Prysmian will begin working on the installation of inter-array cables at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm at the beginning of next month, shortly after the vessels to be deployed for this operation arrive at the project site in France at the end of this month or in the first days of February. Pry
Rotech Subsea, a provider of subsea tools to the energy industry, has completed cable de-burial, cut and recovery, and cable burial operations, at an offshore wind farm in UK waters.
The UK High Court has quashed the decision brought at the beginning of 2022 to reject a £1.35 billion, 2 GW electricity interconnector between the UK and France. Kwasi Kwarteng, at that time Secretary of State for Business (BEIS), in January 2022 refused consent for the AQUIND interconnector despite
French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued a tender seeking a provider of a survey campaign for two interconnector projects. As part of the awarded framework contract, the selected party will be in charge of carrying out maintenance survey work along
Netherlands-based thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) producer Strohm has completed its plant expansion, tripling the capacity for production to 140 kilometers of normalized pipe per annum. The expansion is said to be the biggest capital investment Strohm has undertaken since originally setting up th
France-headquartered cabling firm Nexans has developed a material for improved eco-balance of power cables in partnership with aluminium producer Trimet. In a joint development project, the two companies have developed a material with recycled aluminium content for the production of aluminium rod us
The EU-funded project SCARLET has gathered a number of international partners to develop superconducting cables that will enable more efficient and less costly power transmission from renewable electricity generation sites.
Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables has launched an investment program of approximately €80 million over a two-year horizon in order to address the growing demand for electrification. The program includes a major expansion of the company’s subsea cable plant in Corinth that will double the prod
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has secured two contracts, one in Brazil and one in Norway, for a total amount of approximately $900 million. The first contract was secured with TotalEnergies in partnership with Aker Solutions do Brasil for the Lapa South-West development project, a deepwa
Vos Prodect has secured a contract to supply offshore cable accessories for a wind farm in the Netherlands.
N-Sea Subsea Cables has purchased new strategic modular subsea cable installation equipment in order to respond to the growing demand in the market.
Nexans and SuperGrid Institute have carried out a successful transient overvoltage test (TOV) on a 525 kV DC cable system in accordance with new High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) recommendations.
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries and French energy major TotalEnergies have completed a joint offshore verification test measuring the electrical potential of subsea pipelines during close-range inspections using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The test was performed using what is said to b
Panduit, a US provider of electrical and network infrastructure solutions, has bought the subsea cable and pipe protection product portfolio and related technologies from South Korea marine manufacturer DongWon EN-Tec (DWE).
