TenneT has presented a new technological solution in Germany which can significantly accelerate offshore grid expansion for wind power in the North Sea and accommodate the build-out of 6 GW of offshore wind capacity in Germany three years earlier. The solution includes TenneT’s 2 GW standard for dir
Nexans is set to open the first U.S. high-voltage subsea cable facility in Charleston, South Carolina, on 9 November. The transformed subsea cable plant will support the expanding U.S. offshore wind market, Nexans said. The company plans to create more than 200 new jobs for the industry by the end o
MGL Cable Services has secured a three-year framework agreement to support Seaway 7 with its cable scopes for offshore wind projects. The framework allows Seaway 7 to place call-off orders for the provision of personnel and/or equipment for high voltage and fiber optic termination and testing servic
Jan De Nul’s intertidal trencher Sunfish has reburied a section of the export cable at Eneco’s Luchterduinen offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
CRP Subsea and Hellenic Cables have completed dynamic cable testing at the University of Exeter, which included individual tests of power cable alone and power cable with bend stiffener to compare performance and fatigue. The results show that when tested with a CRP Subsea Bend Stiffener the power c
Offshore wind developer Ørsted plans to launch a major tender related to the development of two wind farms with a combined capacity of 2.5 GW this November.
Correll Group has secured a contract with Prysmian for the pull-in of two export cables at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Correll will be in charge of completing the pull-in operations of the two 225 kV export cables, each about 33 kilometers long, to the offshore substati
The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities has requested Energinet to expand the current feasibility study areas at the Bornholm Energy Island site in the Baltic Sea, which could allow for installing 1 GW of offshore wind capacity more and also be the new place where the Hesselø project co
Aker Offshore Wind has outlined plans to utilise offshore wind underwater substations as part of its bids to develop major floating wind farms offshore Scotland. The multi-million subsea innovation would be developed, manufactured, and supplied in Scotland by Aker Solutions and provide major export
South Korea’s LS Cable & System has secured a preferred bidder status for a KRW 200 billion (around €145 million) contract to provide submarine cables for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. LS Cable & System was selected for the project by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), Taiwan’s first EP
Nexans has won a contract with Parkwind to provide turnkey business continuity services to four of its offshore wind farms in Belgium. The Northwind, Belwind, Nobelwind and Northwester 2 farms are among the biggest in Belgium, with a combined installed capacity of 771 MW. Together, these four wind f
Italy’s Prysmian Group has received the Notice to Proceed with the approximately €200 million contract to supply a submarine power cable system for Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project. Vineyard Wind 1 will consist of an array of 62 wind turbines installed offshore Mass
Kokusai Cable Ship (KCS) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative operations of cable-laying vessels for the offshore wind market. The two Japanese companies plan to jointly research commercial opportunities in new subsea cable-laying demand, ma
Seaway 7 has selected the Port of Blyth as the location for the storage and mobilisation of the inter-array cables for the 1,075 MW Seagreen 1 wind farm offshore Scotland. The Northumberland-based port has already started to receive cable into quayside storage tanks, designed and built by their in-h
