Building
on
a
€2m
($2.6m)
grant
from
the
Dutch
government,
the
‘Plug
Socket’
scheme
will
look
at
“innovative
ways”
of
tying
together
individual
offshore
power
transmission
cabling
into
single
interconnector
lines,
as
well
as
recasting
international
legislation
and
regulations
and
developing
new
financing
models.
Along
with
Nuon
and
Vattenfall,
the
consortium
is
made
up
of
Liandon,
consultancy
ECN,
RoyalHaskoningDHV,
Groningen
Centre
of
Energy
Law
of
the
University
of
Groningen,
Delft
University
of
Technology,
DC
Offshore
and
Energy
Solutions,
and
is
being
shepherded
by
engineering
outfit
Grontmij.
The
project
is
part
of
the
Dutch
cabinet’s
plan
to
boost
the
Netherlands’
renewable
energy…
