Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Limited has signed an agreement to sell the offshore transmission assets (OFTO) of the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm to Transmission Capital Partners. The sale agreement follows the selection in December 2019 by Ofgem of Transmission Capital Partners, a consortium co
Atlantique Offshore Energy has signed long-term maintenance contracts for three offshore substations its parent company Chantiers de l’Atlantique is building for three offshore wind farms in France. Chantiers de l’Atlantique reported on 27 July that its Marine Energy Business Unit, Atlantique Offsho
German offshore wind farms generated 11.49 TWh of electricity in the first half of 2021, some 16.3 per cent less than during the same time last year, when offshore wind turbines off the country’s coasts produced 13.73 TWh of electricity. The wind energy transmitted from the German North Sea to shore
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of all export cables for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The company installed four export cables with a total length of 34 kilometres using its cable laying vessel (CLV) Willem de Vlamingh, which was able to position itself close to the b
An uncrewed surface vessel (USV) is set to begin a hydrographic survey at the operational Gwynt y Môr offshore wind project located off the North Wales Coast. The USV will be performing the hydrographic survey of the export routes from 26 July for up to 7 days until 2 August, subject to weather cond
50Hertz has reported that new transformers for the onshore substation for the Ostwind 2 offshore grid connection project have been delivered. The substation in Lubmin was first expanded in size and, with the new transformers, its transmission capacity is now being expanded. Preparatory work for conn
Aker Solutions has reported that the company won an EPCI contract for an offshore HVDC converter platform as part of a consortium that was awarded and EPCI contract for a HVDC transmission system for a large offshore wind project. The company did not name its customer, consortium, or the offshore wi
Fugro has secured a contract to conduct geophysical and environmental site investigations at the Five Estuaries project, the extension of the operational Galloper offshore wind farm. Fugro Mercator has been appointed to carry out the geophysical survey at the UK project, which will start on 5 August
Linxon has awarded Kirby Group Engineering a subcontract for the onshore substation mechanical and electrical installation and building services works as part of the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Substation package. The works include the installation of the onshore primary and secondary HV power equip
DEME has completed the laying of the HVDC cable for the DolWin6 offshore grid connection in the German sector of the North Sea, using its LNG-powered, DP3 vessel Living Stone. According to the company, this was the first time a cable laying vessel installed cables while running on LNG. The 900 MW tr
The world’s largest offshore converter station has set sail from Nantong and is en route to the Jiangsu Rudong offshore wind project in China’s Yellow Sea. The topside is expected to arrive at the site on 11 July, according to China Three Gorges Renewables, the developer of the project. After the Th
Delivery of onshore cables for Dogger Bank Wind Farm has started, according to Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK, the company responsible for installing the cables for the first two phases of the offshore wind project. The first drum with the cables has already arrived and Jones Bros are set to commen
The Netherlands-based Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) has secured a contract by Van Oord for the supply of inter-array cables for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project. TKF will manufacture and deliver 140 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the wind farm loca
Nexans has inaugurated a new cable harness production facility in the city of Tianjin, China, dedicated to the local wind energy industry. The facility has 3,000 square meters of production and storage space and will manufacture M12 sensor cables, valve connectors, and customized solutions specific
