NKT Installs Cables for TenneT’s BorWin5 Offshore Grid Connection
said it completed the installation of the 320 kV HVDC system, completing the pull-in works to the offshore platform with its NKT Victoria cable laying vessel.In 2020, NKT secured a turnkey contract by TenneT to deliver and install a high-voltage DC XLPE power cable system for the BorWin5 project in Northern Germany.The order comprised the manufacturing of approximately 30 km of 320 kV high-voltage DC on-and offshore power cables and accessories as well as offshore installation.It will serve for the transmission of electrical energy between the 960 MW offshore wind farm He Dreiht operated by EnBW in the
TenneT Hires Asso.subsea for Cabling Work off Germany
Subsea cable services company Asso.subsea has secured the nearshore cable installation contract for three key projects under TenneT’s 2 GW grid program, including BalWin4, LanWin1, and LanWin5.The projects are located off the northwestern coast of Baltrum Island, in northern Germany, and mark the beginning of a new collaboration with Jan De Nul, acting as the main contractor, with TenneT as the end client.Each project involves the transportation and nearshore installation of a complex cable bundle comprising 2 x HVDC power cables, one metallic return cable, and one fiber optic cable.Installation
FLANQ Enters Subsea Security Market
as a new provider of autonomous defense products.The company offers a comprehensive suite of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) uncrewed surface vessels, underwater drones, and sensor payloads, powered by FLANQ’s proprietary artificial intelligence software and hardware stack.Headquartered in northern Germany, FLANQ specializes in integrating AI capabilities with proven COTS maritime hardware. These ready-to-deploy, surface and underwater platforms provide naval forces with enhanced situational awareness and autonomous mission capabilities to counter evolving maritime threats.Sören Themann,
Hellenic Cables Awarded Cable Contract for Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm
in the German Baltic Sea, utilizing 220kV AC technology. Hellenic Cables' scope of works includes the design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of two export cable systems, which will connect a new onshore substation, located close to Gnewitz in Northern Germany, to the Western Offshore Sub Station of Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm in the Baltic Sea.The two export cable systems will include 80 km of 220kV submarine and 210 km of 220kV underground cables as well as related accessories and they are expected to be installed and delivered in 2027.The value
Construction Starts on First UK-German Power Link Project
banks and financial institutions, including the UK Infrastructure Bank and the European Investment Bank.NeuConnect, which obtained the financial green light in July 2022, will construct new converter stations on the Isle of Grain, in south east England, and the Wilhelmshaven region, in Lower Saxony, northern Germany, connected by subsea cables travelling through British, Dutch, and German waters. The project is expected to be operational by 2028.(Reuters - Reporting by Marwa Rashad; Editing by Mike Harrison
MacArtney Operates Water Quality Measurements at the River Eider
As part of the “Zukunft Eider” project, the Waterways Authority Elbe-Nordsee has asked MacArtney Germany GmbH to operate 4 water quality probes at the River Eider in Northern Germany.The EXO III probes by YSI have been mounted at four stations along the outer- and tidal parts of the River Eider and have been collecting data on water temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen concentration and turbidity since January 2023.The measurements will continue to take place for a 12 months period, creating a high-resolution data set (measurements intervals are every 5 minutes) of these parameters
Surveyors Search for WWII ‘Highballs’
engineer Sir Barnes Wallis invented the bouncing bomb that was designed to skip over the surface of a stretch of water, avoiding anti-torpedo nets, before sinking directly next to a dam wall or battleship target. The initial bombs, codenamed Upkeep, were used successfully against the Ruhr dams in Northern Germany. Developed in parallel with the Upkeep bombs were a smaller spherical bomb codenamed Highball, and these were specifically designed as an anti-ship weapon – particularly with the German battleship Tirpitz in mind as a potential target. The Highball was destined to carry
Halls of Higher Learning
and deep-ocean science. The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Topic: Polar Science No. of employees: circa 1,100 Address: Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany Tel: +49 (0)471 4831-0 Email: [email protected] www.awi.de Situated across several locations throughout northern Germany, the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) has grown from humble beginnings in the 1980s with only a handful of people to one with over a thousand, investigating regions from temperate to the world’s most extreme. Named after the German polar explorer who discovered the continental drift, the
ABB Wins $140 Mln Order for HVDC Station
ABB has received an order worth around $140 million from transmission system operators Energinet.dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission in Germany to design, supply and install a high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Bentwisch, Northern Germany. The HVDC Light "back-to-back" converter station, the first of its kind in Europe, will allow the connection of the asynchronous AC power grids of Eastern Denmark and Germany. The deal will see ABB provide the complete including transformers, converter valves, cooling systems, control and protection and other related equipment
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