The Crown Estate and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have released a report which aims to help stakeholders involved in offshore wind developments better assess the impacts of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from subsea power cables on the marine environment. Acc
UK energy market regulator Ofgem is set to carry out a post-construction review of the North Sea Link (NSL) after which it will set the final cap and floor levels for the project connecting the UK and Norway. Ofgem granted National Grid North Sea Link (NGNSL) a cap and floor regime with respect to t
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has renewed its €1,000 million long-term revolving credit facility, including environmental and social KPIs among the parameters that determine the financing conditions. Prysmian reported on 13 July that it had signed the renewal of the €1,000 million long-term revolvi
McDermott has won a “major” contract with Qatargas to deliver engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) for a subsea pipeline and cable project. McDermott will deliver EPCI for the North Field Production Sustainability (NFPS) Offshore Fuel Gas Pipeline and Subsea Cables Project
NeuConnect, the company behind the first energy link between the UK and Germany, has signed a license agreement with The Crown Estate, a step set to allow major construction work to begin this summer in the UK. Following negotiation and collaboration with The Crown Estate, the signed license agreeme
Seaway7 has completed the full engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) cables scope on the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland, a joint venture project between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies. The inter-array cable team completed the termination and testing last weekend and
The Parliament of Malta is discussing a new bill today, 10 July, which would facilitate the country’s first offshore wind and floating solar tender. First introduced at a plenary session on 4 July, the bill seeking to amend the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Act is now being read before the Parliamen
Israel’s Energy and Infrastructure Ministry is planning to construct a 150-kilometer submarine cable along the country’s Mediterranean coast that will connect to Europe with the possibility to connect to Gulf countries. Israeli State Council for Planning and Construction announced on 4 July it will
In Europe, we have been seeing an increasing amount of climate change evidence that makes us reconsider our outfit choices every day and if (not) bringing an umbrella was the right thing. A not-so-snowy winter, no nice spring weather, a lot of summer rain in Southeastern and Central Europe, but very
Asso.subsea has signed a contract with Nexans for the transportation, installation and protection of the nearshore section of the BorWin6 offshore cable in Germany, with offshore work scheduled for 2025. The company will be involved in the design and execution of this part of the project in shallow
Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or Admie) has become a strategic investor in the EuroAsia Interconnector that will link Greece, Cyprus and Israel with the acquisition of a 25 per cent stake. IPTO’s entry into the share capital of EuroAsia Interconnector
Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB), a subsidiary of Shell, has awarded McDermott with a contract to deliver offshore transportation and installation for a pipelay and heavy lift project in Malaysia. Under the contract, McDermott will perform transportation and installation services for two pipeline segments
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has committed to providing €180 million to ensure ongoing capacity availability for the planned construction of a new high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable link in the UK. After being selected as the exclusive preferred bidder in May, the commitment includes the pay
Hellenic Cables, together with Jan De Nul Group, has been awarded by TenneT the turnkey delivery of three HVAC offshore grid connection cables for the offshore wind farms to be developed in zones N-3.7 and N-3.8 in Germany. These cables will connect the wind farms to the DolWin kappa converter stati
