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
Equinor and Polenergia’s Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland have entered the construction phase, with work on the onshore infrastructure now underway. After the final investment decisions were made in May this year, Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms have entered the implemen
The onshore consent application for the up to 1 GW Muir Mhòr floating offshore wind farm has been approved by the Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland. The application covers the floating wind farm’s onshore infrastructure, including underground cabling and a substation. The wind farm is the first full
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has completed the construction work related to the connection of the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm to the national grid. The construction work began in January 2023 and has been completed on time, said Energinet. The scope of work included moving 95
The Delaware State Senate has passed a bill which would allow US Wind to continue planning its onshore substations for the Maryland offshore wind project in Delaware’s Sussex County, whose council denied US Wind the permit last year. Senate Bill 159, introduced in the Delaware Senate on 21 May and d
A new bill that has been introduced in the Delaware Senate could bring US Wind’s plan to build onshore substations for its offshore wind farm(s) in Sussex County back on track. Introduced on 21 May and discussed by the Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee on 2 June, the bill would v
The Victorian government has published the draft Victorian Transmission Plan (VTP), which identifies locations for new renewable energy and transmission projects. In the 2025 VTP, the government is proposing new transmission projects, including a new line for future offshore wind energy in Gippsland
Korea Floating Wind (KF Wind) has signed a contract with the South Korean company, Yooshin, for the engineering of the onshore power transmission line for its floating offshore wind project. Under the contract, Yooshin will carry out the basic and detail design for the onshore power transmission lin
Construction work on LS Cable & System’s manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, the US, has started. LS Cable & System announced that its US subsidiary, LS GreenLink, had held a groundbreaking ceremony for what the company says will be the largest fa
Ocean Winds has awarded P&Q a contract to build the onshore substation for its 390 MW BC-Wind offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea. The contract covers the design, construction, installation, and commissioning of an onshore substation for integration into the national power system in the C
The first onshore substation of the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind project in Taiwan has been connected to the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) onshore substation in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park. The energisation of the onshore substation for the Greater Changhua 2b part of th
