Subsea Cable

The introduction of renewable energy and interconnected national and regional lines are being promoted worldwide to achieve a decarbonized society. In the European market, where such trends are active, demand for power cables is growing.

Subsea Data Systems, Inc., a partnership between Samara/Data and Ocean Specialists, Inc., is pleased to announce grant support from Schmidt Marine Technology Partners (SMTP), part of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Network.

The transaction covers the export and installation of advanced high-voltage subsea cables for the Moray West wind farm off the coast of Scotland. Export Finance Norway (Eksfin)’s global portfolio of loans and guarantees covering Norwegian exports to offshore wind projects has swelled to NOK 15bn since 2019.

Jan De Nul Group in partnership with Hellenic Cables has been awarded by RWE the turnkey delivery of both the export cable as well as inter-array cable systems for the Thor Project. Marked as Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, Thor will deliver renewable energy to approximately one million Danish households.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, will exhibit its extended portfolio of products and services at the WindEurope Annual Event 2023 that will take place in Copenhagen from April 25 to 27 (Bella Center Copenhagen, Booth C3-C10).

OEG Offshore (OEG) is delighted to announce the acquisition of Pelagian Ltd (Pelagian), a leading provider of consultancy, engineering and installation management services to the submarine cable and offshore renewable energy industries.

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a leading global communications infrastructure provider, announces the fastest direct network route connecting Manchester to New York with its new transatlantic route.

ONE-Dyas has awarded N-Sea an extensive first contract to install a subsea power cable between the Riffgat offshore wind farm and the new to be built N05-A gas production platform.

The Far North Fiber project, which aims to build the first pan-Arctic submarine cable system connecting Europe and Asia via North America, takes a major step forward with the start of the cable route study.

NKT has been awarded a supply contract for the delivery of the high-voltage DC on- and offshore export cable system to the Hornsea 3 project which is being developed by Ørsted. For NKT, the final order has an estimated contract value of approx. EUR 500m in market prices (approx. EUR 400m in std. metal prices).

For more than 10 years, NKT has been a key power cable supplier for the electrification project of the Utsira High offshore energy area on the Norwegian continental shelf. In close collaboration with Equinor and Aker BP, NKT has now finalized the power cable projects connecting six offshore oil and gas platforms located at Utsira High to shore.

Pioneer Consulting, the full-service submarine fiber optic telecommunications consulting and project management company, announces it has been contracted by Cordova Telecom Cooperative, Inc., a member-owned telecommunications cooperative, to oversee the engineering and design phase of its planned “Fiber Internet Serving Homes in Alaska” (FISH in AK) submarine cable system in Alaska.