Belgian Cenergy Holdings has passed the first milestone for the development of a cable manufacturing facility in Maryland, the U.S., by reaching a final investment decision (FID). The company announced in April that its U.S. subsidiary Hellenic Cables Americas is planning to build a new cable manufa
South Korea-headquartered Taihan Cable & Solution and energy services company Hanwha Solutions have partnered up to work on the development of crucial materials used in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and submarine cables, as well as extra-high-voltage (EHV) cables. The South Korean companies sig
Following certification to use biofuels for the vessel, Denmark-based power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has made a number of upgrades on its cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Victoria, said to be prompted by growing market demand and customer requirements. With the aim of boosting it
Norwegian VARD has held the steel cutting ceremony for the highly customized hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel it is building for the Japanese offshore wind market. The steel-cutting ceremony for NB 980 was held on July 1 in Vard Shipyards Romania – Braila, marking a milestone in the co
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany, covering trenching, transport, and installation of inter-array cables. RWE has recently made the final investment decision for its entire Nordseecluster, involving offshore wind
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Maersk Supply Service (MSS), expanding its fleet with an additional 22 vessels. Through the newly incorporated subsidiary DOF Offshore Holding Denmark, DOF will on certain terms and conditions acquire all the shares in Maersk
Jan De Nul Group has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the installation of high-voltage export cables that will bring renewable energy generated at the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm ashore. Jan De Nul will connect the offshore substation of the F
“There can be no transition without transmission,” Manos Manousakis, Chairman and CEO of Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), said at the General Assembly of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), highlighting the i
Greece’s Asso.subsea is set to begin boulder clearance and trenching next month for the interconnector that will link the power systems of Ireland and France together for the first time via subsea power cable. It was reported in May that Asso.subsea had joined forces with French cable maker Nexans t
A multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) owned by Olympic Subsea and on charter with DeepOcean has been equipped with cable lay and trenching equipment to be able to install and protect power cables for offshore renewables projects. The two Norwegian companies entered into a two-year time charter agree
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has awarded a five-year contract to Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore for a subsea construction vessel (CSV) set to support the installation of power cable systems on the company’s projects. The CSV Normand Ocean will be on a firm contract with Prysmian which
A consortium of Boskalis and Orient Cable (NBOS) has completed the pull-in and burial of the second export cable for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore grid connection at the landfall location in Velsen-Noord, the Netherlands. The 700 MW grid connection will link the offshore wind farm that
SSEN Transmission’s Shetland High Voltage Direct-Current (HVDC) Link in the North Sea has transmitted its first power from a wind farm to the mainland, nearing full energization. The £660 million Shetland HVDC Link connects Noss Head in Caithness and Weisdale Voe in Shetland. The 260-kilometer subse
Belgium’s transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has awarded contracts to several companies for high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) components of Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island.
