U.S. President Joe Biden has visited the site of Prysmian’s new submarine power cables plant in Brayton Point, Massachusetts, which is a part of the company’s support for the development of offshore wind in the US. President Biden visited the site on 19 July, shortly after the first layer of approva
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline has resumed gas transmission from Russia to Europe after ten days of being shut down due to annual maintenance works. Both lines of the gas pipeline system were shut down on 11 July for routine maintenance works, including testing of mechanical elements and automation syst
The €2.8 billion NeuConnect project, the first ever energy link between the UK and Germany, has reached financial close, allowing work to begin later this year.
Transmission system operator 50Hertz has announced that the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore substation has been connected to the German extra-high voltage grid after the 220 kV submarine cable required for this was pulled into place on the platform over the past few days. Final assembly and commissioning wor
N-Sea Offshore has won a contract with Gasunie to deliver offshore acoustic survey services for the BBL subsea pipeline between the Netherlands and the UK. N-Sea will carry out an acoustic survey of approximately 230 kilometers of offshore pipeline in the Southern North Sea, between Balgzand in the
Prysmian has received the first layer of approval of the construction permits for the development of its new subsea cable plant in Brayton Point, Massachusetts, which will service the U.S. offshore wind sector. Construction is planned to start in the summer of 2023 and to take two years. With a $200
Prysmian has won two contracts worth approximately €250 million from Spanish transmission system operator (TSO) Red Eléctrica for the development of two submarine power interconnections in Spain. Prysmian is in charge of the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the subsea power cable fo
Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable (NBO) has secured an RMB 200 million (around €29.5 million) compliant green loan facility from HSBC Bank. The Chinese company stated that the grant affirms its efforts and commitments to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to achieve 2050 net zero
Seaway 7 has contracted CRP Subsea to provide 140 NjordGuard cable protection systems and bellmouths for the Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan. These will protect the inter-array and export power cables for 62 wind turbines and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) conduit cab
France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued a tender seeking a contractor to carry out offshore geophysical studies on submarine cable routes of offshore wind farms. RTE is looking to conduct geophysical surveys along the submarine cables, approxima
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has approved the Final Needs Case (FNC) for the proposed Eastern HVDC electricity transmission projects, conditional on the projects securing the necessary planning consent. National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), SP Transmission and Scottish Hydro Electric Tr
A pre-construction survey for the Greenlink Interconnector, which will link Wales and Ireland, is set to commence in mid-July. The pre-construction survey is expected to be carried out between 16 July and 2 August, weather dependent. The work will be conducted by the GEOxyz-owned multi-disciplined s
Tekmar has secured a contract to deliver an integrated engineering solution, including cable protection systems (CPS) and cable hang-off clamps, for an offshore wind project in Japan. Tekmar said that the contract is set to be delivered next year. The UK-based company did not reveal any other detail
Vos Prodect has secured a contract by TKF to deliver the cable hang-off systems for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. A tailored load test program has been created specifically for the project that will be executed at Vos Prodect’s bespoke test facility in Klazienaveen
