Gas transmission from Norway to Poland via Denmark has started through the new Baltic Pipe pipeline, Polish gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM announced on Saturday, 1 October. The flow started at 6:10 a.m. and nominations as of 1 October totaled 62.4 million kilowatt-hours/day. Baltic Pipe
An enormous amount of methane gas has been released into the atmosphere due to the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, according to a report from the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS). The methane emissions are confirmed by ICOS ground-based observations from several
Onshore cable-laying activities have started for the 500 MW Greenlink subsea and underground electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales. The civil engineering work began on 5 September in Wexford, Irelan, along the project’s onshore route. Twenty-three kilometers of underground cabl
Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables has won a tender for the supply and installation of a cable system that will run between the offshore and onshore substations at one of Europe’s new offshore wind grid connections. The company was selected by the German transmission system operator (TSO), 50H
Polish gas transmission system operator (TSO) GAZ-SYSTEM and its Danish partner Energinet have held the opening ceremony for the Baltic Pipe project at the gas compressor station in Goleniów. Energinet recently announced that the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline can be put into full operation from the end o
Corinth Pipeworks has secured a contract to manufacture and supply steel pipes for the Fenix Phase 1 gas export pipeline offshore Argentina. Corinth is in charge of delivering approximately 40 kilometers of 24″ longitudinally submerged arc welded steel pipes for the project. The pipes will be manufa
Baltic Power has selected preferred contractors for the supply and installation of offshore and onshore cables, and the onshore substation for its 1.2 GW offshore wind farm in Poland. NKT will design and manufacture the offshore export cables, while the inter-array cables and the onshore section of
French cable maker Nexans has finalised a second US-based contract with Ørsted and Eversource to supply the export cable system for the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. Located more than 15 miles south of the Rhode Island coast and 32 miles east of the Connecticut coast, the project will connect
Jan De Nul has taken delivery of the new high-powered subsea trenching vehicle Swordfish from UK offshore equipment supplier Osbit. Swordfish is a purpose-built cable burial tool for the protection of subsea cables that will be used on current and future offshore wind projects. Osbit engineers compl
Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) has been awarded a contract by Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) to supply cable hang-off systems for the Hollandse Kunst Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. VPI will manufacture and deliver the low cable hang-off system to secure the inter-array cables in the
A feasibility study has been initiated for a new electricity subsea interconnector project that will link the South Caucasus region to the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, with the purpose of strengthening energy security in Europe.
NKT is set to produce the HVDC power cables for the Dogger Bank C offshore wind project using low-carbon copper, representing the world’s first. The initiative is expected to reduce the carbon footprint of the cables by more than 35 per cent. The low-carbon copper cathodes are sourced from the Bolid
Transmission system operator TenneT has announced a large-scale high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable tender for offshore grid connections in the German North Sea and the Dutch North Sea. TenneT will need direct current cables for at least ten connection systems for wind energy transmission from
Germany-based EUROPIPE has received an order from the North American TC Energy (TCE) to supply the pipe for the Southeast Gateway Pipeline project in the Gulf of Mexico. TCE is building the $4.5 billion offshore gas pipeline in partnership with the Mexican state-owned power utility Comisión Federal
