Nexans Secures First Call-Off Under TenneT’s Offshore Wind Grid Deal
French subsea power cable maker Nexans and transmission system operator TenneT have signed call-off contract for the BalWin3 and LanWin4 offshore grid connection projects, which will link up North Sea offshore wind farms with German grid.The call-off contract follows the framework agreement TenneT signed with NKT, Nexans, and a consortium of Jan De Nul, LS Cable, and Denys contracts back in 2023 to install 525 kV HVDC cable systems for ten projects, connecting offshore wind farms in Netherlands and Germany.The total volume of the contracts for the production and installation of the ten cable systems
NextGeo Concludes Tyrrhenian Link's East Section Survey for Prysmian
the project, including the group-owned offshore vessels MPSV NG Worker and MPSV Ievoli Ivory, as well as the MV Eco-One and other smaller nearshore vessels.The Tyrrhenian Link is one of the most important energy infrastructures in the entire Mediterranean.With this project, Terna, the Italian transmission system operator (TSO), will connect Sicily with Sardinia and the Italian peninsula through a double submarine HVDC cable link with a power capacity of 1,000 MW and a total length of about 970 km.The connection will improve the electricity exchange capacity, promote the development of renewable sources
Prysmian Signs $5B Contracts with Amprion for Germany’s Offshore Wind
Italian cable maker and installation services provider Prysmian Group has secured three contracts with German transmission system operator Amprion worth around $5 billion, for two offshore grid connection systems - BalWin1 and BalWin2 - and the underground cable project DC34.The contracts follow the selection of Prysmian as preferred bidder in August 2023.The package deal is the largest in value and in km of cable ever awarded to Prysmian, the company said.It includes in aggregate approximately 4,400 km of ±525 kV HVDC cables and DMR (Dedicated Metallic Return) cables, of which around 3,400 km
ABL Wraps Up German Subsea Pipeline Survey Job
signaling the end of the subsea construction phase and the successful construction of the OAL within a short timeframe."This means that the ambitious goal of enabling gas feed-ins into this pipeline in the winter of 2023/24 has been achieved. This is the contribution we can make as a transmission system operator to improving German and European security of supply and its resilience to crises. Despite a very ambitious schedule, we managed to complete the OAL in record time," said Ulrich Benterbusch, Managing Director of GASCADE.Day-to-day management of the project was coordinated by ABL&rsquo
Italy's TSO Tests Subsea Drone for Marine Geophysical Surveys
Italian transmission system operator (TSO) Terna has launched an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Gavia as part of a collaborative project with U.S. start-up Terradepth.Terna and Terradepth are working together on the Odisseo project, whose aim is to advance the technologies and methods for marine geophysical surveys related to the development of important subsea infrastructure and its security.As part of the Odisseo project, the first offshore tests were conducted near the port of Casamicciola Terme, on the island of Ischia.During geophysical surveying of the seabed, Terna’s technicians were
Artificial Reefs Deployed in Dutch North Sea to Boost Marine Life Around Offshore Wind Farms
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT, in collaboration with contractor Equans/Smulders, has installed several artificial reefs near the offshore wind power transformer platform Hollandse Kust (west Alpha), which are meant to stimulate marine life.TenneT said the artificial reefs were installed to gain further knowledge about nature-inclusive construction. This offshore transformer platform will connect the Ecowende consortium (Shell/Eneco) wind farm to the high-voltage grid.TenneT said the aim was to build this wind farm with a healthy ecosystem and as little impact on nature as
Nexans to Install Section of World's Longest and Deepest Interconnector
and permitting, lower administrative costs, and public participation. To qualify as a PCI, a project must also contribute to the European Union’s energy and climate goals, and as a result, much of the electricity being shared will be from renewable and decarbonized sources. IPTO, Transmission System Operator of Greece, has been providing technical and operational capacity to the project ensuring the successful implementation. Nasos Ktorides, CEO of EuroAsia Interconnector, said: “We are proud that after 12 years of hard work, the world’s longest and deepest subsea HVDC
Fugro to Provide Floating Wind Lidar Measurements for Danish Offshore Wind Projects
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has awarded the Dutch offshore services firm Fugro a new contract to provide floating wind lidar measurements for five offshore wind projects in Denmark.Fugro will install and operate ten SEAWATCH Wind Lidar Buoys across three main locations, namely the Kattegat Sea, Baltic Sea, and North Sea. These buoys will provide real-time metocean and environmental monitoring data to support investment decisions for offshore wind farms.Denmark has set a goal of deploying 12.9 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030.Starting in summer 2023, Fugro's SEAWATCH Wind
Prysmian Bags €1.8B Order to Connect Dutch Offshore Wind Farms
Energy and telecom cable firm Prysmian Group has secured contracts worth approximately €1.8 billion (currently around $1.9 billion) in total with the Dutch transmission system operator TenneT for the two grid connection projects IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 to link two future offshore wind farms located in the Dutch North Sea to the province of Zeeland located in the southwestern part of the Netherlands.Prysmian said the contracts’ aggregate value increases the total value of Prysmian’s order book to about €8.5 billion.Prysmian Group will be responsible for the design
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