TenneT Hires Nexans for LanWin 2 Export Cables Scope
the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (EPCI) of 250 km of 525 kV High-Voltage Direct Current, Cross-Linked Polyethylene (HVDC, XLPE) onshore and offshore export cable systems.The project is part of the development of TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid connection program in the German North Sea. Commissioning of the project is expected in 2030.It further sterngthens Nexans’s ongoing partnership with TenneT, following the BalWin3 and LanWin4 projects announced in March 2024, to develop the infrastructure essential to support Germany and Europe’s renewable energy future.&ldquo
DeepOcean Hires CRP Subsea to Protect Cables at German Offshore Wind Cluster
CRP Subsea, an AIS company, has secured a multi-million-dollar contract from ocean services supplier DeepOcean for the supply of cable protection systems for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in the German North Sea.Under the agreement, CRP Subsea will deliver 96 NjordGuard cable protection systems (CPS) to protect the inter array cables on the project’s wind turbines, protecting them from over-bending, abrasion and fatigue during installation and their subsequent service life.The NjordGuard CPS will be engineered to meet the specific installation requirements for both monopile
DeepOcean to Wire RWE’s Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Farm
.The firm order follows recent final investment decision made by RWE for its entire Nordseecluster, involving offshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1.6 GW. The Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases: Nordseecluster A and Nordseecluster B. The wind farms will be built in the German North Sea, about 50 kilometres north of the island of Juist.Germany Greenlights First Phase of RWE’s 1.6GW Offshore Wind FarmNordseecluster A has a total capacity of 660 MW and the construction at sea is scheduled to begin next year.By the beginning of 2027, all wind turbines are planned to be connected
Prysmian Signs $5B Contracts with Amprion for Germany’s Offshore Wind
to install 70 GW of offshore wind energy by 2045 and will support the transmission of the energy generated in the North Sea to consumers in the Western and Southern regions of the country.BalWin1 and BalWin2 each will transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind energy, produced in areas 9 and 10 of the German North Sea, to the grid connection points, thus supporting the energy transition in the industrial heart of Germany.In addition, DC34 - as part of the Rhein-Main-Link - will connect the substation in Lower Saxony to a second substation in the federal state of Hesse to transmit up to 2 GW of wind energy
Autonomous Vehicles Used for O&M at the Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm
A recent pilot project has verified the application of autonomous surface and subsea platforms for operations and maintenance (O&M) at the Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm, located in the German North Sea.The July 2023 project was commissioned by wind farm owner Northland Power to verify performance and further develop the operational workflows of Subsea Europe Services’ Autonomous Surveyor uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for multibeam surveying and A.IKANBILIS hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (HAUV) for subsea inspections such as scour and marine growth surveys, when deployed from a
HAUV Featuring Adaptive Autonomy Deployed at Nordsee One
Trials of the state-of-the-art A.IKANBILIS hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (HAUV) conducted by Nordsee One GmbH and supported by manufacturer BeeX Pte Ltd and European partner Subsea Europe Services GmbH at the Nordsee One wind farm in the German North Sea have demonstrated true autonomous operation of an underwater inspection vehicle, reportedly for the first time ever.The unique A.IKANBILIS features an advanced AI powered Autonomy Engine that enables true ‘launch and leave’ operation for diverse underwater inspection tasks. With tethered or untethered operations, A.IKANBILIS
Edward Heerema – Dutch Courage with Single-minded Focus
ton Hollands Kust Zuid Alpha transformer station in the Dutch North Sea and will shortly install the Beta transformer station in the same wind farm (read more on page 42). Later this year, Pioneering Spirit will install the 10,500 ton Dolwin 6 transformer topsides, 5,000 ton jacket and bridge in the German North Sea.CutPioneering Spirit wind installation concept. Photo courtesy AllseasThe new jacket lift systemAllseas will soon be targeting more and larger jackets with its new 25,000-tonne jacket lift system (JLS). The JLS was initially planned to be added to the vessel in 2016, but pipelay work with the
Parkwind Taps JDR for Arcadis Ost 1 Subsea Cables
be Parkwind’s fifth, bringing its operational capacity under management to over 1GW. Wojtek Skoczylas, Chief Sales Officer at JDR comments: “The German Baltic sea is a central hub for the offshore wind industry, and we can see it going from strength to strength. Just last year, German North Sea wind farms produced more electricity in one year than ever before. So, we’re not only delighted to be a part of this growth, but we’re also proud to mark our first contract with Parkwind, providing the innovative solutions and technical expertise of our team to help deliver success
German North Sea Wind Production on the Rise
weather patterns.If a contribution of 0.87 TWh from Baltic Sea wind is included, German offshore and onshore wind together amounted to 54 TWh of power in first-half 2018, supplying 17 percent of all German power.The Dutch-German group said operators have plans to raise offshore wind capacity in the German North Sea, for which it will ready 8,032 MW of transmission capacity by the end of 2023 compared with currently operated 5,332 MW, and up to 11,000 MW by 2027, provided they obtain approval.In time, they would be able to take advantage of spare capacity amounting to 660 megawatts (MW) of ready grid connections
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