Jan De Nul has completed the installation of two export cables for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm, being built by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) 35 kilometers off the coast of Taichung, Taiwan. The two high-voltage subsea cables, measuring 45 kilometers and 44 kilometers, have been inst
DNV has been selected as the independent certifier for Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, and will verify that the project’s construction and operation comply with the carbon dioxide transport and storage licence (CO2 T&S license)
France’s Nexans has completed the first cable pull-in on the French side of the first interconnector between Ireland and France, following the initial campaign in Ireland. Developed by French and Irish transmission system operators (TSOs) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) and EirGrid, the Celt
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting the development of the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy with €100 million. The IC2 interconnector will consist of a new ~122-kilometer-long 225 MW HVAC electrical cable interconnection between the Terna substation at Ragusa, Si
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has been selected to manufacture, transport and install extra-high-voltage submarine cables for a local solar power generation project. Taihan will supply the 154 kV cables, joints, and all related materials, as well as provide the installation to EPC contractor
EnergyPathways has launched front end engineering and design (FEED) for its compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in the East Irish Sea, part of the wider MESH energy development, with the facility designed to store surplus electricity from offshore wind farms and the UK grid. The CAES projec
Irish and Spanish ministries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the potential for a future electricity interconnector between the two countries. The MoU was signed by Ireland’s Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment and Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transitio
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved approximately €100 million in financing to support the energy transition, among other things, at the Port of Klaipėda in Lithuania. The €201 million project targets the modernization and expansion of the core Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Po
Five European transmission system operators (TSOs) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on offshore cable infrastructure in the North Sea. The agreement was signed at WindEurope’s Annual Event in Madrid by Elia (Belgium), Energinet (Denmark), 50Hertz (Germany), and TenneT, wh
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract with Apache North Sea Limited to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field in the North Sea, inaugurated in 1975. Well-Safe Solutions will lead the contract across all w
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has won a contract to deliver integrated topside process services across a portfolio of offshore assets on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The multi-year contract was awarded by a “leading UKCS operator”, EnerMech said on April 22. The
Dutch Fugro has opened a new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) test pool in Singapore, which will help its teams identify and resolve technical issues early, validate performance against design requirements, and optimize procedures before mobilization. According to Fugro, the facility provides a contr
Norway’s AF Gruppen is acquiring Aberdeen-headquartered Claxton, a provider of technology-driven services and engineering primarily within offshore decommissioning, from the UK-headquartered Acteon Group for an agreed enterprise value of £63.5 million (around €72.8 million). The transaction comprise
Japan’s Toyo Engineering Corporation and OneSubsea, a joint venture established in 2023 by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration opportunities in carbon capture and storage (CCS). Initially, the partners plan to explore opportuniti
