Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued tenders seeking contractors for the cable and converter station engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) for the Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France. The first tender relates to the EPC contract for the design, engineering, proc
Correll Services (CS) has won a contract to provide the termination and testing of the individual submarine composite cables at the Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan. CS was selected for the work by Seaway 7, the renewables business unit of Subsea 7. Seaway 7 is in charge of the supply and installati
Ultra NDT S.C. and Jaworski Energy Services have signed a contract with the ENGIE Solutions Belgium and Iemants joint venture for work on the Hollandse Kust Noord substation topside. Ultra NDT S.C. has been selected as the third-party responsible for non-destructive testing, with Jaworski Energy Ser
Proserv and Synaptec have signed a strategic alliance agreement to develop an integrated cable monitoring system for offshore wind projects. Synaptec’s passive distributed electromechanical sensing (DES) technology will be incorporated within the monitoring solution. According to the companies, this
Geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy Cathie has won two multi-year framework agreements with Elia and 50Hertz for the provision of Marine Consultancy Services for new offshore wind export cables. Elia and 50Hertz, part of the Elia Group have awarded Cathie two framework agreements spa
Rambøll will carry out cable route survey work for the Hesselø offshore wind farm in Denmark. According to a recently issued tender award notice, Rambøll signed a contract for the work with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet on 18 September, following a tendering procedure. This
TenneT has awarded LOC Germany with a framework agreement for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services, along with several other companies that applied for the tender earlier this year. One-year framework agreements, with the potential for extension for up to eight years, have been awarded to multipl
The next phase of the onshore cable works for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland is set to start at Carnoustie Golf Links in the coming days, according to Angus Council. In August, the Seagreen team begun preparatory works for the onshore cabling project with early compound set up works at
The European Commission is investing EUR 14 million in the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) program. The financing will be used to carry out a study to support the development of the project. Consortium partners behind the NSWPH, Gasunie, TenneT Netherlands, TenneT Germany, and Energinet have joined
National Grid and Ørsted have begun mobilizing teams that will work on replacing limited segments of the Block Island wind farm and sea2shore transmission cables to achieve greater burial depths. Construction-related activities will be ongoing throughout the fall and winter, with an anticipated comp
Semco Maritime has won a contract to carry out a study on the electrical infrastructure for European Energy’s Omø South and Jammerland Bay nearshore wind farms in Denmark. The scope of the study comprises optimization of the electrical infrastructure, electrical grid studies and evaluating several s
Tekmar Energy has secured contracts to provide its cable protection system for the Sheyang, Qidong and Dalian Zhuanghe offshore wind projects in China. Tekmar’s cable protection systems will be deployed to protect subsea inter-array and export cables as they transition from the seabed into the found
Cable laying vessel Living Stone has started the first inter-array cable installation campaign at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind farm will feature 100 66 kV inter-array cables and two offshore substation interconnector cables supplied by JDR Cable System. The installatio
Elia and 50Hertz have awarded DNV GL with a contract for certification and monitoring services for the offshore platforms that will be part of offshore grid connection projects in Belgium and Germany. Under the contract, the company will provide the services for offshore grid connections in the Belg
