nkt cables has signed a contract with the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for the manufacture and delivery of a high… (nktcables) [mappress] Source: nktcables, January 17, 2011
nkt cables has signed a contract with the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for the manufacture and delivery of a high… (nktcables) [mappress] Source: nktcables, January 17, 2011
AMC Connector, a future new-build subsea installation and construction vessel from Aker Solutions, has finalised its vessel specs. With a total payload capacity of 9 000 tonnes of subsea power cables or umbilicals, the vessel will be well equipped to target the deepwater installation segment. AMC Co
RWE npower renewables has awarded a multi-million pound contract to UK firm Global Marine Systems to install offshore export cables at… (powergenworldwide) [mappress] Source: powergenworldwide, January 06, 2011
Seven European companies active in the electricity transmission industry, including system operations development, financing, installation, operation and maintenance of such systems, and/or of renewable energy generation signed on December 9 a preliminary cooperation agreement aiming at bundling com
Continuing rising demand for sustainable wind-based energy plants in the North Sea has led Nostag Gmbh to contract Berg Propulsion to upgrade its cable layer, Nostag 10, by equipping the vessel with two azimuthing thrusters. Nostag, a consortium comprised of German companies Ludwig Freytag, Norddeut
RenewableUK, the UK’s leading renewable energy trade association, has welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by ten European ministers from countries bordering the North Sea. The Memorandum covers an agreement to develop an offshore electricity grid enabling interconnection between
DNV will certify an offshore wind converter station being built by grid operator TenneT in the German sector of the North Sea. DNV will provide full approval services for the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of the high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station DolWin alpha
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $125 million from the Belgian company C-Power NV to link a wind farm 30 kilometers off the coast of Belgium to the mainland grid. The transmission link is part of an expansion of the Thornton Bank wind farm. In the first
The developers behind the East Coast’s largest — and only — offshore-wind electric grid say they want to launch the $5 billion project off… (chem) [mappress] Source: chem, November 22, 2010;
Blue Offshore in The Netherlands and UK-based independent diving, ROV, survey and inspection company Integrated Subsea Services (ISS) say… (oilpubs) [mappress] Source: oilpubs, November 17, 2010;
Siemens has won five-year maintenance contracts for the two North Sea grid connections BorWin2 and HelWin1 after getting the contracts for… (smartmeters) [mappress] Source: smartmeters, November 03, 2010;
A lack of coordination in building grid links to connect offshore wind farms to onshore networks in the U.K. could push overall investment… By Selina Williams (nasdaq) [mappress] Source: nasdaq, November 03, 2010;
Transmission Capital Partners has been selected to run the transmission link for the 150 MW Ormonde offshore windfarm off the Cumbrian coast. This follows the announcement in August of the preferred bidders to operate the first £700 million worth of offshore transmission links. The Ormonde transmiss
