Adrijana Buljan

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Home Wind Farms UXO removal work underway at Hornsea Three OWF export cable route April 17, 2025, by Ørsted is conducting a confirmed unexploded ordnance (cUXO) removal campaign along the export cable route of the Hornsea Three offshore wind project in the UK and a potential UXO (pUXO) inspection campaign in the array area. As of April 14, 24 confirmed UXOs within the Hornsea Three export cable route were removed, with the explosive ordnance detonation (EOD) of the one remaining cUXO being...

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Home Grid European TSOs: ‘Energy independence must begin at sea’ April 16, 2025, by The Offshore TSO Collaboration (OTC), an initiative established in 2022 that gathers transmission system operators (TSOs) from the European Northern Seas, says that a unified and efficient offshore grid development strategy is needed for the North Sea to maximize benefits for Europe’s energy security, independence and competitiveness. Earlier this month, twelve offshore TSOs said that they were striving for an...

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Home Grid Orient Cable wins contract for China’s ‘longest’ offshore wind export cable route April 14, 2025, by Chinese power cable manufacturer Orient Cable has been awarded two new export cable contracts in its home country, one of which involves the supply of a 500 kV line for what the company says is the longest offshore distance in China’s offshore wind so far. On April 14, Orient Cable (NBO) said that, in a consortium with China Southern Power Grid, it was awarded an EPCI contract for a...

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Home Wind Farms Prysmian wraps up export cable work at Sofia offshore wind farm April 14, 2025, by Prysmian has completed the installation and HV testing of the export subsea cables that connect the Sofia offshore wind farm to the UK mainland. The 1.4 GW offshore wind farm comprises more than 440 kilometers of ±320 kV offshore export cables with XLPE insulation, manufactured in Prysmian’s Pikkala plant in Finland, and 15 kilometers of ±320 kV onshore cables with P-Laser insulation made in the...

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Home Wind Farms Bubble curtain used for first time in UK as RWE deploys noise abatement tech at Sofia offshore wind farm April 11, 2025, by RWE, in collaboration with Hydrotechnik Offshore, a Germany-based bubble curtain developer, has deployed the underwater noise abatement technology during monopile installation at the Sofia offshore wind farm, marking the first time the technology has been used in the UK. Currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometers off the UK coast, the 1.4...