TenneT and Nexans, which signed framework agreements for three offshore grid connections last year, have now signed a call-off contract for the BalWin3 and LanWin3 projects, each of which will have a capacity of 2 GW and will link offshore wind farms to the German grid. In May 2023, TenneT awarded N
Jan De Nul Group has purchased an electric remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from UK subsea engineering and technology company SMD for what is said to be the world’s largest cable-laying vessel (CLV). SMD’s Quantum EV will be integrated into Jan De Nul’s new CLV Fleeming Jenkin and deployed to offshor
Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein has developed a new subsea vessel for floating and fixed installations in the offshore wind market, as well as for offshore oil & gas. Ulstein said that the SX232 is based on three core principles, including an optimized hull design based on the Ulstei
Italian cabling giant Prysmian in 2023 delivered what it says was a “remarkable performance” with “outstanding” financial results, record backlog in Transmission, as well as increased 2030 emission reduction ambition. For the financial year 2023, Prysmian’s adjusted EBITDA rose by 9.4% to €1,628 mil
SSEN Transmission has renewed its partnership with BAM and Siemens Energy regarding the delivery of onshore transmission infrastructure schemes. BAM and Siemens Energy will support SSEN Transmission in delivering onshore transmission infrastructure schemes, working to help deliver the substations th
Norway’s VARD has awarded Dutch Huisman with a contract to deliver two subsea cranes for a highly customized hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel that it is building for what it says is a leading Japanese construction company. Huisman will deliver a full electric 250mt hybrid boom subsea c
France-headquartered Nexans has completed the offshore export cable pull-ins for both offshore substation platforms at the 882 MW Moray West wind farm, located in the Moray Firth in the northeast of Scotland. The cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora took advantage of a recent period of favorable weathe
Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric Industries has placed a multi-million-pound order for cable storage carousels for its power cable factory in Scotland. THREE60 Energy reported it had signed a contract with Sumitomo to design and deliver cable storage carousels for the power cable factory in Nig
The developers of the 1.4 GW Cenos floating offshore wind project in Scotland are set to run a nearshore survey campaign in March to revalidate data collected in 2017 by NorthConnect, an interconnector project whose infrastructure Cenos planned to use to connect to the grid. Starting on 11 March, th
Tekmar Group has reported improved financial performance for the 2023 financial year with a revenue of £39.9 million, compared to £30.2 million in FY22. Deemed a pivotal year that saw instability in the offshore wind market, Tekmar said it had stabilized the business in 2023. Tekmar saw an adjusted
Subsea power cable manufacturer NKT and aluminium and energy company Hydro have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the shift towards low-carbon aluminium and increase its role in reducing the carbon footprint of power cables. As part of the partnership that aims to further decarboniz
The work on the vertical lay-up machine (VLM) for JDR’s new cable factory in the UK is now well underway in Klaipeda, Lithuania, where Norway-headquartered PASSER Group recently opened a new fabrication facility. The Group has revealed that, besides expanding its production capacity, it is also look
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to publish a European tender in the first half of April for geotechnical surveys of the Huibertgat and Ballonplaat sites in the Netherlands. The objective of the tender is to conclude an agreement with one or more tenderers who can carry out geotechnical
Dutch offshore services giant Boskalis has commissioned its new cable-laying vessel (CLV) BOKA Ocean following a major conversion program. Boskalis welcomed BOKA Ocean to its fleet in August 2023 as a pipe-laying vessel, which was then converted into a broadly deployable cable layer. After completin
