Company News: Europe

News on transmission equipment and service providers from Europe

• UK’s James Fisher awarded three contracts by BBEC for offshore assets

  January 5, 2022
  James Fisher Renewables, part of the UK-based James Fisher and Sons, has been awarded three operation and maintenance (O&M) contracts to support offshore transmission asset owners (OFTOs) at Thanet, Gwynt-y-Mor and Humber offshore wind sites in the UK by Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium (BBEC), comprising UK-based infrastructure investors Balfour Beatty Investments Limited and Equitix Limited.

• Siemens Energy bags contract for three synchronous condensers from Lithuania's Litgrid

  December 29, 2021
  Lithuania's power transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid has awarded a EUR87.4 million contract to Siemens Energy for the design, manufacture and installation of three synchronous condensers.

• Pivot Power energises UK’s largest flow battery

  December 22, 2021
  EDF Renewables’ Pivot Power has energised a 2 MW/5 MWh vanadium redox flow battery in Cowley, Oxford, UK, as part of its Energy Superhub network.

• Tekmar Energy bags CPS contract for UK’s Dogger Bank offshore wind farm

  December 21, 2021
  The UK-based Tekmar Energy Limited has been awarded a contract by DEME Offshore, a subsidiary of France’s DEME Group, to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for Phase A and Phase B of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, with a customer option for Phase C.

• French TotalEnergies commissions country’s largest BESS

  December 21, 2021
  French multinational TotalEnergies SE has commissioned a 61 MW/61 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility at the Flandres centre in Dunkirk, France.

• DEME Offshore secures cable contract for UK’s Dogger Bank C wind farm

  December 16, 2021
  DEME Offshore, subsidiary of France’s DEME Group, has secured an inter-array cable contract from Dogger Bank Wind Farm for the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank C phase.

• GE Grid Solutions secures g3-circuit-breaker contract

  December 15, 2021
  GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded a three-year framework contract by the UK's electricity transmission and distribution network operator SP Energy Networks for the supply of 145 kV sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-free live tank circuit-breakers utilising GE's g3 gas as the insulating and switching dielectric medium.

• UK’s Moray West awards onshore substation contract to Siemens Energy

  December 14, 2021
  German equipment manufacturer Siemens Energy has been selected by the developer Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to supply the onshore substation for the 860 MW Moray West offshore wind farm.

• National Grid and Hitachi Energy announce collaboration to replace SF6 in HV equipment

  December 9, 2021
  The UK’s National Grid and Hitachi Energy have announced that they will be collaborating for a pilot project at Richborough substation in Kent, to develop the world’s first greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) replacement product.

• UK’s Moray Offshore awards cables contract to Nexans

  December 9, 2021
  The UK’s Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited, owned by Ocean Winds (95 per cent stake) and Ignitis Grupe (5 per cent stake), has awarded the onshore and offshore high voltage alternating current (HVAC) export cables contract for the Moray West offshore wind farm, to French cable supplier Nexans.

• Lithuania’s Litgrid awards contracts for two 330 kV OHLs

  December 7, 2021
  Litgrid, the transmission system operator (TSO) for Lithuania, has awarded contracts for two 330 kV overhead lines (OHLs).

• UK’s Moray West awards contract for supply of two offshore substations

  December 3, 2021
  Germany’s equipment manufacturer Siemens and Smulders Projects UK’s subsidiary Lemants have been selected by developer Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to supply two offshore substations for the Moray West offshore wind farm.

• Italy’s Terna awards contract for Tyrrhenian Link project [free access]

  December 1, 2021
  Italy’s transmission system operator (TSO) Terna has awarded contracts to Prysmian and Nexans (in association with Roda and Mive) for the supply and installation of submarine and underground cables for the 1 GW Tyrrhenian Link project.

• Tekmar Energy bags CPS contract for German Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm

  November 23, 2021
  The UK-based Tekmar Energy Limited has been awarded a contract by Global Offshore, to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany.

• Prysmian Group wins submarine cable link contract from Italy’s Terna [free access]

  November 23, 2021
  Italy’s Prysmian Group has won a submarine cable connection contract from the country’s transmission system operator (TSO), Terna to connect the island of Elba and Piombino on the Italian mainland.

• India KEC wins auction to construct 400 kV power line in Moldova

  November 16, 2021
  The Indian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major, KEC International, has won an auction to construct a 400 kV overhead power line (OHL) between Chisinau, the capital city of Moldova and Vulcanesti, along the border with Romania.

• Orsted awards German offshore wind, inter-array cable installation contract to Boskalis

  November 11, 2021
  Danish multinational power company Orsted has awarded a contract to the Netherlands-based power cable installation company Boskalis for an inter-array cable installation contract for the 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 and 242 MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms, both to be located in the German North Sea.

• TenneT selects USA’s Emerson for software and services for transmission network

  November 10, 2021
  Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has selected global technology and engineering company, Emerson, headquartered in Missouri, USA, to modernise and optimise its high-voltage transmission network across Netherlands and Germany.

• Ukraine’s Ukrenergo awards contract for transformers to Chint Electric Company

  November 10, 2021
  Ukraine’s transmission system operator (TSO) NPC Ukrenergo has awarded a contract to China-based Chint Electric Company Limited for the supply of autotransformers and transformers for 330 kV substations.

• Estonian and Latvian TSOs select BLIX Consultancy for offshore grid feasibility study

  October 26, 2021
  Estonia’s transmission system operator (TSO) Elering AS and Latvia’s TSO Augstspriegumatīkls (AST), have selected BLIX Consultancy for an offshore grid feasibility study.