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
Italy's TSO Tests Subsea Drone for Marine Geophysical Surveys
the seabed. Terna invests significant resources in marine surveying, which is a strategic practice for effective planning of technologically advanced subsea electrical connections,” said Giacomo Donnini, Terna’s Major Projects and International Development Director.Italy’s ten-year National Grid Development Plan outlines a significant increase in investment in subsea cables infrastructure, to develop a more efficient and reliable grid.The plan includes large subsea infrastructure projects like the Tyrrhenian Link - connecting Campania, Sicily and Sardinia - the Adriatic Link, between
UK-Denmark 1.4GW Subsea Interconnector Starts Operating
UK and Denmark.The $2.15 billion (£1.7 billion) link stretches for 475 miles between UK and Denmark, and has the capacity of 1.4 GW. The link connects Bicker Fen substation in UK’s Lincolnshire with Revsing substation in southern Jutland in Denmark.The project is a joint venture between National Grid and Danish System Operator, Energinet, and has the capacity to transport enough electricity for up to 2.5 million UK homes, bringing over ($632 million) £500 million of cumulative savings for UK consumers over the next decade due to cheaper imported power from Denmark.Construction on Viking
CorPower Ocean Installs First Commercial Wave Energy Converter Offshore Portugal
energy a bankable technology for mass deployment."The CorPower C4 device was launched in the port of Viana do Castello, before being towed to the Aguçadoura site located 4km offshore.After connecting to a pre-installed UMACK anchor on the seabed, the device was connected to the Portuguese national grid through a subsea export cable. The system will now undergo a commissioning program, with functions and operational modes being gradually verified. Operations and Maintenance (O&M) methods for offshore service access, device retrieval, and tow-back to the on-land service base in Viana
MacArtney Supplies Storage and Handling System for Viking Link Spare Cable
. We have team members who understand each step of the process. We are agile and able to work out the optimal solution based on expertise and dialogues on obtaining the best interaction between mechanics and software," he explained.Viking Link, a joint venture between Danish Energinet and British National Grid, will include approximately 765 km of high voltage direct current (DC) cables supporting the promotion of renewable energy utilization, access to sustainable electricity generation, and enhanced security of electricity supplies
Hitachi Energy to Supply HVDC Converter Stations for UK's Longest HVDC Link
Hitachi Energy said Wednesday it had been selected as preferred technology provider of SSEN Transmission and National Grid, to supply two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations to interconnect the Scottish and English power grids.Hitachi Energy said the award would lead to investments in new production capacity and large-scale recruitment drives."The integration of renewables requires solutions that make the grid resilient, stable, and flexible. Hitachi Energy’s innovation and long development of voltage sourced converter (VSC) power electronics and control and protection
New Subsea Cable Will Link Northern Scotland to England
Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) said on Tuesday it had signed a joint venture agreement with Britain's National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) to build a 2 gigawatt (GW) subsea cable linking northern Scotland to England.The Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) will be the country's largest ever electricity transmission project, will create a 525 kilowatt (KW), 2 GW high voltage direct current subsea transmission cable from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in England, SSEN said in a statement."The EGL2 link will support the growth of new renewable electricity generation, creating
LionLink: UK, Netherlands Plan Cross-border Power Link to Boost Energy Security
; interconnector will be able to transfer 1.8 gigawatts (GW) of power to Britain from a Dutch wind farm, or the same volume of electricity produced in Britain to the Netherlands, they said in a statement ahead of a leaders summit on energy in Ostend, Belgium.The link, being developed by Britain's National Grid and Dutch electricity network operator TenneT, will move enough surplus power between the countries to power the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland, or the British cities of Birmingham and Manchester combined, the ministers said, without specifying the route of the cable. "This new connection
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