Jan De Nul, together with its partner LS Cable & System, has completed the installation of the second subsea cable for the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farm grid connection off the coast of Egmond aan Zee for TenneT. The subsea cable installation was carried out by the cable-laying vessel
Denmark-based NKT has completed the first in-house temporary overvoltage (TOV) test sequence of high-voltage DC cable systems, said to represent an important technical milestone that increases the reliability of cable systems needed for the green transition. NKT reported on 21 June that it had execu
UK-headquartered International Projects Group (IPG), part of the RSK Group, has been appointed to support Nexans Norway with work for the Celtic Interconnector that will link Ireland and France. IPG will create a marine construction environmental management plan and provide construction environmenta
The Netherlands-based Twentsche KabelFabriek (TKF) has been awarded a cable supply contract from Ørsted for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The contract scope includes the supply and termination of close to 200 kilometres of inter-array cables and other cables inc
Subsea 7’s offer to acquire the entire issued share capital of Norway’s DOF Group is expiring at the end of today, 19 June, after the rejection from DOF’s board. Subsea 7 made a proposal on 15 June to the Board of Directors of DOF to acquire the entire issued share capital of the group, offering [&h
The installation of offshore export cables that will connect Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan to the grid on land has been completed. Seaway7, which chartered the Topaz Installer vessel for the work, has installed seven export cables totalling 210 kilometres in length, according to
Hitachi Energy has secured a contract with Spanish and French electricity transmission operators to supply HVDC converter stations for the first subsea electricity interconnection between France and Spain. The contract for the Biscay Gulf interconnection has been awarded by Electricity Interconnecti
Two 220 kV high-voltage alternate current (HVAC) three-pole submarine cables have been installed for Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project. Prysmian Group, the supplier of the submarine cables, said that the operations proceed on time with the schedule and that their cab
JDR Cable Systems (JDR) has been awarded the contract to supply, test, and terminate the 66 kV dynamic inter-array cables (IAC) for the 30 MW EolMed floating wind project offshore France. JDR will design and manufacture the 66 kV dynamic cables, with the cable cores being produced at TFK’s Bydgoszcz
Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) has put the Western Corridor, part of the Peloponnese interconnection, into full operation. The Western Corridor includes the electricity transmission line connecting Megalopoli with Patras and Western Central Greece, con
The 1,400 MW North Sea Link (NSL) that connects the UK and Norway is set to return to full operations today, 13 June, following the repair of a technical fault which saw the project operating at half capacity. Norway’s Statnett reported on 8 June that a fault caused the unavailability of the NSL int
Van Oord has equipped foundations at the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm with secondary steel and installed all inter-array cables, with cable burial and wind turbine installation underway at the 759 MW Dutch offshore wind farm. Offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution has installed all s
The Correll Group, Electrical Engineering Division has secured a contract with Prysmian Powerlink for the testing and terminations of the 66 kV inter-array cables and offshore substation topside on the GodeWind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. The project will be completed in
A fault has been found on the 1,400 MW North Sea Link (NSL) that connects the UK and Norway causing the interconnector to operate at half capacity. Norway’s Statnett reported yesterday, 8 June, that a fault caused the unavailability of the NSL interconnector in the afternoon and the project will be
