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Readers’ choice: Offshore Energy’s most-read news in 2025
As the offshore energy sector continued to navigate the energy transition and technological development, but also uncertainty, 2025 saw continued shifts in policy, investment, and project development across the global energy landscape. To mark the year’s end, the Offshore Energy editorial team looks
Scour protection installation coming up at Hornsea Three OWF site
Installation of scour protection on wind turbine foundation locations at the Hornsea Three offshore site in the UK is set to commence in mid-December. The work will be undertaken by DEME using its rock installation vessel Flintstone, equipped with a fallpipe and flexible bucket system. The vessel is
Fugro completes surveys for TenneT’s 2 GW grid connection projects in Germany
Fugro completed land and marine surveys for TenneT Germany’s LanWin1 and LanWin2 grid connections, which are part of the transmission system operator’s (TSO) 2 GW program. The LanWin2 cable route required a range of onshore and nearshore investigation activities to support project development. Fugro
UK offshore wind farm now equipped with scour protection doubling as marine life habitat
RWE has installed around 75,000 reef cubes developed by the nature-inclusive technology designer ARC marine at the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the Rampion owner says is a “global first”. The cubes are a specially eco-engineered scour protection solution for wind turbine foundations
Hellenic Cables bags East Anglia Two inter-array cable deal
Hellenic Cables has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 for the supply of approximately 165 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables’ scope of work includes the engineering, design, manufacturing, testing,
Saipem reinforces Guyana ties with $500 million job on ExxonMobil’s seventh oil project
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has received the green light to move forward with its multimillion-dollar assignment on an offshore oil project in the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana from ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobi
Nexans wraps up final export cable campaign at 496 MW offshore wind farm in France
Nexans has completed the final export cable campaign at the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, developed by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a joint venture between Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires. The operation, which involves the installation of
TechnipFMC scores work on ExxonMobil’s seventh oil chapter in Guyana
TechnipFMC has tucked under its belt a new multimillion-dollar subsea assignment, which will enable it to help ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil, to bring to life an offshore oil project in Guyana’s Stabroek block.
Prysmian connects two Canary Islands with submarine cables
Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group has finished laying the submarine cable for the interconnection between Tenerife and La Gomera in Spain, with the entire infrastructure expected to be completed by the end of this year. The interconnection consists of a 66 kV double-circuit line, with a 36-kilome
Van Oord wraps up inter-array cable installation at UK’s Sofia offshore wind farm
Van Oord has completed the installation of 109 inter-array cables, which marks the conclusion of its full scope of work on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Approximately 360 kilometers of inter-array cables have been installed and tested, connecting the wind farms’ 100 14 MW turbines t
OneSubsea’s ‘cutting-edge’ tool enables Shell’s field to step up on the gas
OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has revealed that its subsea compressor system, which recently came online at a Shell-operated natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, will allow the operator to unlock new gas supplies for Europe.
NKT wins €650 million power cable contract for Bornholm Energy Island
NKT has signed a contract with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet to deliver a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power cable system for the offshore interconnector linking the Bornholm Energy Island to the power grid on Zealand in Denmark. NKT’s scope of work includes the deliv
NKT installs power cables at TenneT’s BorWin5 offshore grid connection
Denmark’s NKT has finalized the installation of a 320 kV high-voltage DC (HVDC) power cable system at the 900 MW BorWin5 offshore grid connection in Germany. The pull-in work to the offshore platform was carried out by the company’s NKT Victoria vessel. NKT was responsible for the delivery and insta
One of world’s deepest interconnections to enter commercial operation in two months
The Crete-Attica electrical interconnection, the largest electricity transmission project in Greece, has completed a three-month testing phase, marking entry into the final stage before official commercial operation. With a budget of over €1.1 billion, the cable link connects the Attica region on th