ABB and Aker Solutions have added offshore wind to a strategic alliance agreement the two companies signed in 2016 for seabed solutions for oil and gas. The updated agreement, which now also includes offshore fish farming, covers electrical and control for seabed solutions and offshore wind, power-f
Switzerland-based Omnisens has been selected to provide a cable monitoring system for the Nemo Link interconnector.
Global Marine Group companies Global Offshore, CWind, and OceanIQ will install the inter-array cables at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany, under a turnkey contract signed with Parkwind. Global Offshore will install and bury the inter-array cables by using the Normand Clipper and Globa
Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract for its cable-laying vessel Maersk Connector with Seaway 7 in the North Sea.
A new project aiming to advance offshore wind grid connection technology and develop new solutions has been launched in Norway. The Ocean Grid project – led by Equinor and gathering 15 other companies and research institutions – will develop new cable designs, subsea technology, and floating convert
JDR Cable Systems has adopted HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden’s Resonant Test System (RTS) for testing inter-array cables at offshore wind projects. The test system is purpose-built for post-installation testing of 66 kV offshore inter-array cables according to the international standard IEC 63026. The
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has completed the replacement of the submarine electricity distribution cable between Skye and Harris, following a cable fault in October last year. SSEN Distribution connected and energised the new cable on 31 August before gradually re
Orient Cable (NBO) has completed works on the dynamic subsea cable at China’s Yangxi Shapa III offshore wind project that will connect a floating wind turbine to a fixed unit for the first time. Commissioning tests of what is said to be the world’s first anti-typhoon floating wind turbine were compl
ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) is providing industrial sponsorship for Proserv Controls’ Electro Cable Guard (ECG) disruptive subsea cable condition monitoring system for the offshore wind market. The sponsorship agreement will see SPR provide its expertise and resource both from a cable owner and o
Hellenic Cables has secured its first contract with Vattenfall under which it will deliver the inter-array cables for the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farms in Denmark. The Greek company will design, manufacture, test, and supply approximately 70 kilometers of 66kV XLPE insulated i
The Netherlands-headquartered WIND has secured a five-year agreement with an undisclosed client for its cable storage yard in Taiwan. The agreement includes the storage of cable, accessories and related logistics and handling services. WIND did not reveal more information on the client nor any detai
Rotech Subsea has completed de-burial and post-lay trenching works on a key interconnector cable in the southern North Sea.
DEME Group’s cable-laying vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of the export cable for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The cable will connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the Dutch mainland. According to DEME, the project included the crossing of
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean has commenced the installation of the inter-array cables at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The inter-array cable installation is being carried out by cable-laying vessel Wind of Pride. Prysmian is in charge of the production and delivery of the inter-array
