Van Oord has contracted Peritus International to perform a study on inter-array cable stability for RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The scope consists of calculating the on-bottom stability for the inter-array cables in challenging environmental conditions and shallow water. According to P
Prysmian Group has launched an innovative share-based variable remuneration and profit-sharing plan in company shares, aimed potentially at more than 25,000 employees between blue and white-collar workers in over 35 countries. Approved by a majority at the Shareholders’ Meeting, the plan will run ov
Saipem has revealed a new, sustainable subsea pipelaying method which allows forming vertical cold bends in the pipeline in a strictly controlled way and directly underwater by means of a specially designed remotely operated underwater bending machine. The Underwater Cold Bending technology is said
Subsea 7 has won a “substantial” contract for the engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) of flowlines and umbilicals offshore West Africa. According to the company, project management and engineering have commenced, while offshore operations are scheduled to take place from
PanGeo Subsea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kraken Robotics, has secured several cable depth of burial campaigns, valued at more than $3 million, in Europe using its 3D acoustic Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI). Under these contracts set to be completed throughout 2022, the SBI will be used as the cable dete
China’s ZTT Submarine Cable & System has completed the factory acceptance test and cable load out of 60 kilometers of 230kV subsea cable for the Negros-Panay interconnector project in the Philippines. ZTT is in charge of delivering marine survey, design, supply, and lay-off of three submarine XLPE c
China’s ZTT Submarine Cable & System has delivered the first medium-voltage cable from its new subsea cable factory in Shanwei, Guangdong Province. The medium-voltage production lines at the new factory were calibrated and put into commercial operation on 9 September 2021. The first local medium vol
Ørsted now expects costs to reinstate the integrity of inter-array cables affected by cable protection issues at some of the company’s offshore wind farms to amount to up to DKK 1.3 billion (around EUR 175 million) and not up to DKK 3 billion as initially anticipated. As reported, Ørsted discovered
A Dublin-headquartered company has made an application to Ofgem for a licence that would allow it to participate in the operation of a new subsea and underground electricity interconnector.
Xlinks is in discussion with the UK Government about Contract for Difference (CfD) support for the planned interconnector between Morocco and the UK. According to Xlinks, the power project will be capable of supplying 8% of Great Britain’s electricity needs at £48/MWh for 25 years under the current
Offshore construction work has now officially started on what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm with the installation of the first length of the HVDC export cable off the Yorkshire coast. NKT has commenced work on the laying of the nearshore cable for Dogger Bank A, the first of the
Huisman has won a contract from the USA-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC (GLDD) for the delivery of rock installation equipment to be fitted on the company’s newbuild subsea rock installation vessel. The equipment will support GLDD’s ability to play a significant role in the development
Subsea 7 has reported a revenue of $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of $197 million or 20% compared to Q1 2021, said to reflect strong growth in the Subsea and Conventional business unit. According to the UK-based company, the increase in revenue is impacted by significant acti
Danish energy operator Energinet has issued a tender looking for consultancy services for the expected subsea cable routes of the planned Energy Islands in the North and Baltic Seas. The scope of work includes consultancy services regarding the external threat and risk assessment as well as assessme
