DEME’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) Viking Neptun is scheduled to start installing the first inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm site in the UK on or around September 7. The vessel will lay the inter-array cable onto the seabed, where the cable will remain exposed until trenching
Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has awarded a contract to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, for the transport and installation of 35 inter-array cables at the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, with offshore work expected to commence in 2028. Announcing the contract award, Subsea7 said this was
Energy and marine consultancy ABL Group has made changes to its executive management team with the appointment of a new chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding the company’s co-founder in the role. The new CEO, Hege Marie Norheim,. brings experience in oil & gas and renewables from roles of Senior
Skyborn Renewables has signed preferred supplier agreements (PSAs) for monopiles, transition pieces, foundation installation and inter-array cable supply and installation for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. EEW Special Pipe Construction (EEW SPC) has been select
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has ordered a total of twelve E-class crew transfer vessels (CTVs), with four already on the way and eight more now on order. N-O-S said via social media that this was one of the largest CTV orders in history, with the agreement also including several options for a
A new project has been launched in Wales to explore combining floating wind turbines, equipped with electrolyzers that produce green hydrogen, and wave energy devices to drive wave energy deployment off the coast of Pembrokeshire and lower its cost by sharing infrastructure. The Milford Haven: Hydro
The renewable energy consultancy OWC has been awarded a contract to provide cable engineering support to the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. OWC’s scope of work includes cable engineering for both offshore and onshore cables. The subsea
Denmark’s NKT has finalized the installation of a 320 kV high-voltage DC (HVDC) power cable system at the 900 MW BorWin5 offshore grid connection in Germany. The pull-in work to the offshore platform was carried out by the company’s NKT Victoria vessel. NKT was responsible for the delivery and insta
Global energy consultancy Xodus, an autonomous Subsea7 subsidiary since 2018, has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO) as the company founder decided to step down from the role. Xodus Founder Steve Swindell is stepping down from the CEO role after 20 years with the firm, set to be succeeded
Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has established a joint venture in Taiwan with ATE Energy International, a Taiwanese company specializing in the energy engineering sector. Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand) Limited holds a
The UK National Grid has completed the award of its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) civil works supply chain framework, with £12 billion (around €13.9 billion) worth of agreements confirmed, marking the third and final stage of its £59 billion supply chain framework awards. The HVDC supply chain
The Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) for the Hollandse Kust West Beta cables have been completed in the Dutch North Sea. The substation will connect the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, developed by RWE and TotalEnergies, to the onshore electricity grid. The testing of two 220 kV export cable systems for p
Construction has started on the cable route for Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), a subsea link said to be the UK’s largest-ever electricity transmission project and the longest high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable in the country. Developed by a joint venture of SSEN Transmission and National Grid El
The next stage of seabed preparation for the construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has begun with the arrival of Boskalis’ BOKA Falcon vessel in Polish waters. The task of BOKA Falcon, equipped with two plows, T-Rex and Megalodon, will be to remove large boulders along the planned
