SPIE Global Services Energy, via its SPIE Wind Connect unit, has secured a contract by Seaway7 to provide high-voltage cable termination and testing services for the Baltyk II and Baltyk III offshore wind farms in Poland.The contract covers termination and testing of the 66-kV inter-array cable network connecting wind turbine generators to offshore substations, with the main offshore campaign expected to begin in the second quarter of 2026…
European transmission system operators (TSOs) have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore cooperation on offshore cable infrastructure in the North Sea.The agreement aims to improve the affordability, efficiency and reliability of Europe’s electricity system as offshore wind capacity grows…
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a contract to support installation of inter-array cables at the TPC offshore wind farm phase 2 (TPC-II) off Taiwan.The scope includes installation of cables connecting turbines to offshore substations…
Italian offshore services provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has secured a contract worth more than $32.7 million (€28 million) as lead partner of a consortium for marine survey work on a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link in Italy…
Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) has secured its first framework contract with 50Hertz to deliver cable storage and handling systems for power grid projects in Germany.The contract, awarded through a European tender process, covers the engineering…
Nexans and Statnett have completed a 420 kV subsea cable project across the Fensfjord in western Norway, strengthening power supply to Bergen and surrounding industrial areas.The project, awarded in 2022, included the engineering, manufacturing…
Offshore services firm Tekmar Group has secured two contracts worth a combined $2.6 million (£2 million) for an offshore wind farm project in Japan.The main contract involves the supply of Tekmar’s 10th generation cable protection technology directly to the wind farm developer…
Iberdrola has awarded contracts to Siemens Energy and Prysmian, worth more than $4 billion (€3.5 billion), for the development of the Eastern Green Link 4 subsea electricity interconnector between Scotland and England.Under the agreements, Siemens…
CRP Subsea has secured a contract from Jan De Nul to supply cable protection systems for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I offshore wind project in the German North Sea.Under the agreement, CRP Subsea will deliver 141 cable protection systems to safeguard…
DOF Group has been awarded a contract by Norway’s transmission system operator Statnett for the replacement of high-voltage subsea power cables in Ofotfjorden, northern Norway.The contract, classified by DOF as substantial with a value between $25 million and $50 million…
Responding to the surge in global subsea cable investment driven by cloud computing and artificial intelligence, ABS has published its Technical Standard for Subsea Power Cables.Subsea power cable design, installation and operation pose unique challenges due to harsh marine environments…
Danish power cable maker NKT has signed a firm contract to deliver the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power cable system for the Eastern Green Link 3 transmission project with a joint venture between National Grid Electricity Transmission and SSEN Transmission…
Danish power cable maker NKT has signed final contracts with SSEN Transmission for two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission links in Scotland.The contracts cover the 525 kV HVDC power cable systems for the Western Isles and Spittal to Peterhead transmission links…
French cable maker Nexans has set a new world record in the subsea power cable industry after installing a 500 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable at a depth of 2,150 meters on Italy’s Tyrrhenian Link project.The installation…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has secured an approval in principle (AiP) from ClassNK for the basic design of specialized vessels to joint and bury subsea power cables.MOL is working with Sumitomo Electric Industries, Furukawa Electric and Nippon…