Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed the SVC-DiamondTMstatic synchronous compensator (STATCOM), a voltage source converter (VSC) shunt reactive power compensator with a modular multilevel converter (MMC). The commercial launch is targeted sometime in or after 2016. The new SVC-DiamondTM hel
Riffgat offshore wind farm, Germany’s first commercial wind farm in the North Sea, has exceeded expectations in power production, even though it has been feeding power since February. The offshore wind farm was officially launched on August 10 last year. However, due to the delayed grid connection,
ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from DONG Energy to supply a high-voltage export cable system that will transmit power from the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. ABB’s project scope includes the design, engineering, supply and commissioning of the 25 kilometer (km) lon
Sabik, a specialist in sea marking for offshore wind farms, has successfully executed the order for buoyage at the construction site of the DolWin beta converter station. Together with Boskalis Offshore, the company deployed four buoys within less than 24 hours. With the completion of the protected
EnBW today notified that the prequalification process period for the delivery and installation of subsea cables for the company’s Hohe See offshore wind farm has been extended. The contract includes planning, procurement, manufacturing, supply and installation of inter array cables for an offshore w
DONG Energy is working on a solution to avoid damaging the Sutton Bridge marsh and the sea wall when cable connection works start on its Race Bank offshore wind farm. Councillors of the Sutton Bridge Parish Council voiced their concern over DONG’s cable work having the same effect as Centrica’s when
The cabling work at the Butendiek offshore wind farm is half done, VSMC informed via social media. The company said that 6 strings and 42 cables with a total length of 40km have been installed at the offshore wind farm site in the German Bight some 34 km west of the island Sylt. A total […]
Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd (Seagreen), a joint venture partnership formed by SSE Renewables Developments (UK) Ltd and Fluor UK Ltd, has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to Angus Council for an amendment to the underground cable route that was granted Planning Permission in Principle, b
The first stage of the new CableFish test programme was completed last week and the results proved that this concept will revolutionise submarine cable installation for high flow environments. The trials were conducted on a simulated cable off the Dorset coast in flows of up to 2.5knots. The objecti
An Indian state-owned electric utilities company, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), announced plans to install a system which would connect offshore wind turbines to the grid, according to DNA India news site. “Integration of electricity generated from renewable energy resources with
Developer of Rampion offshore wind farm has released its plan to acquire land for the onshore cable connection. E.ON issued a plan whereby it will acquire agricultural land between landfall and the 400 kilovolt substation in Bolney. Simon Birnstingl, Council chairman of Upper Beeding Parish, one of
Research and Markets has added the “HVDC Converter Station Market by Type, by Technology, by Application and by Geography – Global Trends & Forecasts to 2019” report to their offering. The rapid increase in offshore wind farms and increasing demand for efficient power transmission are some of the dr
In the first half of 2014, the EnBW Group achieved an operating result (adjusted EBITDA) of 1,271.5 million euros with 19,926 employees and almost unchanged revenue of around 10.4 billion euros. Earnings were 9.9 per cent below the figure for the first half of 2013. The operating result is thus deve
High-voltage transmission grid operator TenneT continued to provide very high system reliability (99.9999%), benefiting 36 million end-users in the Netherlands and Germany. Financial results in the first half of 2014 were solid. Increases in revenue and EBIT kept pace with the company’s ongoing inve
