Greece-based Asso.subsea has completed the cable installation, burial, and protection operations for the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France. The Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project is located 17 kilometers off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, on a 100-me
Subsea7 has reported a “robust” backlog of $10.4 billion in its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, with tendering activity high in both the subsea and offshore wind sectors. To remind, in the financial results for the full year of 2023, Subsea7 reported it had secured $7.4 billion of c
Paris-headquartered cable systems designer and manufacturer Nexans has reported a record adjusted backlog of €6.7 billion for its Generation & Transmission segment, a 10.2% increase compared to December 2023, said to be mainly subsea-driven. In its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, Ne
Hellenic Cables Americas, the U.S. subsidiary of Cenergy Holdings, has received financial support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its planned cable manufacturing facility in Maryland. Hellenic Cables Americas is planning to build a new cable manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Maryland
What is said to be the world’s first eco-friendly cable protection system has been deployed at sea, The Crown Estate, UK seabed manager, reported. The UK’s Crown Estate announced that earlier this month the world’s first carbon-neutral and plastic-free cable protection was deployed off the coast of
Designer and manufacturer of cable systems Nexans and Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor have expanded their long-standing relationship with a four-year contingency and preparedness contract. The long-term collaboration between the two companies is extended through a four-year agreement that
South Korean cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has received financial support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its high-voltage submarine power cable factory in the U.S. LS GreenLink USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LS C&S, plans to build a manufacturing facility to produce high-volt
Deemed the world’s largest interconnector, Viking Link, connecting the UK and Denmark, has officially been inaugurated. The £1.7 billion Viking Link, which started operating on December 29, 2023, has a capacity of 1.4 GW and stretches for 475 miles under land and sea, joining the Bicker Fen substati
Cable solutions provider Prysmian has selected DEME to provide the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands. This is the most extensive cabling award in DEME’s history and marks the company’s first project involving Prysmi
Kalypso Offshore Energy, an emerging contractor for the offshore wind industry in the US, has signed a Letter of Intent with Royal IHC to build America’s first Jones Act-compliant cable laying vessel (CLV) for the offshore wind market. The collaboration between Kalypso and Royal IHC aims to fill a g
Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein Verft has held the keel laying ceremony for the DP3 cable laying vessel (CLV), Nexans Electra. Keel laying signifies the start of assembling the key components for a newbuild vessel. The Nexans Electra, ordered as the second ship by Nexans at Ulstein V
DNV and its partners in a joint industry project (JIP) that is working to identify barriers to the use of HVDC transmission in the U.S. grid have published a letter containing guidelines for the U.S. states for the build-out of an offshore HVDC transmission network that would best support the countr
Eight Baltic Sea countries signed a joint declaration on collaborating closer to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure in the region on April 10, only a day after six North Sea countries entered into a similar agreement. Both are a result of security concerns arising from the Russian invasi
Six North Sea countries have signed a joint declaration to cooperate on the protection of critical underwater energy and telecommunication infrastructure in the North Sea. At the North Sea Summit held in April 2023, national security advisers from nine countries met to discuss better cooperation on
