GE-BOND consortium to build HV electrical systems in New York
USA, New York City: A consortium between GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and New BOND Civil & Utility Construction has been awarded an EPC contract.
USA, New York City: A consortium between GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and New BOND Civil & Utility Construction has been awarded an EPC contract.
UAE, Dubai: An offshore transformer substation that will connect an offshore wind farm with the Dutch mainland recently set sail from Dubai to the Netherlands.
Sweden, Skåne: OX2 has submitted a permit application to construct an 1800 MW offshore wind farm off the coast of Skåne in the south of Sweden.
Poland: RWE has selected Chantiers de l’Atlantique for supply, engineering, installation and commissioning of a substation for an offshore wind farm in Poland.
USA, Virginia: Prysmian Group won a $730 M submarine cable contract from Dominion Energy Virginia, a unit of Dominion Energy.
UK: Two major milestones have been hit on Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, with 165 wind turbine foundations and the in-zone substation installed.
China: The world’s largest offshore converter station has been installed at the Jiangsu Rudong offshore wind farm in China’s Yellow Sea.
Končar Power Transformers (KPT) has announced on its social networks the delivery of a new step-up transformer.
German offshore energy company RWE has started construction works at its 1.4GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm project on Dogger Bank.
Taiwan, Taipei: DNV, an independent energy expert provider, has signed a $17.7 M contract to be the Owner’s Engineer for an offshore wind project in Taiwan.
USA, Massachusetts, Falmouth: Developers presented plans on 16 March for an offshore wind farm in Massachusetts to include underground cables.
The high voltage offshore substation for Parkwind’s Northwester 2 offshore wind farm has arrived at the Port of Oostende.
Australian engineering company Worley is designing the offshore substations for the 700 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, US.
50Hertz has connected the offshore wind farms Wikinger and Arkona off the island of Rügen in the German Baltic Sea to its transmission grid.
Switzerland, Zurich: As ABB decides to keep its Power Grid business, within its Next Level strategy revealed on 4 October the company has also announced two new strategic partnerships for the execution of transmission and distribution projects.
Finland: Finland’s first commercial offshore wind farm, the €120-million ($132 million) 40 MW Tahkoluoto project in the Gulf of Bothnia, in the north of the Baltic Sea, west of Finland, will be custom-designed and built to withstand the local icy conditions.
Ireland, Dublin: Developer Mainstream Renewable Power has placed a first order for Siemens’ new offshore transmission module (OTM) for its 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe development off Scotland.
Germany, German North Sea: Seaway Heavy Lifting has secured a contract from Bladt Industries to transport and install the substation with all associated power equipment including transformers at the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm.