All inter-array cables have been installed at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Seaway7 said on July 1 it completed the installation of the last inter-array cable, connecting the 13th and last string of the He Dreiht project to the BorWin epsilon converter platform, part o
In response to an increasing need for safeguarding critical maritime infrastructure due to ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and an increasingly dynamic risk picture, Norway’s KONGSBERG has opened a maritime test bed for protecting potentially vulnerable infrastructure such as subsea pipelines, power
South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution has signed a contract with Türkiye’s Tersan Shipyard for the construction of its new, ultra-large cable laying vessel (CLV). To expand orders for large-scale HVDC and offshore wind projects, both domestic and in Europe and North Ameri
The partially outfitted hull of a new cable-laying vessel (CLV) being built for Nexans has started its journey from Poland to Norway, where it will be finalized. Based on an ST-297 CLV design by Skipsteknisk, Nexans Electra, ordered as the second vessel by Nexans at Norway’s Ulstein Verft, is an upd
Jan De Nul has pulled two export cables for the 1,080 MW Thor offshore wind farm, currently under construction in Denmark. The export cables will transport clean, renewable electricity from the offshore site 22 kilometers out in the North Sea to the Danish mainland. In 2023, Jan De Nul, together wit
The UK Government has decided to reject the huge £25 billion (around €29.5 billion) project that would import 11.5 GW of solar and wind power from Morocco to the British grid via 4,000-kilometer HVDC subsea cables. The Xlinks Morocco-UK power project envisions the development of a commercial-scale r
The Italy-based global power cable manufacturer Prysmian will supply subsea export cables for the HydroWing tidal energy array, led by UK-based Inyanga Marine Energy Group at the Morlais site off Anglesey, Wales. Scheduled for deployment in early 2026, the HydroWing array aims to deliver 20 MW of pr
After two years of development, offshore surveys and public engagement, Scottish transmission system operator (TSO) SSEN Transmission has submitted a marine cable license application for the Spittal-Peterhead subsea link in Scotland. The 2 GW bi-pole, 525 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) link w
Geotechnical surveys are scheduled to begin in July at the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) subsea electricity superhighway that will link the south-east of Scotland with the north-east of England. The 2 GW EGL1 HVDC multi-directional cable is being developed by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NG
The final inter-array cable was installed at the 488 MW Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm in France, developed by Les Éoliennes en Mer Services. The 61st and final inter-array cable was installed at the EMYN site located 11.7 kilometers from the island of Yeu and 16.5 kilometers f
The Finnish and Swedish transmission system operators (TSOs) Fingrid and Svenska kraftnät have initiated the planning process for the third submarine cable between the countries which would replace the first connection at the end of its operational lifetime in the late 2030s. Under a signed letter o
Singapore-headquartered offshore marine service contractor Kim Heng has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the newly incorporated government-linked Singapore Energy Interconnections (SGEI) to cooperate on submarine power projects. As part of the non-binding MoU signed on June 9, the par
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting the construction of the first submarine electricity interconnection between Spain and France with €1.6 billion, in a push to improve the reliability of power supply among France, Spain and Portugal and with the rest of Europe. Delivered by Inelfe, a j
Geotechnical surveys have commenced for the 240 MW Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm in Denmark to support the final project design in preparation for construction work. After several months of geophysical surveys, scanning the seabed using 3D measurements, the next step in the development of the J
