NKT has secured a cable service contract with Irish power grid operator EirGrid for the East West Interconnector between Ireland and Great Britain. Under the five-year service agreement, NKT will carry out repair works for the 200kV HVDC power cable with a capacity of 500MW. The deal includes inspec
RenewableUK has appointed a new executive director, Isabel DiVanna, to replace the organisation’s current deputy chief executive Maf Smith. Dr DiVanna will begin her new role on 21st January, focussing on the commercial development of the trade association. She has designed and delivered commercial
Wind farms operating offshore Germany generated 24.16 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2019, an increase of 26.5% compared to 19.1TWh of electricity generated offshore in 2018. Wind farms in the North Sea generated 20.21TWh of electricity in 2019, a 20.7% increase compared to 2018 when 16.75TW
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China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) has awarded Prysmian Group with a contract to supply cables for DEC’s 10MW offshore wind turbine prototype. The prototype turbine will be installed on China Three Gorges Corporation’s Xinghuawan wind farm in the Fujian province, China. The nacelle of the p
The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has appointed new deputy director and chief operating officer, chief human resources officer, and chief counsel. “Whenever I have the opportunity to add a member to our leadership team, my goal is to not only bring on an indiv
TenneT has awarded RPS Energy Ltd with a contract to provide unexploded ordnance (UXO) consultancy services covering zones in the Dutch North Sea identified in the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030. The tender covers six offshore wind zones, the 700MW Hollandse Kust Noord, the 700MW Hollandse Kust (
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Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the replacement of defective inter-array cables at the Trianel Windpark Borkum offshore wind farm in Germany. The subject of the contract is the replacement of defective inter-array cables between turbines and/or the offshore substation, including
