U.S.-headquartered oil major ExxonMobil has deployed marine safety technology from Sentinel Proactive to safeguard a subsea pipeline system off the coast of Guyana to which its “first major offshore project in the Stabroek Block” is connected. ExxonMobil Guyana’s Liza development is connected to the
Four European port and infrastructure players have partnered up to study the potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS) shipping corridors between Northern Europe and the UK, as well as share experience and understanding for the “new but crucial energy transition area”. Two memorandums of underst
A UK-Swedish partnership has been established to advance a cross-border carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) initiative designed to accelerate industrial decarbonization across the Baltic Sea region. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the UK’s Progressive Energy and Swedish Pipe58
UK’s National Grid and TenneT Germany will together develop a multi-purpose interconnector designed to connect offshore wind generation in Britain and Germany to both countries’ electricity systems, the companies said on January 26. The interconnector, called GriffinLink, could link up to 2 GW of of
Government officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK are set to sign a declaration confirming the ambition to build 300 GW of offshore wind in the North Seas by 2050, and an investment pact with the offshore wind industry and transmissi
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed trenching and survey operations at a U.S. offshore wind project under a contract awarded by what it says is a global provider of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI). DeepOcean’s scope of work included trenching and surveying
South Korea’s Hanwha Group has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Canadian firm Fermeuse Energy to jointly advance the Newfoundland and Labrador liquefied natural gas (LNG) development project in Canada. As part of the partnership, Hanwha will be a long-term strategic pa
Consumers in Great Britain have benefited more than £1.65 billion (around $2.211 billion) from subsea electricity interconnectors since 2023, the UK National Grid reported. The analysis of the benefit of National Grid’s subsea electricity interconnector portfolio, said to be the largest in the world
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has been awarded the final contracts for two Scottish HVDC transmission links that are part of a major upgrade to the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. NKT and SSEN Transmission confirmed their partnership to deve
National Grid Ventures (NGV) has published updated proposals for the LionLink interconnector, which will connect the future Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to the UK and Dutch grids. NGV, responsible for building and operating the UK side of LionLink, has now opened an eight-week p
ABB has secured contracts with Rotterdam Shore Power (RSP), a joint venture of Port of Rotterdam and Eneco, to engineer and construct shore power systems comprising multiple installations for the Port of Rotterdam. Based on the total capacity of over 100 megavolt-amperes (MVA), the combined shore po
The Scottish Government Marine Directorate has granted the variation to the existing marine license for the Western Isles high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable link, allowing the needed increase in capacity. The project is a key component of SSEN Transmission’s planned £22 billion investme
Nexans has connected Italy’s Sardinia and Sicily via a 480-kilometer-long cable as part of the Tyrrhenian Link, described as one of the country’s most significant electrical infrastructures. The 970-kilometer, 1,000 MW interconnector encompasses two sections: the west part, connecting Sicily and Sar
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is expected to begin a geophysical survey for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England, in about one week. The marine survey activities are planned to commence on January 12 and to be comp
