Fugro has secured a contract with ScottishPower Renewables to carry out UXO geophysical surveys within the East Anglia Hub offshore wind area in the southern North Sea. The start of the activities is 20 July, with all operations expected to be concluded by 31 October at the site offshore Lowestoft t
Seaway 7 has signed a Letter of Award with Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to start early works on the Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning (EPIC) of inter-array grid cables for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. Seaway 7’s scope is under final negotiation and
Nexans has completed the construction of the new XLPE insulation tower at its subsea cable factory in Halden, Norway. Nexans began the expansion of the Halden factory about two months ago and after 69 days the raising of the tower is completed, the company said. The tower is 152.89 meters tall, whic
Marlinks has won a contract to provide cable health monitoring services for the Arcadis Ost 1 wind farm located offshore Germany in the Baltic Sea. According to Marlinks, Arcadis Ost 1 is situated in an area of the Baltic Sea where challenging seabed conditions are present and a swampy topsoil layer
The extension of SSEN Transmission’s simulation, testing and training centre for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems in Cumbernauld has officially opened. Established in 2017, the National HVDC Centre is the first facility of its kind in the UK and uses innovative technology to test the use o
Seaway 7 has won a contract for the transport and installation of inner-array grid cables on an offshore wind farm project in the US. The contract is valued at between $ 50 million and $ 150 million. The scope includes the transport and installation of around 160 kilometres of 66 kV subsea power cab
Subsea 7 has laid the first subsea cables in the water for the 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway. JDR Cable System is in charge of supplying the electric cables for the project from its factory in Hartlepool, the UK, while Subsea 7 is responsible for the installation of the ca
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
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
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
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
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
A geophysical and environmental survey is set to soon commence at the Salamander floating offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea. The geophysical survey and benthic drop-down video and grab survey activities are expected to commence on 26 July at the earliest and run until
