The second inter-array cable installation campaign will begin this month at the Moray East offshore wind farm, where the seventh wind turbine was installed on 10 February and the decommissioning of the met mast is currently underway. The first inter-array cable installation campaign, which started o
Cabling firm NKT has recently completed the repair operations on the 1GW BritNed electricity interconnector between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. An unplanned outage took place in December last year due to a cable fault. NKT mobilised staff and equipment for localising the fault, de-burial
Belgian system operator Elia and its Danish counterpart Energinet have launched a feasibility study for a subsea cable between the two countries that would link the high-voltage grids over a distance of more than 600 kilometres. The TSOs plan to wrap up the study by the end of 2021, with a ‘hybrid’
Norway-based designer and shipbuilder Vard is helping the French cabling firm Orange Marine expand its fleet of cable ships. This is the second time Orange Marine has opted for Vard, following the cable laying and repair vessel Pierre de Fermat of VARD 9 01 design. The new vessel, announced in Decem
Project promoter of EuroAsia Interconnector has invited cabling players to apply for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) job on the HVDC cable system between Israel, Cyprus and Greece (Crete). EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC scheme which will connect I
Statnett and TenneT have agreed to increase the allowed ramping on the NordLink interconnector from 300 to 600 megawatts per hour. NordLink is a subsea 1,400 megawatt HVDC power cable between Norway and Germany. In December, TenneT and partners Statnett and KfW put the interconnector into trial oper
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has published new recommendations for fibre optic cable design to mitigate the risk of export cable failure in offshore wind. The five key recommendations are: The optical fibres should be encompassed by a stainless steel tube and stainless-steel wi
Subsea Innovation has delivered a first of kind retrofit cable protection system (CPS) to a UK offshore wind farm. According to the parent company Tekmar, the delivery was part of cable protection remedial works. It also included installation tooling and offshore installation support. In addition, t
Manufacturer of ROV cutting tools Webtool is now offering long-term deployment RROV (Resident ROV) tools. Designed for up to 120 days continuous deployment, the tools come with custom RROV interfaces allowing the easy storage, activation and recharging of the hydraulic cutters. Webtool RROV hydrauli
Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its cable protection systems for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in Germany. The Kaskasi offshore wind farm is a 342MW wind project located in the German North Sea. Construction work will start in Q3 2021, with full project commissioning planned for 2022. On
Nexans has secured a contract from Norway’s Statnett to supply and install a new high-voltage subsea power link crossing Hadselfjord in the far north of the country. The current Hadselfjord cable, installed in 1977, has exceeded its technical design life. The project aims to further boost electricit
Italian cabling specialist Novacavi has recently made its own technological-productive contribution to the mineral growth test started for the platform protection from corrosion and to favour colonisation by marine organisms on the ENI Viviana 1 platform. Viviana is a monotubular structure, located
Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on the construction of an energy hub in the North Sea. The energy hub will be an artificially constructed island 80 kilometers from the shore of the peninsula Jutland. Around 200 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 3 GW are expected to be installed in t
Italian transmission system operator Terna has recently initiated public consultations on the new Tyrrhenian Link interconnection, the undersea power line that will link Sicily to Sardinia and Campania. Consultation event dedicated to the citizens of Termini Imerese already took place on Tuesday thi
