EuroAsia Interconnector Limited has issued a tender seeking a provider of owner’s engineer services for the Cyprus – Greece (Crete) part of the link. The role of the owner’s engineer is to provide the specialist technical engineering support required by the owner in the execution of the project thro
DEME Offshore US has been awarded a contract by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, to supply inter-array cables for the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms. Under the contract, DEME Offshore US will be responsible for transporting and installing inter-array
Looking back, 2022 was a pretty active year in the (offshore) energy sector. A good deal of this might be because COVID-19 has stopped being an obstacle to everyday life, but what seems to be for sure is that energy security and energy crisis-related topics stole most of our attention. Below we brin
Ofgem has approved the strategic electricity transmission reinforcements required to deliver the UK Government’s 50 GW offshore wind by 2030 target, set out as part of the regulator’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework. The decision confirms that all SSEN Transmission pro
German transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH has issued a contract notice for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 525 kV cables covering seven onshore and offshore grid connection projects currently under development, as well as future projects. The
Danish and Belgian transmission system operators (TSOs) Energinet and Elia have issued a contract notice seeking environmental engineering consultancy services for the development of the subsea cable route for a new interconnector project in the North Sea. Elia and Energinet are developing the Trito
DEME Offshore has picked Tekmar Group to supply Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the third phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Under the contract signed with DEME Offshore, Tekmar will design, manufacture, and supply 172 CPS for Dogger Bank C. The first systems for the project’s third phase
Siemens Energy has secured a contract to deliver the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology for the Celtic Interconnector that will link France and Ireland. The 700 MW Celtic Interconnector 320 kV VSC HVDC link will be approximately 575 kilometers long, of which the offshore elem
The construction of the main building exterior of the new switching station for the Shetland HVDC Link has been completed. The next step includes Hitachi Energy installing its equipment. The Noss Head Switching Station will house the electrical components used in the Shetland HVDC link, which will a
Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) has started the construction of a new cable factory at the Beatrixhaven site in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. According to Groningen Seaports, TKF will use the new factory to produce subsea cables to connect wind turbines from offshore wind farms to power stations. The new
On 20 December, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito announced the award of $180 million in funding for projects supporting offshore wind development, with a part of this earmarked for Prysmian’s high-voltage cable factory in Somerset. The Massachusetts government will
Asso.subsea has signed a contract with the balance of plant contractor Van Oord to provide boulder clearance and pre-trenching services along the inter-array cable routes of the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The Sofia offshore wind farm is located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, appro
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has withdrawn the cap and floor regime awarded in principle for a 1.4 GW interconnector due to the project having encountered “significant delays”.
On 17 December, the governments of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, and Hungary entered into an agreement under which the four countries committed to bringing forward a subsea link in the Black Sea that will, among other things, transfer electricity from future offshore wind farms in Azerbaijan’s part
