South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution is investing KRW 345.8 billion (approximately €221 million) in a cable laying vessel (CLV) with a load capacity of 13,000 tons. The company said on May 27 that the decision to invest in the new CLV comes as LS Marine Solution aims to
Energy companies from Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam have signed a joint development agreement to explore cross-border renewable energy links, focusing on exporting offshore wind power from Vietnam. Through this agreement, Malaysia, as represented by MY Energy Consortium, a consortium established
A Malaysia-headquartered provider of marine services to the offshore oil & gas industry has made a move that brings it a step closer to the construction of a multi-purpose cable laying vessel (CLV). Megamas Resources has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with German shipyard Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven to
LS Eco Advanced Cables (LSEAC), a joint venture between Global InterConnection Group (GIG) and one of the subsidiaries of LS Group, a Korean cable manufacturer, has launched a five-week public consultation on plans for a £923 million subsea and onshore cable facility at the Port of Tyne in the UK. T
The dynamic subsea power export cable for the HKN1 offshore solar project at the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm, the first of its kind connected to an offshore wind grid, has been tested and delivered. Oceans of Energy and CrossWindHKN confirmed the completion of the factory acceptanc
The Dutch company, N-Sea Group, has been awarded a contract to repair one of the four export cables that connect the 576 MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in the UK to the National Grid. N-Sea will be responsible for replacing a five-kilometer section of 132 kV export cable from the onshore transiti
Construction work on LS Cable & System’s manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, the U.S., has started. LS Cable & System announced that its U.S. subsidiary, LS GreenLink, had held a groundbreaking ceremony for what the company says will be the larges
Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa has been loaded for the first time with submarine cable, destined for what will become the largest U.S. offshore wind farm once operational. Prysmian reported two days ago that submarine cable for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (C
Ørsted is conducting a confirmed unexploded ordnance (cUXO) removal campaign along the export cable route of the Hornsea Three offshore wind project in the UK and a potential UXO (pUXO) inspection campaign in the array area. As of April 14, 24 confirmed UXOs within the Hornsea Three export cable rou
Offshore marine survey operations are scheduled to begin soon at what would be the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway, connecting Scotland and England. Ireland-based XOCEAN is in charge of carrying out the marine survey works for the Eastern Green Link 5 (EGL5) project using seven remotely o
The Offshore TSO Collaboration (OTC), an initiative established in 2022 that gathers transmission system operators (TSOs) from the European Northern Seas, says that a unified and efficient offshore grid development strategy is needed for the North Sea to maximize benefits for Europe’s energy securit
Chinese power cable manufacturer Orient Cable has been awarded two new export cable contracts in its home country, one of which involves the supply of a 500 kV line for what the company says is the longest offshore distance in China’s offshore wind so far. On April 14, Orient Cable (NBO) said that,
Prysmian has completed the installation and HV testing of the export subsea cables that connect the Sofia offshore wind farm to the UK mainland. The 1.4 GW offshore wind farm comprises more than 440 kilometers of ±320 kV offshore export cables with XLPE insulation, manufactured in Prysmian’s Pikkala
UK energy market regulator Ofgem is considering whether to grant a penalty exemption for the joint venture (JV) developing the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) subsea electricity superhighway due to a 16-month delay said to be caused by supply chain constraints. The 2 GW EGL1 HVDC multi-directional cable
