South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution has completed the delivery of its second cable-laying vessel (CLV) ahead of the planned schedule, following the acquisition from Norwegian DOF Group. Taihan reported in May that it had acquired the 2016-built Skandi Connector from DOF, representing the second of
WIND, a Netherlands-based company delivering subsea cable logistics, cable recovery, and related services, has opened a cable storage and offshore service hub in Sweden to serve the Baltic region. WIND Group has signed a long-term agreement with Smålandshamnar to establish the dedicated yard in the
SSEN Transmission has signed a long-term framework agreement with Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. and Van Oord Offshore Wind UK Ltd for the engineering, supply, transport and installation of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea cable systems, supporting the continued expansion and reinforcem
The second export cable installation campaign for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland has been completed, the cable supplier Orient Cable (NBO) said via social media. The export cables were installed by Enshore Subsea, with NBO now moving onto the next stage of works, including offshore joi
LS GreenLink, the US subsidiary of South Korean LS Cable & System, has started the construction of a 201-metre vertical continuous vulcanisation (VCV) tower for cable insulation at its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable factory in Virginia. The construction of the factory started in Apr
Aker Solutions has secured what the company says is a substantial contract under which it will deliver an HVDC substructure for an undisclosed offshore wind project in Europe. The contract covers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work and will be booked as order intake in the second qu
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder VARD has delivered a 151-metre-long hybrid construction and cable laying vessel (CLV) to Japanese Toyo Construction, destined for Japan’s offshore wind market. The vessel, named Discovery, was delivered on 26 June from Vard Langsten in Norway, where it was out
Sweden’s Hexatronic Group is investing in a new production line for fibre-optic cables at its largest production site, as part of a long-term supply agreement with Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT. The new production line at the Hudiksvall facility will more than double the
Orient Cable (NBO) has installed the subsea cable for China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation’s 16 MW floating wind demonstration platform, said to be the world’s largest single-unit floating wind turbine. NBO says this is the first 66 kV dynamic cable for floating wind installed in China. The company’
RWE is set to become the majority owner of German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion after agreeing to acquire additional indirect shares in the company and completing a EUR 4 billion equity capital raise to finance the transaction. The German energy company announced on 22 June that it had
National Grid has received planning consent for the new Birkhill Wood substation in East Yorkshire, which will connect 4.22 GW of offshore wind capacity from three planned North Sea wind farms to the UK grid. Birkhill Wood will serve as the grid connection point for RWE and Masdar’s Dogger Bank Sout
The inter-array cable installation campaign at the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm in Germany has been completed, with 48 cables laid, buried, terminated, and tested. “Cables rarely draw the attention that foundations, substations, or turbines do. Yet this package – laying, burial, termination,
Seventeen of the total of 23 caissons have been installed at the Princess Elisabeth Island site, 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast, where TM Edison, a consortium of DEME and Jan De Nul, is building the first artificial energy island in the world. Developed by Belgium grid operator Elia Group, Prin
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded a consortium comprising Siemens Energy and Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe) a contract to deliver the converter system for the North Sea Connector 2 grid connection project, which will be capable of transmitting up to 2 GW of o
