Irish and Spanish ministries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the potential for a future electricity interconnector between the two countries. The MoU was signed by Ireland’s Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment and Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transitio
Five European transmission system operators (TSOs) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on offshore cable infrastructure in the North Sea. The agreement was signed at WindEurope’s Annual Event in Madrid by Elia (Belgium), Energinet (Denmark), 50Hertz (Germany), and TenneT, wh
MacGregor’s package of offshore and merchant deck machinery has been ordered for ultra-large cable-laying vessels (CLVs) to be constructed in Türkiye. The specialized package will include offshore deck machinery tailored specifically for cable-laying activities and merchant deck machinery, high-perf
DeepOcean has secured a contract for the installation support of inter-array cables at the TPC offshore wind farm phase 2 (TPC-II) offshore Taiwan. The Norwegian company’s scope encompasses the installation of inter-array cables, as well as engineering and project management services. The offshore w
China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has held the keel laying ceremony for Asso.subsea’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV), marking the start of the vessel’s assembly. The keel laying ceremony was held on April 9 at CMHI’s shipyard on Mazhou Island, Shenzhen, some five months after the start of constru
Terna, Italy’s national grid operator, has awarded Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) with a contract valued at over €28 million for preliminary marine survey and environmental characterization services for a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector that will link Lazio and Lombardy. NextGeo w
The hull of NKT’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora has been launched into the water at Vard’s shipyard in Tulcea, Romania. The official keel laying for the vessel took place in January 2025, some two months after the first steel was cut. NKT Eleonora will be able to run on both methanol an
France’s Nexans has completed a deep-fjord 420 kV subsea cable project for Norway’s transmission system operator (TSO) Statnett, set to strengthen the regional transmission grid serving Bergen and nearby industrial areas. Nexans secured the project in 2022 for the engineering, manufacturing and inst
Jan De Nul has launched William Thomson, the second of two identical subsea cable‑laying vessels (CLVs) currently under construction. Both vessels have a cargo capacity of 28,000 tons and a length of 215 meters. This makes them the largest of their kind, Jan De Nul said. Jan De Nul’s two new CLVs ha
The Netherlands will introduce a new offshore electricity bidding zone for wind farms that will be linked to the planned 1.8 GW LionLink hybrid interconnector, which will connect the Dutch and UK grids. The LionLink project was launched in April 2023 and is led by the countries’ transmission system
The first interconnector between Italy and Malta has returned to operation after it was shut down due to work on the second interconnector that will connect the two countries. As announced on March 28, the scheduled intervention required the temporary suspension of IC1 to allow for the safe reroutin
Tekmar Group has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of GBP 2 million (around €2.3 million) for an offshore wind project in Japan, the UK-headquartered company said in an investor update on March 31, leaving the project and the client unnamed. The main contract involves the supply of Te
Installation of the first of 84 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines is underway at the Sunrise Wind project site, approximately 30 miles (approximately 48 kilometers) east of Montauk, New York. The installation vessel Wind Scylla, owned by Cadeler, arrived at the site on March 25/26, according to the
Malta’s fully government-owned company Interconnect Malta (ICM) has launched a preliminary market consultation (PMC) to gather information from the market on the feasibility of large-scale importing of renewable energy from North Africa to Malta via a cable link. The PMC is seen as a formal, non-bin
