SeaRenergy has been awarded a multi-year contract by Siemens Energy to provide offshore infrastructure services for a minimum of thirteen converter platforms – nine in the German Bight, starting with BorWin5, and four in the UK sector of the North Sea. The scope of work covers integrated onshore and
A consortium of GE Vernova and Seatrium has held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction work on TenneT’s IJmuiden Ver Beta offshore converter platform, one of the first Dutch 2 GW grid connection projects. The first steel was cut at Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard shipyard in Singapore
The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore converter platform (OCP) has been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK. The installation was carried out by Heerema Marine Contractors, using its Sleipnir heavy-lift vessel as a subcontractor to the GE Vernova/Seatrium consortium re
TenneT has invited tenders for the provision of a platform supply vessel (PSV) and crew to conduct supply tours to TenneT’s offshore platforms in the German North Sea. According to a contract notice issued on 21 August, the transmission system operator (TSO) will award a multiple-year charter contra
TenneT has closed the tender and awarded contracts to companies that will provide HVDC engineering support to the already-selected EPCI contractors for the 2 GW bipolar HVDC converter stations that will make the new offshore grid connections in the Netherlands. Dutch transmission system operator (TS
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir is expected to sail to the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK in a few days to install the project’s HVDC offshore converter platform. According to a recent Notice to Mariners from the project, Sleipnir will start the wor
Boskalis, an offshore construction company, has completed the connection of all export cables and platforms for the offshore wind farm being developed by RWE in the Dutch North Sea. Off the coast of the Netherlands, Boskalis connected all the export cables the company recently installed for the shor
French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE Réseau Transport d’Electricité plans to issue calls for tenders for geophysical, geotechnical and UXO surveys for multiple projects from 2025 to 2026. RTE, responsible for developing, implementing and operating offshore wind farm connections to the Frenc
The transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded the consortium comprising Dragados Offshore, a subsidiary of Cobra IS, and Siemens Energy a EUR 2.9 billion contract to design, build, and install two electrical conversion stations. The consortium’s scope of work consists of supplying an of
Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid has awarded a multi-party framework agreement for surveys that the TSO will perform at the offshore wind area(s) the Irish government will put up for tender next. The companies that secured long-term contracts, valued at EUR 300 million in total, are
Dutch engineering company Iv has designed more than a quarter of all offshore wind platforms in the European Union, the company said on 9 July, citing offshore wind statistics from a WindEurope report. Of the 19 GW of offshore wind energy the EU had installed at the end of 2023, Iv has worked on off
Two transformers for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm have completed their overland and sea journey from Zagreb, Croatia. The transformers traveled via Rotterdam, Netherlands, before arriving at the Smulders yard in Wallsend, the UK. The 545 MVA transformers were manufactured by Koncar Power
France-headquartered Eiffage has unveiled details about its engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract, which the company won last month to build four electrical substations for the world’s first artificial energy island, Princess Elisabeth Island. The c
The Dutch/German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT is working on a concept for an offshore subsea transformer that could, according to the TSO, speed up the offshore grid expansion. At the end of June, TenneT launched a tender in Germany for feasibility studies into the concept. Acc
