Interconnectors
Hitachi Energy wins €770M contract for first Europe-Africa interconnector
Hitachi Energy has secured a contract worth approximately €770 million for the construction of converter stations for the submarine power interconnection between Italy and Tunisia. The Elmed project will be the first direct current connection between Europe and Africa and will run from the Partanna
Public feedback to help minimize impacts of new 2 GW Scotland-Wales interconnector
The UK National Grid has launched a public consultation in North Wales for Western Link 2, a new subsea electricity connection that will link Scotland and Wales. The project, jointly developed by National Grid and Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN), will be approximately 340 kilometers long and w
Prysmian lands €910 million job for Greek island grid interconnections
Italy’s Prysmian has secured a framework agreement with Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) valued at around €910 million for the development of electrical interconnections for the Dodecanese and North Aegean islands in Greece. Prysmian will design, manufac
Green light for Prysmian to construct first interconnector between Europe and Africa
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has received the notice to proceed for the construction of the submarine power interconnection between Italy and Tunisia. The Elmed project will be the first direct current connection between Europe and Africa and will run from the Partanna electrical substation in Sic
New York City switches on $6 billion HVDC link to fuel Big Apple with Canadian hydropower
Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation player NKT, alongside other players breathing life into an underwater high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable project between the U.S. and Canada, has participated in the launch of the cross-border transmission development, which opens
Taihan Cable signs HVDC cooperation agreements with Jan De Nul and Boskalis
South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Belgium’s Jan De Nul and the Netherlands’ Boskalis to cooperate on high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable projects. The agreements were signed on June 10 during the Korea-EU Energy Transition Cooperation
Early works starting for project that will link Western Isles to UK transmission network
Early works to support the installation of the mainland underground cable section of the 1.8 GW power transmission link that will connect the Scottish Western Isles to the UK national electricity transmission network for the first time are set to begin on June 8. The Western Isles HVDC Link will con
Key equipment for second Malta-Italy link ready for its final destination
The manufacturing of key equipment for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy has been completed in Türkiye, with the equipment now to be shipped to Malta and Sicily. This includes an autotransformer that will reduce the voltage from the interconnection’s 220 kV to 132 kV, in l
WATCH: Onshore cabling completed for Ireland’s first direct energy link to Europe
Onshore cable installation has been completed in Ireland as part of the island’s first direct electricity interconnection with the European continent via a 500-kilometer subsea cable. Developed by French and Irish transmission system operators (TSOs) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) and EirGr
Eastern Green Link 2 gives back as second round of community fund opens
The second round of funding for the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL) project fund has opened for applications, targeting communities near the project that will transport clean electricity from Peterhead in Scotland to England via a 505-kilometer subsea cable. Developed by a joint venture of SSEN Transmiss
Survey campaign wraps up at Saudi subsea cable link
A UAE-headquartered offshore survey and positioning data provider has completed a survey campaign supporting the subsea cable installation work for a project that will link Saudi Arabia’s Farasan Island to the country’s main electrical grid. Sharjah-based Geosonic performed the offshore survey campa
GeoXYZ getting ready for surveys at proposed Northern Ireland-Scotland interconnector
Belgium-headquartered GeoXYZ has been appointed to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) investigation and geotechnical surveys for a proposed HVDC subsea electricity interconnector that will link Northern Ireland and Scotland, with the work set to begin this month. The LirIC interconnector project wi
Fugro set for maintenance survey of 40-year-old interconnector
Fugro is set to deploy its geophysical vessel in a couple of days to carry out a maintenance survey of an interconnector between France and the UK that has been operating since 1986. The 2 GW IFA 2000 high voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical interconnector is approximately 70 kilometers long, w
Siemens Energy delivers all transformers for first UK-Germany energy link
Siemens Energy has delivered all 14 transformers that will help to power NeuConnect, the first energy link between the UK and Germany. The seventh and final transformer was delivered to the converter station site in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, this week, following the delivery of all seven transformers