Van Oord’s new, next-generation cable-laying vessel (CLV) is getting ready for its first project with the pick up of inter-array cables destined for a UK offshore wind farm. Calypso, Van Oord’s second CLV which will mostly be used for installing inter-array and export cables for offshore wind projec
After Karlskrona, Sweden, Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT is expanding its operations in Alingsås to boost the production capacity of high-voltage accessories. NKT is currently constructing a new hall in Alingsås for testing power cable accessories up to 525
Correll Group, a subsidiary of SPIE Global Services Energy, has been awarded two multi-year framework agreements from Vattenfall to carry out cable testing and fault finding for Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms in Europe. The two framework agreements cover Vattenfall’s existing and potential new off
The Crown Estate has invited proposals from the pre-qualified bidders in the Round 5 seabed leasing process which will award up to 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity in the Celtic Sea. Around the same time, National Grid ESO issued a recommended network design to connect the upcoming floating wind far
Boskalis, an offshore construction company, has completed the connection of all export cables and platforms for the offshore wind farm being developed by RWE in the Dutch North Sea. Off the coast of the Netherlands, Boskalis connected all the export cables the company recently installed for the shor
Tekmar Group has completed its role in the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm by supplying essential cable protection systems (CPS) for the project’s inter-array cables. This month, Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, achieved a significant milestone with the insta
UK-headquartered Intertek has been re-appointed by the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, to provide long-term client representation services in support of North Sea offshore wind grid connections. Intertek Metoc has been selected for the full framework contract scope that incl
French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE Réseau Transport d’Electricité plans to issue calls for tenders for geophysical, geotechnical and UXO surveys for multiple projects from 2025 to 2026. RTE, responsible for developing, implementing and operating offshore wind farm connections to the Frenc
Jan De Nul has named its new XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), identical to the Fleeming Jenkin ordered last year, after the Irish physicist William Thomson. William Thomson, ordered earlier this year, will have three carousels and a cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the same as the previously o
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has secured €450 million in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) that will be used for building new production lines for extra-high-voltage submarine cables, lines for high-voltage onshore cables, and other technical improvements to existing lines. The inves
Delivery partners have completed the installation of over 328 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables for Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, marking the completion of all inter-array cable work for this phase.
Dutch provider of solutions for transport, handling and storage of subsea cables WIND Group has acquired compatriot equipment engineering and manufacturing company Draftec. Founded in 2009, Draftec has grown into a specialized system integrator and manufacturer of custom-designed, multi-disciplinary
Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid has awarded a multi-party framework agreement for surveys that the TSO will perform at the offshore wind area(s) the Irish government will put up for tender next. The companies that secured long-term contracts, valued at €300 million in total, are Fug
The cable-laying vessel (CLV) that Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder VARD is building for Danish subsea specialist NCT Offshore has hit the water in Romania. NCT placed the order for the 95-meter-long CLV with VARD in early 2023, with Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway, in charge of the design, Va
