Offshore Platforms

UK Competition to Award Funding for New Offshore Wind Foundation, Substation Solutions

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a GBP 1 million (around EUR 1.2 million) funding competition to accelerate innovation in industrial foundations and substructures, and substations and electrical design. “Industrial opportunity in the UK offshore wind sector has never been gre

about 3 months ago

‘Mobilising EUR 1 Trillion in Investments’ | North Sea Countries, Industry, TSOs to Ink Offshore Wind Pact

Government officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK are set to sign a declaration confirming the ambition to build 300 GW of offshore wind in the North Seas by 2050, and an investment pact with the offshore wind industry and transmissi

about 4 months ago

Seatrium, Aibel Launch Arbitration to Settle Differences on DolWin Epsilon Project

Seatrium’s wholly owned subsidiary, Seatrium New Energy, and its consortium partner Aibel have filed for arbitration proceedings in connection with DolWin epsilon, the offshore converter platform of TenneT’s DolWin5 grid connection. The arbitration was initiated under the consortium agreement and fi

Smulders to Build Jacket Foundation for Dunkerque Offshore Wind Farm Substation

Smulders has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the jacket foundation that will support the offshore substation of the 600 MW Dunkerque offshore wind farm in France. Final assembly and delivery of the jacket will take place at Smulders’s French yard in Fos‑s

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Developing New Floating Substation

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a new floating offshore substation design developed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI). The substation concept received a SMART (SHM) Tier 3 AiP, which acknowledges the proposed structural health management syst

Grid Connection Platform for Windanker Offshore Wind Farm Installed in Baltic Sea

HSI, a joint venture between HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders and Iv, has installed the Jasmund offshore substation (OSS), which will connect the Windanker offshore wind farm to the German electricity grid, at its designated location in the Baltic Sea. The Jasmund platform is part of the Ostwind 3 grid

Seatrium Unveils New Offshore Substation Design

ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Seatrium for the company’s offshore substation (OSS) design, described as a next-generation offshore HVAC platform engineered for scalability. Seatrium has built several offshore converter platforms for offshore wind farms and grid connections over th

Jan De Nul, Hellenic Cables Link Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Site to DolWin Kappa Platform

Jan De Nul has installed three HVAC subsea cables, delivered by Hellenic Cables, between TenneT’s offshore converter station DolWin kappa and Nordseecluster 1 and 2 sites in the German North Sea. The two locations make up the 660 MW Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm, which itself is part of a bigg

GE Vernova-Seatrium Consortium to Build BalWin 5 Offshore Converter Platform

The GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium has been awarded a contract to deliver the offshore converter platform for TenneT’s 2.2 GW BalWin5 offshore grid connection in the German North Sea. The contract is the fourth one awarded under the five-year framework agreement that GE Vernova and Seatrium signed w

Six-Year Deal with Nexans Takes Enshore Subsea to TenneT’s Offshore Grid Projects

UK-based Enshore Subsea has secured three initial projects for offshore grid systems in Germany under a six-year framework agreement with French cable systems designer and manufacturer Nexans. Enshore Subsea is responsible for installing the Wadden Sea sections of the submarine cable system for the

Offshore Substation for Windanker Project En Route to Baltic Sea Site

The HSI consortium, comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv, has sent off the Jasmund offshore substation (OSS), which will connect the Windanker offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the German electricity grid. The 4,500-tonne OSS topside, measuring 48 metres in length, 33 metres in wid

Nordseecluster A Substation Foundations Installed Offshore Germany

The foundations for the two offshore substations have been installed at the Nordseecluster offshore wind farm site in the German North Sea. According to the CEO of RWE Offshore Wind, Sven Utermöhlen, a jacket foundation, including four piles and one transition piece, was installed at the end of last

Jasmund Substation Ready to Set Sail to Baltic Sea for Offshore Installation

Both the topside and the jacket foundation of the 300 MW Jasmund offshore substation have been loaded out and are ready to set sail to the Baltic Sea for offshore installation. The topside, constructed at HSM Offshore Energy’s Stormpolder yard in the Netherlands, measures 48 metres long, 33 metres w

Bałtyk 2 & 3 Offshore Substations to Sport Palfinger’s Fully Electric Jib Cranes

Palfinger has been contracted by Iemants, a subsidiary of Smulders, to deliver two fully electric jib cranes for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland, where the cranes will be installed on the projects’ two offshore substations. According to Palfinger, this the first time that its

French Companies Unite on Superconducting Cable Project for Distant Offshore Wind Farms

Air Liquide, CentraleSupélec, ITP Interpipe, Nexans, and RTE have joined forces to develop a project that connects distant offshore wind farms to shore via a High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) superconducting transmission system. The SupraMarine demonstrator project will study the electrical co