UK-based Tadek Ocean Engineering has created a mooring and cable solution for the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project that combines wave energy with subsea storage to power subsea equipment. Aberdeen-based Verlume connected Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy converter with a Halo underwater ba
Naples-headquartered survey contractor Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has completed survey works for the east section of the Italian Tyrrhenian Link connecting Sicily with Campania. NextGeo has wrapped up all the pre-installation survey tasks for the Tyrrhenian Link East branch on behalf of Italian cab
Norway’s VARD has awarded Dutch Huisman with a contract to deliver two subsea cranes for a highly customized hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel that it is building for what it says is a leading Japanese construction company. Huisman will deliver a full electric 250mt hybrid boom subsea c
Boskalis’s offshore energy division saw 50% of its revenue coming from offshore wind in 2023, according to annual results the Dutch dredging and offshore construction specialist released on March 7. Company-wide, Boskalis reported a 20% increase in revenue and a 150% higher net profit than in 2022.
France-headquartered Nexans has completed the offshore export cable pull-ins for both offshore substation platforms at the 882 MW Moray West wind farm, located in the Moray Firth in the northeast of Scotland. The cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora took advantage of a recent period of favorable weathe
Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric Industries has placed a multi-million-pound order for cable storage carousels for its power cable factory in Scotland. THREE60 Energy reported it had signed a contract with Sumitomo to design and deliver cable storage carousels for the power cable factory in Nig
VARD has placed an order with MacGregor, part of Cargotec, for three cranes to be installed onboard Prysmian’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV). MacGregor will deliver a 100-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) crane, a 20T offshore crane and a 3T deck crane to equip Prysmian’s third NB970 CLV from VAR
The developers of the 1.4 GW Cenos floating offshore wind project in Scotland are set to run a nearshore survey campaign in March to revalidate data collected in 2017 by NorthConnect, an interconnector project whose infrastructure Cenos planned to use to connect to the grid. Starting on 11 March, th
Tekmar Group has reported improved financial performance for the 2023 financial year with a revenue of £39.9 million, compared to £30.2 million in FY22. Deemed a pivotal year that saw instability in the offshore wind market, Tekmar said it had stabilized the business in 2023. Tekmar saw an adjusted
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed a preferred supply agreement with LS Cable for the supply of offshore and onshore cables to Feng Miao 1, the company’s third offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the agreement, Korea-based LS Cable will supply offshore export cables, inter-array
Netherlands-based company BV Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) has produced its first power cores in its new cable factory in Eemshaven. The company produced three power cores for the type test cable, which were provided with the welded aluminum screen and PE outer sheath. The investment in the new fact
Subsea power cable manufacturer NKT and aluminium and energy company Hydro have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the shift towards low-carbon aluminium and increase its role in reducing the carbon footprint of power cables. As part of the partnership that aims to further decarboniz
Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project which has combined wave power with subsea energy storage to power subsea equipment has completed a 12-month test program at sea, aiming to reach the finish line this spring. This £2 million (approximately $2,5 million) project connected the Blue X wave ener
Prysmian, Hitachi Energy, and BAM have inked contracts for cable and converter stations destined for a HVDC cable connection in the UK.
