Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group has awarded compatriot Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) with a contract for potential unexploded ordnance (pUXO) identification and clearance along the route of NeuConnect, a high-voltage submarine cable that will create the first direct energy transmission link between the UK and Germany.
The contract covers the execution of pUXO identification and clearance activities in German waters, within Germany’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and in Dutch waters along the route of the NeuConnect Interconnector.