UK energy market regulator Ofgem has granted electricity interconnector licenses for three energy links that will connect the UK with three countries in the European Union.
Jan De Nul and LS Cable & System have completed the installation of the first sea cable for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Alpha substation in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. In recent weeks, the cable-laying vessel Connector and the remote-controlled cable-laying vehicle UTV1200 laid more than 60
Transmission system operators (TSOs) GASCADE and Fluxys have submitted an application with the European Commission for the AquaDuctus project, a North Sea offshore pipeline for green hydrogen produced using electricity from offshore wind farms, to be declared Project of Common Interest (PCI). AquaDu
Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables has launched an investment program of approximately €80 million over a two-year horizon in order to address the growing demand for electrification. The program includes a major expansion of the company’s subsea cable plant in Corinth that will double the prod
Vos Prodect has secured a contract to supply offshore cable accessories for a wind farm in the Netherlands.
Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with Asso.subsea for the transportation, installation, and protection of the 220 kV submarine export cable that will connect 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the national grid as part of the Ostwind 3 grid connec
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has issued a tender looking for a provider of a 145 kV submarine cable system. Energinet seeks a provider of an approximately 12-kilometer 145 kV submarine cable system, including all labor, equipment and materials required for design, fabrication
UK-based hydraulic tool maker Allspeeds Limited has supplied a Webtool HCV330 hydraulic cable cutter to compatriot subsea equipment rental and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology. Allspeeds said that the Webtool cutter is the “largest manufactured so far” and the HCV 330 is designed to cut large
Ofgem has approved the strategic electricity transmission reinforcements required to deliver the UK Government’s 50 GW offshore wind by 2030 target, set out as part of the regulator’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework. The decision confirms that all SSEN Transmission pro
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy and offshore wind developer Ørsted have partnered up to explore powering new integrated energy hubs in the UK North Sea with offshore wind-generated electricity. The two parties and Goal7 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to examine the potential to s
German transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH has issued a contract notice for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 525 kV cables covering seven onshore and offshore grid connection projects currently under development, as well as future projects. The
Danish and Belgian transmission system operators (TSOs) Energinet and Elia have issued a contract notice seeking environmental engineering consultancy services for the development of the subsea cable route for a new interconnector project in the North Sea. Elia and Energinet are developing the Trito
DEME Offshore has picked Tekmar Group to supply Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the third phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Under the contract signed with DEME Offshore, Tekmar will design, manufacture, and supply 172 CPS for Dogger Bank C. The first systems for the project’s third phase
An Italian company specialising in producing green hydrogen using renewable energy sources has applied for a maritime concession to build a 675 MW floating offshore wind farm in the Strait of Sicily.
