Kraken Robotics is set to support N-Sea with cable burial survey services during cable inspection and remedial burial campaign for an interconnecting power cable asset in the North Sea. Kraken Robotics has mobilized its 3D acoustic Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI) survey sensor to a vessel under the control
French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has started work to connect the country’s first floating offshore wind farm to the national grid. The laying of the export cable has started to connect the Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) wind farm in the Mediterr
Vard, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, has signed a contract with an international shipping company for the design and construction of a new cable-laying vessel. The 95-meter-long vessel will be built entirely by the Vard network, including the main systems and equipment. It will comprise 60 single cabi
After filing the documents for the public planning procedure for the section of the BorWin4 offshore grid connection that lies in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 2021, German transmission system operator Amprion has now announced that the approval process at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographi
Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with the Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) for the fourth phase of the Cyclades interconnection project. The project includes the Lavrio-Serifos and Serifos-Milos interconnections with a total
Italy’s cabling giant Prysmian has secured a €120 million loan from Italian investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) which will be invested in R&D for network upgrading purposes. The loan will be used to support R&D plans focused on the implementation of innovative technologies and contribute
Subsea7, Siem Offshore, and Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly look at optimisation of marine operations for floating wind projects. The main objective of the study is to identify gaps in capabilities of existing marine operation methodologies and equipment, to e
The Spanish regulatory authority the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) and the French counterpart the Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) have reached an agreement on the distribution of financing for the electricity interconnector that will link France and Spain taki
TenneT has selected NKT and Prysmian to install five 525 kV XLPE HVDC cable connections for grid projects which will link new Dutch offshore wind farms to the national grid. TenneT’s next-generation, 2 GW grid connections in the Netherlands are scheduled to be completed between 2028 and 2030. NKT wi
After having been declared eligible for Ofgem’s third cap and floor window, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) revealed more information about its involvement in three interconnector projects in the North Sea. CIP announced on 28 February that it had acquired close to full ownership in a 4.2 G
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has decided that all electricity interconnector projects that submitted applications in its third cap and floor window will progress to the next phase. This third window was opened for electricity interconnectors able to start operations before the end of 2032 and th
NKT is set to commence the second cable installation campaign for SSEN Transmission’s Shetland High Voltage Direct-Current (HVDC) link in the North Sea in March. The £660 million project includes the construction of a 260-kilometer subsea cable from Shetland to the GB mainland, linking Shetland to t
Prysmian has kicked off cable installation of the Elba Piombino project, the new subsea power cable connection between the island of Elba and the Italian mainland. The Italian company will carry out the installation by using its cable-laying vessel Leonardo da Vinci. With a length of 34 km submarine
Dutch General and Military Intelligence and Security Services (AVID and MVID) have sent a letter to the government together with an update on the latest insights into activities being covertly conducted by Russia, including those that are potentially being carried out in preparation for sabotage of
