Developers of the FAB interconnector that will link Great Britain and France are planning to submit an updated planning application regarding the project’s converter station in the UK. FAB Link Limited and Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) have amended the design of the project from a capacity
German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, and Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard, have signed an agreement for the Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea. This is the first legally binding cooperation agreement in Europe on a joint
Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group is set to invest around €120 million in its plant in Pikkala, Finland, in order to further increase the production capacity of 525 kV HVDC submarine cable systems. New vertical continuous vulcanization (VCV) lines at the Finnish plant are expected to more than do
50Hertz has completed the pull-in of two 220 kV subsea cable systems into Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle platform. The two 220 kV subsea cable systems were previously laid on the seabed in a safe area next to the destination of the substation platform. In February of this year, the substation platform was
Jan De Nul has secured a contract with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution to deliver a new interconnector project in Scotland. Under the contract signed in November 2022, Jan De Nul will supply and install a new Pentland Firth interconnector this summer that will link mai
OX2 and Ingka Investments have entered into a conditional agreement with NKT for the delivery and installation of export power cables for two wind farm projects offshore Sweden. Under the agreement, NKT’s facility in Karlskrona, Sweden, will deliver the cables for the recently awarded Galene project
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has secured DNV qualification for its technology for digital monitoring of subsea pipelines during laying operations. The technology, called Integrated Acoustic Unit (I.A.U.), has obtained the statement of qualified technology for medium and large pipelines
Cabling giant Prysmian has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) cable connection in the UK. The news came shortly after it was revealed that the Italian company had been selected for Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2). Great Britain transmission grid owners SP Transmiss
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed an audit of the joint venture behind the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project (CCS) and some of its elements. The PSA conducted an audit of the Northern Lights joint venture and the follow-up of pipelines and subsea facilities i
LS Cable & System has signed a subsea cable agreement with Denmark’s Ørsted for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The contract announcement follows Ørsted’s final investment decision for the projects, taken in March 2023. The wind farms are now under construction and ar
UK-based XLCC has secured detailed planning approval to build what is said to be the UK’s first HVDC cable factory, located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. North Ayrshire Council Planning Committee granted full planning permission for XLCC’s HVDC subsea cable manufacturing operations in Hunterston, Sco
Prysmian Group has been picked as the preferred bidder for a high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable connection in the UK.
Nekkar, through the recently acquired Techano Group, has been awarded a contract to deliver an offshore crane to a newbuild cable-lay support vessel (CSV) that Sefine Shipyard is building for Norwegian shipowner Agalas. Under the contract, Nekkar will deliver a 70-tonne offshore crane capable of per
Turkish Petroleum has awarded a contract for subsurface solutions for the second phase of what is said to be one of Türkiye’s largest energy projects ever built to four companies. Subsea 7 confirmed the award of the “major” contract by Turkish Petroleum for the second phase of the Sakarya field deve
