On 17 May 2011, Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH (Global Tech) signed an order with a consortium of Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) and Global Marine Systems Ltd. (GMSL) to deliver and install over 100 km of medium-voltage submarine array cables for the Global Tech I offshore wind farm. The in
GEO has just completed a geophysical survey for the sea cable connecting the island of Anholt with the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. In continuation Energinet.dk has asked to carry out a Vibrocore and CPT campaign along the cable route and a CPT campaign along a cable route in the Little Belt. Anholt O
In a recent report on the permitting and financing challenges to the U.S. offshore wind industry, the Center for American Progress identified the Atlantic Wind Connection as a solution to many of these challenges that threaten to prevent domestic offshore wind from becoming a reality. The report had
AMP Capital Investors, through its European infrastructure business, has been named by OFGEM as the preferred bidder to become the Greater Gabbard offshore transmission owner (OFTO) as part of a consortium including Equitix and Balfour Beatty. AMP Capital and its Green Energy Transmission (GET) cons
Reef Subsea AS announced today that one of its Norwegian operating companies has signed a significant integrated contract to provide engineering and installation services associated to inter array cable installation inside the Greater Gabbard wind farm. The principal contractor for the Project, Fluo
A CAMPAIGN is underway to convince power bosses to bury new high voltage electricity cables underground or at sea to protect the sensitive… By Tom Bodden (dailypost) [mappress] Source: dailypost, May 30, 2011
The proposed interconnector cable with France will help to smooth out supply volatility relating to offshore wind power, meaning that energy… (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, May 26, 2011
Equitix, Amp Capital and Balfour Beatty Consortium Appointed as Preferred Bidder for High-Voltage Link to Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm Green Energy Transmission (GET), a consortium comprising Equitix Ltd and AMP Capital Investors, together with Balfour Beatty Capital Limited has been selected b
A group of county councillors have thrown their weight behind a campaign to halt the planned extension of Suffolk’s electricity pylon… By Tom Potter (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, May 26, 2011
Germany is planning an energy superhighway from north to south to connect its growing wind energy supply with high energy demand regions. Both onshore and offshore wind energy is so far generated primarily in northern Germany, whereas energy consumption is highest in southern and western regions. To
At Cleveleys near Blackpool, the Stemat Spirit cable barge arrived just off shore in the afternoon of Saturday 7 May. It beached in the early hours of Sunday 8 May in the morning, waiting for very low tide. At about 9 a.m., the process of pulling the cable from the spool on board the […]
A planned undersea electricity cable could disturb more than a million tons of unexploded bombs, chemical and biological weapons,… By Ted Purlain (bioprepwatch) [mappress] Source: bioprepwatch, May 10, 2011;
Dutch national electricity grid company Tennet is considering selling more of its investment in Germany than originally planned, the… (dutchnews) [mappress] Source: dutchnews, May 06, 2011;
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has recently secured a contract with Fluor for the installation and subsequent trenching of 29 inter-array cables at the Greater Gabbard wind farm 14Nm from Felixstowe, East Anglia. OMM will start work immediately on the 500MW Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm proje
