Interconnectors

Main construction starts on central part of interconnection between Western Isles and UK

Nexans to deliver 420 kilometers of cable for Greek interconnection

UK's 2 GW subsea power cable gets government's approval

€3.1 billion Spain-France interconnector is 70% complete

Huge investment to keep first UK-France interconnector running until at least 2050

Fugro's 18-meter USV on survey duty at 'world's longest interconnector'

Nexans, Red Eléctrica to tie Mallorca and Menorca closer with new Balearic power link

Nexans and Red Eléctrica are future-proofing the Balearic Islands' power grid with a strategic new Mallorca-Menorca interconnection.

Folegandros island joins Greece’s mainland power grid via 60-kilometer subsea cable

Fit-out of NeuConnect’s converter stations in progress

Fit-out works are currently underway on the converter stations in Germany and the UK for NeuConnect, a high-voltage submarine cable that will create the first direct energy transmission link between the two countries. The construction of the 24-meter-high, 70-meter-wide converter hall buildings reac

Australian interconnector granted final approval before construction

The Marinus Link electricity and telecommunications interconnector to be built in Australia has secured the country’s first offshore transmission license, representing the final Commonwealth approval leading into construction. Marinus Link, which will connect North West Tasmania and Victoria’s Latro

Construction ramps up at Orkney Islands’ first link to UK mainland

Nexans has started the installation of the underground land cable for an electricity interconnector that will connect the Orkney Islands to the UK mainland for the first time. Orkney Link, developed by SSEN Transmission, will comprise a new substation being built at Finstown, approximately 14 kilome

Two XOCEAN USVs to survey UK’s 2.2 GW link

XOCEAN has been tasked with performing geophysical survey operations, starting this month, for the 2,200 MW Western HVDC Link cable route between Hunterston, Scotland, and the Wirral, England. XOCEAN’s uncrewed survey vessels (USVs) X-05 and X-29 will be used for the geophysical inspection survey of

NKT brings first cables ashore on €3.1 billion Spain-France power link (Gallery)

first cable pull-ins at Lemóniz in northern Spain, marking what it describes as an important construction milestone on a multibillion-euro interconnector, which will increase electricity exchange capacity between Spain and France from 2.8 GW to 5 GW.

South Koreans make move to cut foreign dependence with domestic ROV capability

South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution and Panstar Robotics, established by the Korea Institute of Robotics & Technology Convergence (KIRO), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that would be deployed domestically, in an effort to reduce