Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has begun construction to expand its cable factory in Asnaes to increase medium-voltage power cable production capacity to support growing demand across Europe. NKT held the groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the c
Rune Olav Pedersen, the current CEO of Norway-headquartered seismic company PGS, has been appointed as CEO of Geoquip Marine, a provider of geotechnical services to the offshore energy sector, effective from January 1, 2025. Pedersen, who will be based at Geoquip’s headquarters in Switzerland, takes
Construction has officially started on what is said to be the UK’s largest-ever electricity transmission project and the longest high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable in the country, named Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2). The £4.3 billion, 525kV, 2 GW HVDC subsea transmission cable will link Peterhea
UK-based XLCC, founded in 2020, has secured £20 million (almost €24 million) from the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) that will be invested in the development of the UK’s first HVDC cable factory, located in North Ayrshire, Scotland, with an option for a further £67 million (approximately €80.3 millio
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder VARD has held the keel laying ceremony for what is said to be a highly customized hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel that will serve the Japanese offshore wind market. VARD is building the vessel for Toyo Construction, a Japanese general constructi
JDR Cable Systems, part of TFK Group, has set up its new shop in Brazil as part of its strategic expansion in pursuit of further growth opportunities in light of the South American country’s ambition to triple clean energy capacity by 2030, which puts the rise in offshore wind projects in the spotli
NKT, alongside other players hired for work on an underwater high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable project between the U.S. and Canada, is continuing to make inroads in putting all the subsea marine infrastructure in place.
The 600 MW Gemini wind farm offshore the Netherlands is once again fully operational after experiencing a failure in one of the export cables between the wind farm and the shore. A group of cable and energy specialists, including a repair team from NKT, helped Gemini with a fast repair during the su
NKT has made inroads in the construction of a new cable extrusion tower for a power cable factory in Karlskrona, Sweden, which is expected to be the world’s largest high-voltage offshore power cable factory after completion.
Saipem has won another such deal for work at an oil and gas field off the coast of Saudi Arabia, which the country’s energy giant Aramco operates.
Four transmission system operators (TSOs) have pooled resources to create a joint venture (JV) company that will bring a subsea cable link between Azerbaijan, Romania, Georgia, and Hungary to life for a price tag of €3.5 billion, sending renewable electricity from the South Caucasus region straight
UK-headquartered CRP Subsea has secured a contract from Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean to supply cable protection systems for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in the German part of the North Sea. Under this contract, CRP Subsea will supply 96 NjordGuard cable protection s
Saipem has won a multibillion-dollar deal for an offshore project designed to help maintain natural gas production from the biggest field off the northern coast of Qatar.
Nexans and Ulstein have held the grand block ceremony for the new cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra, bringing the vessel closer to realization. The ceremony was celebrated on September 10 at CRIST, Poland, with the remaining processes such as engineering, outfitting, system integration, equip
