South Korean cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has received financial support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its high-voltage submarine power cable factory in the U.S. LS GreenLink USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LS C&S, plans to build a manufacturing facility to produce high-volt
Cable solutions provider Prysmian has selected DEME to provide the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands. This is the most extensive cabling award in DEME’s history and marks the company’s first project involving Prysmi
Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein Verft has held the keel laying ceremony for the DP3 cable laying vessel (CLV), Nexans Electra. Keel laying signifies the start of assembling the key components for a newbuild vessel. The Nexans Electra, ordered as the second ship by Nexans at Ulstein V
DNV and its partners in a joint industry project (JIP) that is working to identify barriers to the use of HVDC transmission in the U.S. grid have published a letter containing guidelines for the U.S. states for the build-out of an offshore HVDC transmission network that would best support the countr
Eight Baltic Sea countries signed a joint declaration on collaborating closer to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure in the region on April 10, only a day after six North Sea countries entered into a similar agreement. Both are a result of security concerns arising from the Russian invasi
Italy-headquartered Prysmian has concluded the installation of submarine and land power cables to connect the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to the Scottish mainland power grid. The offshore wind project is now in the testing and commissioning phase and the system is scheduled to go live
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution is planning to set up a specialized test facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables as a response to the growing global demand. The dedicated test facility will be built on approximately 7,000 square meters of unused land at the Dangjin plant, which i
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has signed a frame agreement with compatriot ocean services provider DeepOcean for subsea infrastructure and cable repair for offshore oil & gas and renewables. The agreement covers marine services including subsea intervention and repair contingency for su
Orient Adventurer, formerly the construction and flex lay vessel Polar Onyx which has been converted into a cable-laying vessel (CLV), has arrived in Taiwan’s port of Taichung, from where it will soon sail out to the Yunlin offshore wind farm site. The vessel will carry out cable-laying work on the
The installation of export cables at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, is scheduled to start in early April. The work will be performed in three campaigns to install three sections of export cable, with the first campaign starting on or around April 9, [&h
TenneT and Nexans, which signed framework agreements for three offshore grid connections last year, have now signed a call-off contract for the BalWin3 and LanWin3 projects, each of which will have a capacity of 2 GW and will link offshore wind farms to the German grid. In May 2023, TenneT awarded N
Jan De Nul Group has purchased an electric remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from UK subsea engineering and technology company SMD for what is said to be the world’s largest cable-laying vessel (CLV). SMD’s Quantum EV will be integrated into Jan De Nul’s new CLV Fleeming Jenkin and deployed to offshor
Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein has developed a new subsea vessel for floating and fixed installations in the offshore wind market, as well as for offshore oil & gas. Ulstein said that the SX232 is based on three core principles, including an optimized hull design based on the Ulstei
Italian cabling giant Prysmian in 2023 delivered what it says was a “remarkable performance” with “outstanding” financial results, record backlog in Transmission, as well as increased 2030 emission reduction ambition. For the financial year 2023, Prysmian’s adjusted EBITDA rose by 9.4% to €1,628 mil
