TenneT has opened a qualification period for a tender for 525 kV DC cable supply and installation on the 2 GW offshore grid projects in the Netherlands. The first upcoming cable supply and installation tender for the 2 GW offshore grid projects is expected to be launched later this year, in Q3/Q4. T
While offshore wind has performed strongly during the pandemic, continuing with next to no business interruption, the sector still faces some significant supply chain risks. This is according to an insurance company specialising in renewable energy, one of few businesses with the capability to compr
Vard has contracted Red Rock Marine to deliver a knuckle telescopic offshore crane for Van Oord’s newbuild cable laying vessel. Red Rock Marine is planning to deliver the purpose-built knuckle telescopic offshore crane next year. Van Oord placed an order for the next-generation green cable laying ve
Tekmar Energy has secured a cable protection system (CPS) supply contract for an offshore wind farm located off the Shandong Peninsula in North East China. Tekmar Energy will supply its TekLink Mechanical Latch CPS technology to protect the project’s subsea inter-array cables as they transition from
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has hired Ramboll to map and recommend possible submerged cable routes and landing locations for the export of power from the future energy island in the Baltic Sea to Denmark and an adjacent country. Denmark has recently approved the construction of two
Subsea cables specialist Nexans Norway has signed an ROV services contract with subsea services provider IKM Subsea, reportedly worth NOK 200 million ($23.6 million).
TenneT and partners Statnett and KfW have taken over the NordLink high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system between Norway and Germany, marking the end of the interconnector’s trial operation.
CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, has completed its inter-array cable pull-in and termination and testing campaign at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in Denmark. CWind used walk-to-work vessels Island Diligence and Island Crown to conduct 72 inter-array cable pull-ins and termination a
All inter-array cables have been laid at the Moray East offshore wind farm, with burial, termination and testing works still ongoing. The cables were installed by CLV Living Stone, while the Ndeavour and Grand Canyon vessels have been deployed for the burial operations. OSV Siem Day is supporting te
Prysmian Group and RWE Renewables have finalised the contract for the export cable connection of the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, worth more than € 200 million. The contract, which follows the preferred bidder agreement from November 2020, includes the development of the turn-key high voltage su
Bureau Veritas (BV) and Nexans have signed a partnership agreement to reduce risk and promote best practices for turnkey deliveries of high voltage power cables used for connecting offshore wind farms to onshore grids. With insurers’ studies confirming that high voltage power cables are among the mo
Dutch survey contractor Fugro has been selected by Terna, the owner of the Italian national transmission grid, to perform a large multidisciplinary survey for one part of the Tyrrhenian Link interconnector.
Orient Cable has won a contract to provide dynamic cable for an offshore wind project in China which will connect a floating wind turbine to a fixed unit. Ningbo Orient (NBO) plans to use one 35 kV dynamic cable to connect the 5.5 MW floating wind turbine to the fixed-bottom turbine. The plan is to
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a 10-year loan agreement with Danish national transmission system operator Energinet to co-finance the construction of the Viking Link interconnector between the UK and Denmark.
