Subsea Cable

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces it has successfully completed the installation and HV testing activities of its 1,400 km of submarine and land power cables for the Viking Link Interconnector, the world’s longest onshore and offshore HVDC interconnector connecting the UK and Denmark. Viking Link is a joint venture between National Grid and Energinet and it is due to be operational by the end of 2023.

Brand new cable-laying vessel Calypso has officially been handed over to Van Oord. The vessel arrived in the Netherlands on August 29 and will be christened this September in Rotterdam.

Following the announced status as preferred bidder, NKT has now reserved production and offshore installation capacity for SSEN Transmission for power cables for the two HVDC transmission links Western Isles and Spittal-Peterhead.

Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, was awarded a contract by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH for the turnkey delivery of two export cable systems for the interconnection to the German grid of the Western Offshore Sub Station of Gennaker, an offshore wind farm with a capacity of about 927 MW located in the German Baltic Sea, utilizing 220 kV AC technology.

Makai Ocean Engineering Inc. has commissioned Makai Software aboard five of OMS Group’s cable installation and repair vessels. These vessels include:

CoreSite, a leading hybrid IT solutions provider and subsidiary of American Tower Corporation, announced Aqua Comms, a leading provider of global subsea connectivity services, has activated its Amitié (AEC-3) transatlantic subsea cable system leveraging native colocation and connectivity services at the CoreSite Boston data center campus (BO1). 

By the end of 2023, a high voltage direct current electricity link - Viking Link - will be able to facilitate electricity exchange between Great Britain and Denmark.

NKT has signed the order for the power cable system for the Polish offshore wind project Baltic Power. The project is important for the transition to renewable energy in Poland and the national ambitions of up to 11 GW offshore wind installed by 2040.

Nexans has announced an expansion in its presence in the offshore wind and interconnection market, by adding a third cable laying vessel to its fleet.

Subsea trenching and excavation pioneer, Rotech Subsea, has wrapped up a 6 month subsea post-lay cable trenching campaign in Bahrain for a global leader in the installation and protection of critical subsea infrastructure.

Elmeridge Cables Limited has shown once again how flexible, versatile, and knowledgeable the Elmeridge team really are.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the German-Dutch transmission system operator TenneT to provide nearshore and offshore cable inspection, maintenance and repair services for TenneT’s HVDC and HVAC submarine power cables in the North Sea.