Category: Europe Company News

The UK-based Correll Group has bagged a contract from the Prysmian Group to provide pull-in services for two 225 kV high voltage alternating current (HVAC) export cables with 17.5-km-length each, to the offshore substation platform for the Fecamp offshore wind farm (OWF) off the French coast.

The UK-based subsea engineering, construction and services company, Seaway 7 (the renewables business unit of Subsea 7 S.A), has signed a letter of award (LoA) with Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to begin engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) works for the inter-array grid cables of the 860 MW Moray West offshore wind (OFW) farm.

Japanese Hitachi Energy has won a major order from TenneT and TransnetBW, two of Germany’s four transmission system operators (TSOs), for the construction of the SuedLink converter stations in Wilster (Schleswig-Holstein) and Bergrheinfeld (Bavaria).

Dortmund-based Amprion GmbH, one of the four TSOs for electricity in Germany, has awarded a contract to the consortium of German equipment manufacturer Siemens Energy and Spain’s Dragados Offshore S.A. (a subsidiary of the VINCI Group) for turnkey installation and service of the BorWin4 and DolWin4 grid connection systems.

The Spanish TSO REE, has selected Italian cable manufacturing company Prysmian Group to develop two new submarine power interconnectors—one between the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera, and another between Spain’s mainland and Ceuta, a Spanish city on the north coast of Africa.

Danish multinational power company Orsted has awarded contracts to Japanese Hitachi Energy and Norwegian energy services provider Aibel to connect the 2.85 GW Hornsea 3 OWF project to the UK power grid.

The Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet awarded GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solution business a contract for the supply and installation of 31 SF6-free, gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) bays at the Amagervaerket (AMV) and Vigerslev Koblings (VIK) substations in Copenhagen.

Danish cable company NKT AS has signed a contract for the manufacture and installation of export power cables for the East Anglia Three (EA3) offshore wind farm being developed by ScottishPower Renewables.

The Greek Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), Anexartitos Diacheiristis Metaforis llektrikis Energiasis (ADMIE), has awarded a EUR10 million contract to Greek Mytilineos (an industrial company functioning in metallurgy, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), electric power and gas trading) for the construction of a new 400 kV high-voltage overhead line between the Nea Santa and Maritsa East substations.

French cable manufacturer, Nexans, has emerged as the preferred bidder for the supply and installation of 500 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) mass impregnated (MI) cables for the 1,000 MW Cyprus–Greece interconnection.

Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has awarded a contract for cable production and laying for the 980 MW BorWin6 offshore grid connection in the German North Sea, to Nexans Norway AS.

Italian cable manufacturing company, Prysmian Group, has been awarded the second 2 GW system as an extension of the SuedOstLink, from Germany’s transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT.

The UK-based subsea engineering, construction and services company, Seaway 7 (the renewables business unit of Subsea 7 S.A), has been selected by Seagreen 1A Limited as a preferred supplier for the Seagreen 1A offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland.

The UK’s cable manufacturer, JDR Cable Systems Limited, has awarded a contract to the Netherlands-based Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) BV for the supply of cable hang-off systems for the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. JDR is responsible for supplying the inter-array cables for the wind farm while Global Offshore will install them.

Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has signed with Dutch subsea cable specialist, WIND, for the provision of cable transport and storage for offshore spare export cables.

Indian state-owned Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) has been awarded a contract for consulting services towards the 400 kV World Bank-funded Moldova Power System Development project.