Axess Technologies has signed a contract for the supply of an export cable pull-in system that will be mounted on the offshore substation at the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the U.S. The offshore substation will be delivered by the Singapore-based company Seatrium. Under the contract with Sea
Italy-headquartered Prysmian has concluded the installation of submarine and land power cables to connect the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to the Scottish mainland power grid. The offshore wind project is now in the testing and commissioning phase and the system is scheduled to go live
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution is planning to set up a specialized test facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables as a response to the growing global demand. The dedicated test facility will be built on approximately 7,000 square meters of unused land at the Dangjin plant, which i
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has signed a frame agreement with compatriot ocean services provider DeepOcean for subsea infrastructure and cable repair for offshore oil & gas and renewables. The agreement covers marine services including subsea intervention and repair contingency for su
Asso.subsea has completed the installation of approximately 30 kilometers of cables for the Adriatic Sea Islands Interconnection in Croatia, reaching depths of 70 meters. Asso.subsea transported and installed four distinct 110 kV cable systems, with the northern part connecting the landing sites Mal
Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) has launched a tender for submarine AC cable that would be used for Aegean Islands interconnectors. IPTO has launched the tendering process for the conclusion of a framework agreement regarding submarine AC cable for the
Oceaneering’s cable manufacturing facility in Rosyth, Scotland, has obtained Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) status from the Offshore Wind Energy Council (OWEC) and ORE (Offshore Renewable Energy) Catapult. F4OR is a program designed to help prepare the UK supply chain to bid for work in the offsho
Orient Adventurer, formerly the construction and flex lay vessel Polar Onyx which has been converted into a cable-laying vessel (CLV), has arrived in Taiwan’s port of Taichung, from where it will soon sail out to the Yunlin offshore wind farm site. The vessel will carry out cable-laying work on the
The installation of export cables at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, is scheduled to start in early April. The work will be performed in three campaigns to install three sections of export cable, with the first campaign starting on or around April 9, [&h
UK-based Tadek Ocean Engineering has produced a study on floating offshore wind platforms for Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS). The report evaluates tension leg platforms (TLP) long-term performance compared to semi-submersible alternatives for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT). It inc
Cable burial activities at the inter-array routes within the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site have been completed, following the wrap-up of cable installation works in January. The pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) along the inter-array cable (IAC) routes was completed in November 2023 by the vesse
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has selected a 2 GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable as the first project to proceed under the new fast-track process and to receive a provisional £2 billion funding package. Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) is being developed by National Grid Electricity T
Denmark-based power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has supplied its first order of adaptive power cable joints, which can serve as a spare joint for a broad range of HVAC offshore cables, to the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet. According to NKT, the Adaptive Rigi
TenneT and Nexans, which signed framework agreements for three offshore grid connections last year, have now signed a call-off contract for the BalWin3 and LanWin3 projects, each of which will have a capacity of 2 GW and will link offshore wind farms to the German grid. In May 2023, TenneT awarded N
