MaresConnect, a 750 MW electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales, has been included in the EU’s second list of Projects of Common/Mutual Interest (PCI/PMI), confirming its status as a priority energy infrastructure project. According to developer MaresConnect Limited, owned by Fore
Italian cabling giant Prysmian and Versalis, the chemical subsidiary of Italian energy giant Eni, have established a strategic partnership to give new life to plastic cable scrap through an innovative chemical recycling process. Srinivas Siripurapu, Chief Sustainability, Innovation and R&D Officer a
UK-headquartered Tekmar Group has secured a contract worth over €8 million with an existing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) customer for its cable protection system (CPS) to be deployed at a UK offshore wind farm. Tekmar will deliver its 10th-generation CPS and associated ancillaries
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has enhanced the capacity and technical capabilities of its cable accessories factory in Sweden, by investing in a new test hall and office building and expanding production capacity, a move said to be in response to the high demand for high-
Jan De Nul has installed three HVAC subsea cables, delivered by Hellenic Cables, between TenneT’s offshore converter station DolWin kappa and Nordseecluster 1 and 2 sites, the two locations in the German North Sea making up the 660 MW Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm, which itself is part of a bi
UK-headquartered Global Marine Group is acquiring a Solstad Maritime (SOMA) construction support vessel (CSV) that has been supporting company operations since 2020. SOMA announced today, December 12, that Global Marine Group, the current charterer of CSV Normand Clipper, has declared its purchase o
ZTT Submarine Cable & System has commenced the production of the export cables for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, owned by a joint venture between Ørsted and PGE. The project’s export cables will be delivered by the Chinese cable manufacturer and Hellenic Cables, a Greece-based s
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has contracted DEME for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. While the value of the three contracts was not disclosed, DEME noted in a press
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €300 million financing package for Prysmian that will support the Italian cabling giant’s research and development (R&D) activities with the ultimate goal of accelerating energy security and digitalization in Europe. The financing will support Prysmi
A joint venture (JV) between Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT and Taiwanese cable company Walsin Lihwa has inaugurated Taiwan’s first offshore power cable factory. Operated by the JV Walsin Energy Cable System (WECS), the factory was inaugurated on Saturday, December 6, in K
Installation of scour protection on wind turbine foundation locations at the Hornsea Three offshore site in the UK is set to commence in mid-December. The work will be undertaken by DEME using its rock installation vessel Flintstone, equipped with a fallpipe and flexible bucket system. The vessel is
Scottish transmission system operator (TSO) SSEN Transmission has collected all permissions needed for a high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable link between Sinclair’s Bay in Caithness and Rattray Head near Peterhead, thanks to a marine license for the subsea electricity transmission projec
A project, which is described as the world’s largest tidal stream energy development, has put subsea activities on the agenda for December 2025 in Scotland’s Pentland Firth.
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has embarked on a mission to expand production capacity at its cable accessories site in Nordenham, Germany, to meet the continued high demand for medium-voltage power cable accessories in Europe.
