Highland Council has granted planning consent for the onshore infrastructure of the Ayre floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by French renewable energy company Qair. Qair acquired full ownership of the 1 GW floating wind project from its partners in the Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) joi
Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has opened a tender for civil construction works on the Princess Elisabeth Energy Island, the world’s first artificial energy island. The TSO is looking for a contractor carry out the works required to host AC and related infrastructure on Princess Eli
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
Polish state-owned transmission system operator (TSO), Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), has confirmed the technical readiness of the transmission infrastructure to accept power from offshore wind farms. “The new Choczewo station and the expanded Żarnowiec station, as well as the 400 kV line
Four transformers and other high-voltage power equipment necessary for power transfer to the Polish national grid have been delivered to the construction site of the onshore substation for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, being built by a joint venture of PGE and Ørsted in the Polish Baltic Sea. Th
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has applied for planning permission in principle for the onshore infrastructure of the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind project with Aberdeenshire Council. The application covers the elements from the landfall point near Benholm, underground cable corridor, onshore substation, a
VicGrid, an agency of the Victorian government, has shortlisted three consortia for the development of the transmission infrastructure that will connect the first 2 GW of offshore wind generation to the grid. The Spanish companies, Iberdrola and Acciona, are leading two separate consortia, while the
The consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol has submitted a planning application to Aberdeenshire Council for the onshore infrastructure required to connect the Buchan floating offshore wind farm to the electricity grid. The application details the proposed onshore electrical infrastr
ELWIND, a joint Estonian-Latvian offshore wind project, has signed a contract with the Dutch company Haskoning to carry out a strategic cable and network configuration study for the planned offshore wind farm areas in both countries. The study will be conducted by Haskoning, together with its subsid
Ocean Winds has selected P&Q as the main contractor for the onshore cable trench and Tele-Fonika Kable as the supplier of the onshore export cable system for the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. The scope of work includes the design, delivery, and installation of an approximately 8-kilometre on
NKT has signed a contract with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet to deliver a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power cable system for the offshore interconnector linking the Bornholm Energy Island to the power grid on Zealand in Denmark. NKT’s scope of work includes the deliv
The renewable energy consultancy OWC has been awarded a contract to provide cable engineering support to the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. OWC’s scope of work includes cable engineering for both offshore and onshore cables. The subsea
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has started work on the onshore substation for the 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. CIP held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project on 20 August. The Danish company was awarded capacity for the wind farm in the fir
Buhawind Energy Northern Luzon Corporation has secured the facilities study (FS) approval from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for its 2 GW Northern Luzon floating offshore wind project. The study outlines the critical technical requirements necessary for the integration of t
Worley has been awarded a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for the onshore substation of the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. As part of the contract, Worley will lead on developing an all-encompassing design plan for the substation, covering electrical, constructi
