Windreich AG has announced that TenneT ensured grid connection for Windreich’s offshore wind farm Global Tech I ahead of schedule by connecting to an existing converter station platform (BARD I). The 400 MW offshore wind farm is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013, comprising 80 Areva Multi
Building on an already established regime for the awarding of offshore transmission licences in which over £2 billion of assets have been tendered for, Ofgem is now running a further tender competition for the transmission assets that connect the West of Duddon Sands wind farm to the onshore grid. T
Carbon Trust is planning to conduct the offshore wind cable study. A significant number of UK offshore wind farms have experienced difficulties associated with the installation and burial of intra-array cables. In 2011, the OWA commissioned a study to develop recommendations for optimised cable inst
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced a breakthrough in the ability to interrupt direct current, solving a 100-year-old electrical engineering puzzle and paving the way for a more efficient and reliable electricity supply system. After years of research, ABB has developed
Galloper Wind Farms Limited (GWFL) has withdrawn its application under section 127 of the Planning Act 2008, to compulsorily acquire land currently owned and required by EDF Energy for the proposed Sizewell “C” nuclear power plant. GWFL, as part of its plans for the Galloper Wind Farm project, requi
National Grid has outlined plans to connect new sources of electricity generation in Cumbria to the national power network by creating a ‘North West Coast Power Ring’. The company has been asked to provide a connection into the electricity transmission system for the proposed new 3.2 GW nuclear powe
Windreich’s subsidiary, British Wind Energy GmbH, and TenneT TSO GmbH have reached an agreement for a temporary grid connection of the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht. The Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm will be connected to TenneT’s BorWin2 converter station, as a temporary solution, until the
PGE’s planned offshore wind farm on the Baltic Sea will be connected to the national grid by PSE Operator, Poland’s transmission system operator. Namely, the company announced on Friday that it agrees to link the 1045.5MW project, which is one of three PGE’s planned offshore wind farms, Reuters writ
Six days after the final foundation was installed at London Array the project has achieved another milestone – all array cables have now been installed at the offshore site. The installation of the last array cable was completed on Thursday 25th October by the The Normand Flower. 187 cables have bee
TenneT TSO GmbH got a lawsuit because of the grid connection delays on Trianel’s 200 MW North Sea offshore wind farm. Namely, Trianel is seeking compensation for the Borkum offshore wind farm related costs, which will increase from EUR 50 million to at least EUR 900 million, Bloomberg informs. The d
Forewind will this week host the third meeting of the community working group that has been established to assist with the siting of the onshore electricity infrastructure for the proposed Dogger Bank Creyke Beck offshore wind development. Following on from meetings held in March and May, this meeti
Anbaric Transmission could act as an intermediate between potential investors from Europe and USA that are interested in helping TenneT by injecting up to EUR 4 billion (USD 5.2 billion) in the connection of up to four offshore projects to the land. Anbaric spokesman is cited by Reuters as saying th
Development of the German Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm has been suspended by DONG Energy, due to grid connection issues associated with the grid operator TenneT TSO. TenneT has not provided a firm date for laying the offshore cables, DONG Energy says. On the other hand, the grid operator ex
Elia is looking for a contractor to undertake offshore certification services in various offshore fields related to grid development. This 5 year agreement includes all given certification tasks in the Belgian Offshore Grid, compliant with Belgian and European laws and regulations. Certification can
