Nexans has started laying high-voltage subsea cable between Italy’s Sicily and Sardinia as part of the western section of the Tyrrhenian Link. The connection between Sicily and Sardinia, approved in September 2023, will stretch for 480 kilometers between the Fiumetorto landing point, Palermo in Sici
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector between Scotland and England, set to become one of the biggest electricity transmission projects in the U
Greek transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) has awarded Hellenic Cables with a contract for the delivery of a cable system that will link the island of Corfu with the mainland. IPTO announced a couple of days ago that it was investing over €61 million to f
Design and engineering consultancy Longitude and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) have partnered to provide developers and operators of offshore wind farms with an integrated technical offering in offshore wind design. Under the terms of the agreement, Longitude and NGI will collaborate in
SSEN Transmission has submitted a marine license application for the Scottish marine elements of the Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) project between Scotland and England, set to become one of the biggest electricity transmission projects in the UK. The application, submitted to the Marine Directorate –
ZTT Submarine Cable & System (ZTTSC) has delivered the first batch of 500 kV three-core AC submarine cables for the Yangjiang Fanshi II Offshore Wind Farm in China. According to the company, the production process integrated smart manufacturing lines, industrial robots, smart warehousing, and AI-bas
Following a number of recent contracts in the region, UK-headquartered Tekmar Group has won another one in the Middle East, this time for the provision of its cable protection system. Under the contract worth over $10 million with what is described as a leading international engineering, procurement
Van Oord has completed the installation of 109 inter-array cables, which marks the conclusion of its full scope of work on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Approximately 360 kilometers of inter-array cables have been installed and tested, connecting the wind farms’ 100 14 MW turbines t
Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b offshore wind project in Taiwan will be commissioned in the third quarter of 2026 instead of later this year due to a damaged export cable. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is part of the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 project, currently under construction 35-60 kilometer
RWE and the global asset manager and infrastructure investor, Apollo Global Management, have signed an agreement under which Apollo will pay €3.2 billion to RWE in exchange for an equity stake in a to-be-established joint venture (JV), which will hold RWE’s existing 25.1% stake in the German transmi
NKT has signed a contract with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet to deliver a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power cable system for the offshore interconnector linking the Bornholm Energy Island to the power grid on Zealand in Denmark. NKT’s scope of work includes the deliv
SPIE Wind Connect, a subsidiary of SPIE Global Services Energy, has been awarded a contract for the termination and testing of inter-array cables for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Phase II) in Taiwan. Under the contract awarded by Shinfox Far East Energy, SPIE Wind Connect will ex
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has revoked the license for a planned UK-Netherlands electricity interconnector in response to the developer’s request, submitted after not securing a cap and floor license. A gas interconnector license was granted to NU-Link Interconnector UK Ltd in February 2023, a
DEME’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) Viking Neptun is scheduled to start installing the first inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm site in the UK on or around September 7. The vessel will lay the inter-array cable onto the seabed, where the cable will remain exposed until trenching
