Dong Energy has awarded a £21.8 million contract to J. Murphy & Sons Limited for construction of an onshore substation for the Race Bank offshore wind farm development project. Race Bank, when operational, will have a capacity of up to 580 megawatts, enough to power over 400,000 UK homes. The wind f
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and The Crown Estate have published a report on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites. The key aim of the Sub-sea Cable Lifecycle Study is to improve the industry’s u
Cuxport has signed an agreement with Siemens covering logistics operations for services for the following offshore converter platforms: BorWin 2, HelWin 1, HelWin 2 and SylWin 1. The long-term contract will come into effect in May this year. The agreement covers the acceptance, storage and picking o
The high-voltage substation for the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind project has recently been installed in the Dutch North Sea. The substation was designed and built by Belgian firms Iemants, CG and Cofely Fabricon. Protective coatings from AkzoNobel’s International brand were used to protect the
ABB has signed a deal for 201MW Xiangshui offshore wind farm located 10 kilometers off the coast of Xiangshui County. Namely, the Swiss company will supply full range of power equipment for project’s 220 kV offshore substation which delivers wind power to onshore transformer stations. It includes 22
Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT has contracted Ecofys to support the organisation in intensifying its stakeholder consultation process with regards to the intended offshore grid in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Ecofys will support TenneT in the stakeholder consultation with respect to all
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable system interconnecting Norway and Denmark has been inaugurated. Prysmian was awarded the contract for the land HVDC cable system for the Skagerrak 4 interconnection between Norway and Denmark worth approximately € 40 million by the Danish transmission grid op
ABB has won $130 million order from Dong Energy to supply a high-voltage cable system connecting Walney Extension offshore wind farm to the grid. The Walney Extension will provide additional generation potential of 660 MW on top of the existing offshore wind farm’s 367 MW. When completed, both offsh
RES Offshore has designed a new rating method for export power cables set to vastly improve power transportation from offshore wind farms, with currents improved by up to 22%. The new cable rating method, developed in cooperation with University of Southampton, has moved away from the traditional po
Dong Energy has signed an agreement with the Jan De Nul Group for the installation of subsea export cables at the Race Bank offshore wind development project in the UK. Jan De Nul Group has experience within dredging, and has now extended its business into cable installation. Race Bank offshore wind
Siemens has launched a new alternating-current (AC) grid access solution for connecting near-shore wind power plants to the grid. The new solution consists of an offshore transformer module (OTM) attached directly to a wind turbine, and acts as a distributed transmission asset. Nominally rated in in
Dong Energy has awarded Ramboll the design of a reactive compensation substation for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm development. The scope of work comprises the conceptual development, detailed design and technical assistance during tendering, fabrication and installation. The requiremen
Today, TenneT launced a special website where relevant stakeholders can provide feedback on the development of an offshore electricity grid. For some time, TenneT has been consulting stakeholders on technology and planning. The overall goal of this process is to optimize, together with stakeholders,
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £12 million scheme to develop an onshore substation to facilitate the transfer of electricity from the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in North Wales to the National Grid for Dong Energy. The substation will be located at Bodelwyddan, south of the St Asaph Business P
