Security is a topic that has expanded in the last couple of years, bringing new worries to Europe. With a number of incidents occurring in European seas that harmed subsea (energy) infrastructure, seabed security made its way onto one of the first places on the energy security chart. A panel at Offs
Ocean Winds, a 50/50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has contracted Føn Energy Services to provide a fully integrated Balance of Plant (BoP) operations and maintenance (O&M) service program for the Moray East and Moray West offshore wind farms in Scotland. The contract is valid for t
Proserv has been awarded a contract by DEME Offshore to de-risk offshore wind operations at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm project in the UK. According to Proserv, the company will utilize its Electro Cable Guard (ECG) system to identify signs of transmission cabl
Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has appointed ABB to electrify its high-voltage submarine power cable factory in Karlskrona, Sweden. To remind, on the back of a record order backlog and strong market outlook, NKT announced investments in a new cable-laying ve
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated over $18 million for 27 research and development (R&D) projects to advance marine energy and offshore wind technologies. According to the U.S. DOE, these initiatives, which will be undertaken across 17 universities, including five minority-serving in
The German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has selected ABL to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the subsea cable interconnections between two of Germany’s offshore wind farms and the DolWin6 offshore converter station. The three subsea cables to be installed between the N-
ScottishPower Renewables, part of the Iberdrola Group, has awarded an export cable contract for East Anglia Two (EA2), a 960 MW offshore wind farm in the UK, to Nexans. Under the contract, Nexans will supply and install approximately 100 kilometers of 275 kV high-voltage subsea export cables and 55
DEME Offshore has contracted JDR Cable Systems, part of the TFKable Group, for cable installation and commissioning work on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The 2.6 GW CVOW, developed by Dominion Energy, is the largest offshore wind farm under construction in the United States. Und
China-headquartered subsea cable vessel owner and operator Fulan Offshore has deployed its cable laying vessel (CLV) for inter-array cable installation at a giant offshore wind project in Chinese waters.
The Dutch company, ECE Offshore, has secured a contract with Jan De Nul Group to support cable laying and execution on the TenneT 2 GW grid connection projects. The scope of ECE Offshore is part of Jan De Nul’s framework agreement with the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT on th
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ZTT Submarine Cable & System has won two engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contracts for the Guoxin Dafeng Offshore Wind Power Project in China. Under the submarine cable EPCI contracts, China’s ZTT will supply 243 kilometers of 35 kV inter-array cables and 185 kilomete
German offshore wind and hydrogen developers plan to build an offshore electrolyzer demonstrator at the Alpha Ventus wind farm in the North Sea.
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support the offshore construction of Iberdrola’s 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany. ABL Germany, based in Hamburg, will provide MWS services to support the offshore transpor
