Italian cabling giant Prysmian has set up a target to achieve net-zero for its global operations between 2035 and 2040, as well as for its value chain emissions by 2050. Prysmian announced the commitments as part of its new Climate Ambition and Social Ambition frameworks. In terms of Climate Ambitio
Saipem’s pipelay vessel Castorone has laid more than 100 kilometers of the offshore pipeline for the Baltic Pipe project in the Baltic Sea. The 275-kilometer long Baltic Pipe will create a new corridor supplying gas from Norway to the markets in Poland, Denmark and also neighboring countries. Castor
NKT has begun the installation of the 10-kilometer onshore cable for the 600 MW Shetland HVDC project in Scotland. The onshore cable will run from the converter station at Kergord in Shetland and the Switching Station at Noss Head in Caithness to the subsea cable landfall points. NKT has also starte
RINA, in a joint venture with the Tunisian subsidiary Comete Engineering, is carrying out a marine feasibility study for the 600 MW Italy-Tunisia interconnection. The submarine survey project, which started in April, will run for one year and will identify two possible landfalls at either end of the
Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid has submitted the planning application for the Celtic Interconnector to An Bord Pleanála. The application includes a full Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement, as well as other plans and particulars. An Bord Pleanála will
Goleniów-Lwówek pipeline, the longest element of the Baltic Pipe project in Poland, has entered the advanced stage with welding and backfilling in trenches underway. The Goleniów-Lwówek gas pipeline will enable the distribution of gas supplied from the Norwegian Shelf via the offshore gas pipeline i
Subsea 7 has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract with an undisclosed client in the Middle East.
DEME’s Living Stone has successfully installed DolWin6 HVDC cable while powered by LNG, thus significantly reducing emissions.
Saipem’s pipelay vessel Castorone has installed 50 kilometers of the gas pipeline for the Baltic Pipe project in the Baltic Sea. Approximately 225 kilometers remain to be laid by Saipem’s pipelay trio of Castorone, Castoro Sei and Castoro 10, project developers reported. Castorone began laying the o
Subsea 7 S.A. has agreed to combine its Renewables business unit with Norway’s OHT ASA. Subject to the customary approvals, conditions and relevant employee consultations, the combined company will be renamed Seaway 7 ASA and will initially retain OHT’s listing on Oslo’s Euronext Growth market, with
The Netherlands-based Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) has secured a contract by Van Oord for the supply of inter-array cables for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project. TKF will manufacture and deliver 140 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the wind farm loca
Hellenic Cables has secured a contract to supply high voltage submarine cables to the Croatian transmission system operator for a cable replacement project in the Adriatic Sea. Under a contract signed with Končar Group, Hellenic Cables will supply 12 kilometers of 110 kV submarine cables, accessorie
Two cable repairs have been completed at the BritNed interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands following recent faults. The second cable repair was completed on 7 June after two faults caused by impact damage were recently reported. However, the repaired section although trenched is still in
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have outlined their support for the NeuConnect interconnector between Germany and the UK. The two European leaders spoke about the NeuConnect project today, 2 July, as part of Merkel’s visit to the UK to meet Johnson. “Collaboration
