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Latest news and developments from Europe

• Prysmian Group and Asso.Subsea win subsea power cable contract for offshore wind farm in France

  September 7, 2021
  Italy’s Prysmian Group and Greek company Asso.Subsea have been awarded a contract by French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (RTE), for an export subsea power cable system for the Gruissan floating offshore wind farm in Southern France.

• Skepast&Puhkim selected for Estonian–Latvian offshore network survey

  September 7, 2021
  Elering and Augstsprieguma Tīkls AS (AST), the transmission system operators (TSO) of Estonia and Latvia respectively, have selected Skepast&Puhkim OÜ for carrying out a survey of the potential onshore route for the hybrid offshore electricity connection to be created between Estonia and Latvia.

• Global Offshore secures cable contract for Parkwind’s offshore wind farm in Germany

  September 6, 2021
  Belgium-based Parkwind has awarded a turnkey contract to Global Offshore, for the installation and burial of 27 array cables at Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany.

• Lithuanian TSO Litgrid’s shareholders approve EUR22 million contract with Zilinskis ir Co

  September 6, 2021
  Lithuania's power transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid has got shareholder approval for the award of a EUR22.043 million contract to Zilinskis ir Co for design and reconstruction of the Neris transformer substation located in Nemencine, Vilnius District.

• Baltic Power issues tender for onshore grid connection to offshore wind farm in Poland

  September 3, 2021
  Baltic Power has issued a tender for the onshore grid connection assets for its 1.2 GW offshore wind farm in Poland.

• Hellenic Cables wins cables contract for Danish offshore wind farms [free access]

  September 2, 2021
  Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables has bagged a cable contract from Swedish power company Vattenfall for the Vesterhav Syd and Nord offshore wind farms in Denmark.

• Ukrainian TSO commences reconstruction of 750 kV Vinnytska substation

  September 1, 2021
  Ukraine’s National Power Company (NPC), Ukrenergo, has commenced the first stage of the reconstruction of the 750 kV Vinnytska substation.

• DEME Group completes installation of export cables for Dutch HKZ wind farm

  August 31, 2021
  DEME Group has completed the installation of export cable for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) grid connection project, thus providing a route for power transmission from the HKZ wind farms in the Netherlands.

• Fingrid to invest EUR8 million in Uusnivala substation

  August 31, 2021
  Finland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid will be making an investment of EUR8 million in the Uusnivala substation in Nivala, North Ostrobothnia.

• Construction begins for North Macedonia and Albania Interconnector

  August 31, 2021
  Macedonia’s transmission system operator, MEPSO, has commenced construction work on a new 400/110 kW power substation in Ohrid in Macedonia, as part of the first electricity interconnector between North Macedonia and Albania.

• New ATs and PSTs delivered for 750 kV Zaporizka substation, Ukraine

  August 30, 2021
  Three new autotransformers (ATs) and nine new phase-shifting transformers (PSTs) have been delivered to Ukrenergo’s 750 kV Zaporizka substation by equipment manufacturer PrJSC Zaporizhtransformator.

• Dynamic cable installed for TetraSpar floating wind farm, Norway

  August 26, 2021
  The installation of the dynamic cable has been completed for the TetraSpar Demo floating offshore wind turbine, which is the world's first full-scale demonstration of an industrialised offshore foundation.

• Fingrid to refurbish Rauma substation

  August 26, 2021
  Finland’s TSO, Fingrid, will refurbish the ageing Rauma substation, to ensure the system security of the main grid in the region. It is one of the most important substations in the power system of Finland in terms of system security.

• Transmission works underway to connect Azerbaijan’s liberated territories to common energy system

  August 26, 2021
  Azerbaijan’s Azerenergy OJSC is building substations and power transmission lines in order to connect the territories liberated from Armenian occupation in the 2020 Karabakh war, to the common energy system of Azerbaijan.

• Dutch TKF to supply inter-array cables for German Baltic Eagle offshore wind project

  August 25, 2021
  Dutch cable manufacturer BV Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) has been awarded the contract for Iberdrola's 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind project, by Dutch maritime contracting company, Van Oord.

• New electricity connection launched between Estonia and Latvia

  August 25, 2021
  Elering and Augstsprieguma Tīkls AS (AST), the transmission system operators (TSO) of Estonia and Latvia respectively, have put into operation the third interconnection between Estonia and Latvia, a step further towards synchronising the Baltic States with the continental European network.

• Estonian electricity market begins offering capacity on Fingrid’s AFRR hourly market

  August 25, 2021
  s a result of a pilot project prepared by Fingrid and Elering, Estonian electricity market participants have started offering capacity on Fingrid’s automatic frequency restoration reserve (AFRR) hourly market.

• Bosnia's TSO to invest BAM288 million in 2021

  August 25, 2021
  Bosnian power transmission system operator (TSO) Elektroprenos BiH has announced plans to invest BAM288 million in 2021. The investments will be financed from the company's own funds and loans.

• National Grid and SEE to run trials to harness heat from transformers

  August 24, 2021
  The UK’s National Grid and energy provider SSE Energy Solutions will begin the trials for capturing the heat generated by National Grid’s transmission network transformers, to provide home heating for households connected to district heating networks operated by SSE.

• Siemens Energy to deliver HVDC technology for SuedLink [free access]

  August 23, 2021
  Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract to provide its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology for SuedLink, one of the largest energy infrastructure projects in Europe and the third HVDC corridor project in Germany.