The Biscay Gulf electrical interconnection developer Inelfe has issued a tender call for advisor/broker insurance services to advise the company along the project. The scope of the services will focus on 2 phases divided into three activities. Specifically, these include probable maximum losses anal
Van Oord has completed the pull-in of the two export cables at the Alpha platform of TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind project. The two cables have now reached the recently installed six-legged jacket foundation at the Alpha offshore substation. The installation started on 22 Septembe
French TSO Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) and its Irish equivalent EirGrid have launched engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tenders for the Celtic Interconnector project. The Celtic Interconnector is a planned 700MW HVDC subsea link to allow the exchange of electricity between
Correll Services (CS) has won a contract to provide the termination and testing of the individual submarine composite cables at the Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan. CS was selected for the work by Seaway 7, the renewables business unit of Subsea 7. Seaway 7 is in charge of the supply and installati
Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for a remedial campaign at an offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea.
Proserv and Synaptec have signed a strategic alliance agreement to develop an integrated cable monitoring system for offshore wind projects. Synaptec’s passive distributed electromechanical sensing (DES) technology will be incorporated within the monitoring solution. According to the companies, this
Global Offshore’s vessel Nomand Clipper is ready for utilisation on the Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm following successful sea trials. The Normand Clipper is on a long-term charter from Solstad Offshore for up to eight years. It was fitted with a 4,000-tonne cable carousel, two 15-tonne ca
National Grid and Ørsted have begun mobilizing teams that will work on replacing limited segments of the Block Island wind farm and sea2shore transmission cables to achieve greater burial depths. Construction-related activities will be ongoing throughout the fall and winter, with an anticipated comp
The EU has allocated close to €720 million from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the investments in power transmission infrastructure in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The decision follows joint application made earlier this year by transmission system operators from Poland and the t
Cable laying vessel Living Stone has started the first inter-array cable installation campaign at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind farm will feature 100 66 kV inter-array cables and two offshore substation interconnector cables supplied by JDR Cable System. The installatio
Tekmar Energy will supply cable protection systems for the Sheyang, Qidong, and Dalian Zhuanghe offshore wind farm projects in China. The systems will protect subsea array and export cables as they transition from the seabed into the foundations. Jack Simpson, director of Tekmar Energy, said: “Tekma
Tekmar Energy has won multiple contracts from an undisclosed client to deliver 22 VBR (vertebrae bend restrictor) trains of varying lengths to protect subsea umbilicals on offshore oil and gas fields in Norway and India. The company said it will design and manufacture the systems at its production f
Nexans has signed a contract with Subsea 7 to deliver 46 kilometres of umbilicals for the Sangomar field, offshore Senegal. For the purpose of the project, Nexans will utilise its specialized facility in Halden, Norway. The umbilicals will provide hydraulic, control and instrumentation services for
Hellenic Cables has secured a contract with DEME Offshore to supply the inter-array cables and accessories for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, test and supply approximately 650 km of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated access
