The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has rejected the license application for the construction and operation of a 1.4 GW overseas interconnector between Norway and the UK. The ministry reported on 16 March that after an overall assessment, it had come to the conclusion that there is no bas
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has selected Spain-headquartered Tubacex as the delivery partner for umbilical tubes for projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Under the agreement, Tubacex will deliver a total of 1,000 kilometers of umbilical offshore tubes to Aker So
Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for the installation of dynamic inter-array cables on the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in Norway. The Norwegian company has been contracted to transport and install five 2.5-kilometre-long dynamic inter-array cables in water depths between
VARD has secured a contract with Denmark’s NCT Offshore for the design and construction of a cable laying vessel (CLV) of VARD 9 01 design. The vessel is designed by Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway, the hull will be built at Vard Tulcea in Romania, while the final outfitting, commissioning and delive
Inelfe, a joint venture between the Spanish transmission system operator (TSO) Red Eléctrica and the French counterpart RTE, has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for an electricity interconnection project that will link the two countries. The Biscay Gulf project
Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group has reported that 2022 was its best year ever in terms of financial results as its profits and cash generation had grown by over 50 per cent. For 2022, Prysmian’s adjusted EBITDA amounted to €1,488 million, representing a +52.5 per cent growth compared to 2021, w
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
