UK-headquartered Enshore Subsea has secured an export cable installation contract for one of Scotland’s largest offshore wind projects, the 1.1 GW Inch Cape. The Inch Cape offshore wind farm will feature two 85-kilometer, 220 kV, three-phase export cables, each delivered in three sections and requir
The National Grid has awarded contracts to ten suppliers as part of a £59 billion high voltage direct current (HVDC) supply chain framework, setting the stage for the delivery of the required works and equipment for key energy projects across the UK. The HVDC supply chain framework was launched in 2
After South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution, a consortium of Hellenic Cables and Jan De Nul has signed a framework agreement with National Grid becoming the appointed contractors eligible to participate in future HVDC cable projects across the UK and Europe. The agreement enables the consortium to pa
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has signed a framework agreement with UK power transmission and distribution company National Grid UK for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable systems, securing participation opportunities in projects valued at approximately £21.3 billion over up to eight yea
Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has achieved one of the final milestones for Greece’s Attica-Crete power cable project with the completion of the site acceptance test. Described as the largest electricity transmission project in Greece, with a budget excee
Helix Robotics Solutions, the robotics division of U.S.-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions Group, has secured a contract with Italian cable systems giant Prysmian for its T1400-2 trencher. The contract will see the trencher perform post-installation cable burial o
European Energy and TotalEnergies have started seabed surveys in the area surrounding the planned Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm, located between Kerteminde on Funen and Kalundborg on Zealand, Denmark. The two companies launched three vessels to carry out seabed measurements, which will provide
The Netherlands-based shipbuilder and designer Neptune Marine has commenced construction of a new cable maintenance vessel. The vessel named Altera will be 100 meters long and will be used for offshore cable maintenance work and offshore support services. According to Neptune Marine, it will be capa
EnBW is laying the first submarine cable of the internal wind farm cabling that connects all 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines of the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm. Seaway7 has been commissioned with the task. In 2022, EnBW awarded the company an engineering, procurement, installation, and commi
Italy could install up to 1 GW of offshore solar capacity in the next five years, enough to supply electricity to around half a million households annually, according to estimates of a new position paper by the Italian Association of Offshore Renewable Energy (AERO). Unveiled by SolarinBlue, the rep
Sefine Shipyard has contracted Techano Oceanlift, a subsidiary of Oslo-listed Nekkar, to deliver 150-tonne cranes for two newbuild construction support vessels (CSVs) ordered by Norwegian offshore energy vessel and service providers. One of the cranes is already in production for a CSV ordered joint
The aft part of the highly customized hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel that VARD is building for the Japanese offshore wind market has arrived at the company’s Tulcea shipyard where it will be joined with the forward parts of the hull. The Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder held t
As part of the pre-construction works at the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm site in the UK, Ørsted will carry out a geophysical survey campaign, starting in late March/early April, to investigate the physical characteristics of the seabed. The data acquired from the campaign will be used for detail
Dutch Fugro has made a move to simplify the certification process for its growing fleet of autonomous uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) with the signature of an agreement with Lloyd’s Register. The signature of the block fee agreement to streamline the in-service certification and maintenance of Fugro
