North Sea, Baltic Sea Countries Enter Pacts To Protect Offshore Energy Infrastructure Amid Concerns Over Russian Sabotage
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
Eight Baltic Sea countries signed a joint declaration on collaborating closer to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure in the region on 10 April, only a day after six North Sea countries entered into a similar agreement. Both are a result of security concerns arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and reports of possible sabotage of offshore and subsea energy infrastructure in the North and Baltic Seas.
These are the first two paragraphs.
Concerns over Russia sabotaging offshore energy assets came into the spotlight after four gas leaks were found in September 2022 on the twin Nord Stream pipeline system in the Baltic Sea.
Following national investigations into the incident initiated by Germany, Sweden and Denmark, and studies by the Norwegian and Swedish seismic institutes, European authorities said that the incident could have been the result of “deliberate actions”.
Hopefully, mutual defence will see off, the Evil Vlad!
The Anonymous Widower 
We need something similiar in North Sea to cover all our interconnectors as well
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | April 13, 2024 |
In this post, I talk about a system being developed by National Grid.
https://anonw.com/2024/03/18/400k-for-national-grid-innovation-projects-as-part-of-ofgem-fund-to-help-shape-britains-net-zero-transition/
The first system is called HIRE – Hybrid-Network Improvement & Reliability Enhancement.
It looks to be based on technology from a company called Monitra.
I also remember, when I worked at ICI Runcorn Heath, that they were experimenting with using sodium cables, which were effectively a polythene tube full of sodium, which was wrapped in stainless steel tape for protection. These cables always sounded interesting and would need proper protection.
This article is interesting and dates from a similar period as I was at Runcorn on 1968-1970.
https://www.edn.com/sodium-power-cables/
Comment by AnonW | April 13, 2024 |