Belgian and Greek Contractors Reel In UK’s HVDC Interconnections Deal
Belgian offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul, in consortium with Greek cables supplier Hellenic Cables has signed a framework agreement with National Grid for strategic HVDC interconnections in the U.K.This agreement will entitle the consortium to participate in upcoming tenders for call-off projects for the design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of HVDC cable systems as part of National Grid’s large-scale offshore and onshore transmission infrastructure investment program.The deal, which has an initial term of five years with an option for extension of up
Ocean Kinetics, Green Marine UK complete OpenHydro Decommissioning
, returning the seabed as close as reasonably practicable to its original condition.OpenHydro was the first developer to use EMEC’s tidal test site at the Fall of Warness and became the first tidal turbine to be grid-connected in Scotland and the first to successfully generate electricity to the national grid in the UK
What We Need to Know About Telecommunications Cable Protection
scientific advances won’t help prevent suspicious human behavior, although it too could be viewed as the result of a cascade of causes.(The study on the natural causes of telecommunication cable damage was published in Earth-Science Reviews by researchers from National Oceanographic Centre, National Grid, Victoria University of Wellington, Durham University, Ocean-IQ and Tonga Cable Limited.
UK Approves Five Subsea Power Cable Projects
and energy security," Akshay Kaul, director general for infrastructure at Ofgem said in a statement.Ofgem also approved Britain's first offshore hybrid assets (OHAs), which can directly feed energy generated by offshore wind farms into both British and European grids, and are both planned by National Grid.The LionLink project, co-owned by Dutch grid operator Tennet, will connect Dutch offshore wind farms to both the Dutch and the British grids and provide up to 1.8 GW of low-carbon electricity to each country.In the same way, the Nautilus project, co-owned with Belgian grid operator Elia, will
Fugro Nets Fresh Work for Community Offshore Wind on US East Coast
Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE and National Grid Ventures, has selected Fugro to perform a geotechnical investigation of their lease area in the New York Bight.With 3 GW of offshore wind energy potential, the developed lease area could power more than one million homes in the region, making a valuable contribution to the US energy transition.The geotechnical work follows a successful site characterization program completed by Fugro in 2023.Covering the entire 510 km2 lease area and potential export cable corridors, the effort produced a preliminary earth model detailing geophysical
Inyanga and Verdant Form Partnership to Deliver Morlais Tidal Energy Project
tidal energy projects in Ireland and the United Kingdom.Inyanga Marine Energy Group will deliver a full Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) solution to VML for the 4.9 MW project in conjunction with a long-term operations and maintenance contract.“Connected to the national grid and with all necessary infrastructure provided, the Morlais demonstration site is unique worldwide and it represents a significant opportunity for the tidal energy industry in general. We are looking forward to deploying the first 4.9 MW phase of our commercial project at Morlais, with buildout
New JV Starts Decom Ops for OpenHydro’s Tidal Energy Test Platform Off Orkney
developer to use the tidal test site at the Fall of Warness off the island of Eday when its test rig and 250kW open centred turbine were installed in 2006. The device was the first tidal turbine to be grid-connected in Scotland and subsequently the first to successfully generate electricity to the national grid in the UK.In 2028, the French energy developer Naval Energies, the parent company of Irish-based OpenHydro, decided to stop further investments into development of its tidal energy business, which forced OpenHydro into liquidation
Prysmian, Hitachi, BAM Get Cable and Converter Stations Contracts for UK Subsea Link
Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), a joint venture between SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), has awarded contracts for the development of ‘subsea electricity superhighway’ to Prysmian, Hitachi Energy and BAM.EGL2 will see the creation of a 525kV, 2GW HVDC subsea transmission cable from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in England.The longest HVDC cable in the UK and the UK’s single largest electricity transmission project ever, providing enough electricity to power 2 million UK homes.Prysmian has confirmed it has the capability to deliver the project with its
Jan De Nul Reels In Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Export Cable Job
wind farm is expected to generate enough renewable electricity to power the homes of 3.3 million British households.“We are proud to support Ørsted in building the world’s largest individual offshore wind farm by connecting 2.9 GW of renewable energy capacity to the UK’s national grid. Thanks to our collaboration with Ørsted, which includes recent projects such as the monopile installations for Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 in Germany, we keep on constructing the energy transition together,” said Wouter Vermeersch, manager offshore cables at Jan De Nul Group
February 2025
