A geophysical and UXO survey is set to begin at the end of this month for an interconnector that will link the UK and Germany for the first time. Geociencias y Exploraciones Marítimas (GEM) will perform a survey of the route for the installation of the NeuConnect Interconnector, nominally 705 kilome
Belgium-based Marlinks has secured its first major contract in Taiwan for the cable health monitoring services of the export and inter-array cables of the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farm. The contract awarded covers the design, supply, installation, commissioning of monitoring hardware, and ong
Solstad Offshore’s construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Pacific has secured a new contract with Italian cabling giant Prysmian for work within renewable energy. Prysmian Powerlink awarded Solstad with a new seven-year contract for the CSV. The contract is firm until 31 December 2030. In additio
The Correll Group has been awarded a contract from the Prysmian Group to provide support for the pull-in and installation of High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC) export cables to the offshore substation platform for the Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, the Correll Group wi
Two tenders have been canceled for a submarine interconnection project that is set to link Lithuania’s and Poland’s electricity systems due to exceeding the investment budget in the offers. Lithuanian transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid has decided to cancel the procedure for selecting a cabl
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has completed the cable layout for the first campaign of six inter-array cables and one interconnector between the two offshore substations (OSS) within the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The works began on Wednesday, 12 Apr
German transmission system operator (TSO), 50Hertz, and Estonia’s TSO, Elering, have signed a Letter of Intent to jointly develop a hybrid submarine cable project called Baltic WindConnector in the Baltic Sea between Estonia and Germany. The Baltic WindConnector will be around 750 kilometres long an
NKT’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alexander Kara has decided to leave the company and is being replaced from within. The announcement comes shortly after the company revealed it was planning new investments in additional production capacity and capabilities. According to NKT, Kara has decided to l
Energinet and 50Hertz have issued a periodic indicative notice to carry out a market investigation on the planned procurement of cable systems regarding the Bornholm Energy Island (BEI) project for establishing the required cable connections from/to Bornholm. This market investigation is a process t
TenneT has awarded NKT, Nexans, and a consortium of Jan De Nul, LS Cable, and Denys with contracts to install 525 kV HVDC cable systems for ten offshore wind projects in the Netherlands and Germany. The total volume of the contracts for the production and installation of the ten cable systems amount
Installation of the inter-array cables started on the 589 MW Changfang & Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan, according to an update shared on social media by Dennis Sanou, CEO of the Changfang & Xidao Projects at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. According to the AIS data, Seaway 7’s cable-layin
UK-headquartered Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has strengthened its rental fleet with the addition of two high-performance Webtool cutters. The HCV275 and RCV160 cutters can be deployed at subsea level, either mounted, operated by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), or onboard a vessel for planne
UK-based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable manufacturer and installer XLCC has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO) from Global Marine Group to drive business growth. According to XLCC, the appointment of Ian Douglas as CEO takes the company into the next phase of its evolution, the
Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric Industries is planning to establish a power cable factory in Scotland which will supply cables for offshore wind farms and grid connections. “Sumitomo Electric has the technologies necessary for the development of a green society and will work with the Scottish
