MC”), through its wholly owned special purpose company and its UK based subsidiary, has acquired a 50% share of the Walney 1 offshore transmission assets (hereafter “Walney 1”). The acquisition was made from Macquarie Capital Group Limited (UK Branch) (hereafter “M
The planned construction of offshore wind power parks in the North Sea and Baltic Sea can only prosper if specialist port services providers, suppliers and manufacturers work together closely and if the public sector provides the necessary financial support. That was the conclusion reached at the Rh
Offshore Marine Services, the German arm of UK-based Offshore Marine Management, has successfully completed its first cable storage task for the consortium Siemens Energy and Prysmian Powerlink, the companies responsible for the BorWin 2 and HelWin 1 export cable systems including Offshore Sub Stati
