The state-owned Scottish National Investment Bank is investing £20 million (around €23.7 million) in subsea cable manufacturer XLCC which will support the development of the UK’s first HVDC cable factory, located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The new manufacturing facility is located at the brownfiel
Axess Technologies has been awarded a cable installation contract by Greece-headquartered Hellenic Cables for the Ostwind 3 grid connection project, located in the German Baltic Sea. The scope of work comprises planning and pulling internal platform cables into the offshore high-voltage (HV) substat
Dutch Climate and Green Growth Minister Sophie Hermans has included LionLink, said to be the first direct-current hybrid interconnector, in the country’s latest Offshore Wind Energy Development Framework. LionLink will use the offshore grid connection of Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherl
A consortium comprising LS Cable & System, Jan De Nul, and Denys has received a letter of allocation (LOA) from German/Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT for the supply of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables for the BalWin5 grid connection project in Germany. Under the LOA, the co
The Dutch/German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has selected NKT to provide high-voltage direct current (HVDC) onshore and offshore power cable systems for two projects that are part of TenneT’s 2 GW program. The contracts, valued at approximately €1 billion, are set to be completed betwe
The Dutch/German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has awarded ABL a contract to provide marine warranty survey services for the installation of three 2 GW export cable systems in the Netherlands. Under the contract, ABL will work on the IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma, and Ne
Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a framework agreement from France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau Transport d’Electricité (RTE) to supply and install the export cables for two floating wind farms off the coast of Southern Brittany, totaling 750 MW. Jan D
Norway’s ship designer and shipbuilder VARD has delivered an advanced cable-laying vessel (CLV) to Denmark’s subsea specialist NCT Offshore, less than two years after the contract was signed. NCT placed the order for the 95-meter-long CLV Freja with VARD in early 2023, with Vard Design in Ålesund, N
UAE’s Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) has begun the production of cable carousels destined for Sumitomo Electric’s cable factory in Scotland. The Dubai-based EPIC contractor SCA has appointed the Dutch Enersea to design six cable carousels and loading towers for the Japanese end customer. The carousels ar
Italy’s Prysmian has signed a framework agreement with the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to provide submarine power cable links that will connect two offshore wind farms to the French transmission grid. Under the contract, Prysmian will be responsi
UAE-based Drydocks World, in partnership with GE Vernova, has secured a contract to build and install Ostwind 4, a 2 GW offshore wind grid connection in Germany. Ostwind 4 will connect Baltic Sea offshore wind farms to the national grid using high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. This will
Ørsted has awarded several contracts totaling between £75 million and £100 million to companies in the north of England to provide components for the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. JDR Cable Systems, Severfield, and Smulders, all based in the north of England, will produce integral components
Proserv has been awarded a contract by DEME Offshore to de-risk offshore wind operations at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm project in the UK. According to Proserv, the company will utilize its Electro Cable Guard (ECG) system to identify signs of transmission cabl
Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has appointed ABB to electrify its high-voltage submarine power cable factory in Karlskrona, Sweden. To remind, on the back of a record order backlog and strong market outlook, NKT announced investments in a new cable-laying ve
