Seaway 7 has awarded JDR with a contract to supply 66 kV subsea array cables for the EnBW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. JDR will supply 100 kilometres of 66 kV array cable that will connect the 64 Vestas 15 MW wind turbines at the 900 MW offshore wind farm in the North […]
Seaway 7 has signed a Letter of Award with Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to start early works on the Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning (EPIC) of inter-array grid cables for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. Seaway 7’s scope is under final negotiation and
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has issued guidance looking at different methods of measuring the depth of burial of subsea cables and pipelines together with factors influencing the depth of burial. Named ‘Guidelines for the Measurement of Depth of Burial’, the guidance is a
Polish gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM will hold the opening ceremony for the Baltic Pipe project on 27 September. The announcement comes as the technical commissioning of all three gas compressor stations that will distribute gas imported from the Norwegian Shelf in Poland has been comp
Eiffage Génie Civil, together with ETMF, has installed the second export cable for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The installation of the three-kilometre long export cable was done in collaboration with Antares Ingenierie, Ar Ganol, Logic Master, and Abeko Marine. The French trans
Nexans has completed the construction of the new XLPE insulation tower at its subsea cable factory in Halden, Norway. Nexans began the expansion of the Halden factory about two months ago and after 69 days the raising of the tower is completed, the company said. The tower is 152.89 meters tall, whic
Marlinks has won a contract to provide cable health monitoring services for the Arcadis Ost 1 wind farm located offshore Germany in the Baltic Sea. According to Marlinks, Arcadis Ost 1 is situated in an area of the Baltic Sea where challenging seabed conditions are present and a swampy topsoil layer
Xlinks has appointed WSP to provide technical advisory services for the tendering process for four HVDC converter stations and ancillary works for the Morocco-UK Power Project. WSP will support the procurement process for converter stations in the UK and Morocco, UK grid connection works, connection
Saipem has secured an E&C contract with EniMed, a subsidiary of Eni, for the transportation and installation of an offshore gas pipeline connecting the four wells of Argo and Cassiopea Fields to the Sicilian coast. Pipelay vessels Castorone and Castoro 10 will install the 60-kilometer-long 14” gas p
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHE Transmission) and National Grid Energy Transmission (NGET) have applied for marine licenses for the Eastern Green Link 2 subsea HVDC project. SHE Transmission applied to the Scottish Government for marine licenses in respect of Eastern Green Link 2 HVDC cabl
The extension of SSEN Transmission’s simulation, testing and training centre for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems in Cumbernauld has officially opened. Established in 2017, the National HVDC Centre is the first facility of its kind in the UK and uses innovative technology to test the use o
Prysmian has awarded Sumitomo Electric Industries with a contract for the supply of 150 kilometers of HVDC submarine cable for the NeuConnect Interconnector between the UK and Germany. Sumitomo Electric has been appointed as a subcontractor to supply a section of 525 kV HVDC mass impregnated cable t
A government-owned Maltese company has issued a tender looking to appoint a contractor to deliver the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a new interconnector in the central Mediterranean.
Subsea 7 has laid the first subsea cables in the water for the 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway. JDR Cable System is in charge of supplying the electric cables for the project from its factory in Hartlepool, the UK, while Subsea 7 is responsible for the installation of the ca
