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Prysmian has awarded two contracts to Next Geosolutions (NextGeo), one of which is in the Dutch offshore wind market, where NextGeo will carry out export cable route surveys for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore wind sites.
The second contract NextGeo secured with Prysmian is for the Bay of Biscay interconnection project, an HVDC cable system that will link coastal areas of Spain and France. Under this agreement, NextGeo will carry out route preparation activities between 2025 and 2027, including boulder removal, pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR), installation of protective mattresses, and a pre-lay survey.
The two contracts are valued at around EUR 20 million.
Under the contract for the Dutch offshore wind sites, the Italy-based offshore energy service provider will conduct surveys along the routes where export cables will be installed to connect the future offshore wind farms IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 to the grid on land.
Work under this contract is scheduled to take place between 2026 and 2027, and will entail geophysical and unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys to acquire high-quality data and information that will support the final design phase of the cable installation.
The Dutch transmission system operator (TenneT) contracted Prysmian for the export cable work in 2023. Under the contract with TenneT, Prysmian is responsible for delivering 525 kV XLPE HVDC cable connections for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 sites, whose onshore landing point is at Sloegebied in Zeeland.