Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder VARD has launched Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa, sister ship to Leonardo da Vinci, coming a step closer to delivery in 2025. VARD has completed steel cutting, keel laying, generator installation, and hull erection on the 171-meter Monna L
A UK-Belgium joint venture established last year has begun vessel mobilization for a project in Senegal that is part of a program that aims to revolutionize the country’s power infrastructure and provide sustainable electricity to millions of people. Under a $200 million contract, UK’s Enshore Subse
The Netherlands-headquartered N-Sea and its partner Neptune Marine Service have launched what is said to be the first dedicated cable repair and installation vessel. Neptune Marine recently converted the existing anchored barge NP-459 into a dedicated cable repair DP2 vessel, named Curo, with a 50t
Jan De Nul Group has set up a partnership with green technology, energy and metals company Fortescue for the transport of green electrons – electrons that were made using renewable resources – from energy-producing continents to energy-demanding ones through subsea cables. The partners have joined f
Nexans has opened the doors of a newly expanded section of its high voltage subsea cable plant in Norway for business to address the growing demand in the offshore wind and electrification segments of the global energy transition tale.
Palfinger Marine has secured a contract to supply a major equipment package for Prysmian’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV) currently under construction, marking the third cable-layer owned by the Italian cabling giant to sport Palfinger equipment. Following previous orders to equip the Leonardo da Vin
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has opened the first phase of its submarine cable plant that will supply the offshore wind industry. The submarine cable plant, covering around 44,800 m2 behind Godae Pier at Pyeongtaek’s Dangjin Port, is being constructed in two phases. The first phase, which fo
Denmark-based power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has named its new cable laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, meaning shining light. According to NKT, the name is a reference to the company’s central position in transmitting power through its cable solutions and to the bright future
The production of TenneT’s new cables that can transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity has started at LS Cable in Donghae, South Korea. The new cables with a voltage of 525 kV make it possible to transmit 2 GW of direct current (DC) over long distances with low losses, said the Dutch-German [&
Italy-headquartered Prysmian has completed the installation of the export cable for the 30 MW Gruissan/EolMed floating offshore wind project in France. In 2021, Prysmian signed a contract with the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) for the engineering,
The repairs on the cable linking the 309 MW Rentel offshore wind farm to mainland Belgium have been completed about four months after it failed. The fault was located just below the Rentel transformer platform, said the Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia. A new section of the cable, app
An Estonian shipbuilding company has carried out the conversion of a general cargo vessel into a fully equipped cable recovery vessel at its premises in Tallinn. BLRT Repair Yards manufactured and installed five cable tanks in the cargo hold, each 8,200 mm high and 10,200 mm wide, weighing a total o
Subsea cables are expected to remain at the heart of further energy transition moves, according to JDR Cable Systems.
A HVDC project, bringing more green electricity to Britain from offshore wind farms, is set to enter the construction phase in winter 2024.
