Belgian transmission system operator Elia has issued a tender seeking transport services between Ostend and offshore platforms in the North Sea. The tender is divided into two lots. Lot 1 covers provision of crew transfer services by a helicopter, including light luggage, between an onshore heliport
The NordLink interconnector has transmitted the first power between Norway and Germany. According to Nexans, the system is under testing and electricity with a capacity of 70 MW was transferred between the two countries last week. NordLink is the world’s first interconnection that will enable two co
Ailes Marines has selected Eiffage Métal and Engie Solutions to manufacture the offshore substation for the 496 MW wind farm in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Eiffage Métal will be in charge of the engineering and construction of the upper part of the substation, housing the transformers and electrical eq
The commissioning procedures for the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) have reached the final stage, according to Energinet. The system tests on the 400 MW offshore grid link are currently ongoing. Due to the solving of technical challenges that occurred in the tests, extra time is needed a
Marine-i is launching a series of online events to explore the opportunity for incorporating marine energy into smart grids, especially in isolated communities. This series is a collaboration between Marine-i and the EU-funded ICE (Intelligent Community Energy) Project, which aims to design and impl
TenneT has selected Seafox to provide an accommodation jack-up barge for operations on DolWin Alpha and DolWin Gamma offshore platforms in Germany. The transmission system operator (TSO) was looking for an offshore jack-up barge that could accommodate up to 47 persons on board (POBs) in single cabin
A couple of days after its jacket foundation was installed, the third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) has left Belgium and is now on the way to the Moray East site off Scotland. Siemens Energy, which secured a contract to deliver the three OTMs for Moray East in 2018, announced last week
Vattenfall has issued a tender for installation works on two wind farms in the Danish North Sea – Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord. The tender is divided into three lots and covers the installation of the foundations, the cables, and the wind turbines. The contracts are scheduled to run from July 20
The jacket foundation for the third offshore transformer module (OTM) for Moray East offshore wind farm has been installed at the site off the Scottish coast. According to the project’s latest Notice of Operations, the jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla installed the OSP1 jacket on 30 August. Meanwhile,
Navigant Netherlands has secured a contract to provide assistance in structured discussions with policymakers to realize the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH). The Dutch company will provide support services to assist in structuring, initiation, and management of structured discussions with policymak
OSP1, the third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) that will be installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm, is ready to leave Belgium this weekend (29 – 30 August). The OTMs, for which Siemens Energy secured a contract in 2018, were fabricated by Smulders and ENGIE Solutions in Hoboken,
The jacket foundation and pin piles for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Alpha platform have arrived from the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands. According to Petrofac’s post on social media, the 3,200-tonne jacket is currently off the coast of Scheveningen, waiting for Heerema Marine Contractors’
JDR Hartlepool has completed the manufacturing and load-out of inter-array cables for the Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, the company reported via social media. Vattenfall awarded JDR with the inter-array cable contract in 2019. The company is supplying 170 kilometres of 33 kV cables for th
Cable pull-in for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm’s export line has been completed at the project’s landfall site at Lincolnshire’s Horseshoe Point beach. The operation, carried out by Boskalis’ cable laying vessel Ndurance, involved installing 2.4 kilometres of cable under water and toward the c
