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EDITORIAL Welcome to the August 2018 issue of SubCableNews. – Issue No. 194

Finally, this month Google has an- nounced its “own” transatlantic ca- ble, called Dunant, connecting Beach with the French West Coast. Rumours were existing for a while.

Now we will wait for Facebook to have its turn – yes also tran- satlantic and also from the US to . Maybe this is only a rumour… The market was shaken up when the recently completed Western Link project was reporting a fault already, prior to the start of operations. This month the inter array cabling of several offshore wind farms in were completed. Two new inter array cable contracts for the Northwestern 2 Offshore and the Hornsea Project Two were awar- ded to Prysmian. At the Subsea EMEA, SubCableNews took the opportunity to interview Mike Holland, Connectivity Segment Director, Interxion. You can read the complete interview in our special report section. You will also find a presentation of the successful implemen- ted ACE Connect concept from Mike Conradi, Partner at DLA Piper in the special report section. As usual, you will find the latest news about Offshore Wind Farms, , submarine telecom, wave and tidal systems in this issue. Enjoy reading the Newsletter. LIVING STONE The Editor Eckhard Bruckschen DP3 CABLE INSTALLATION & MULTIPURPOSE VESSEL

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PROJECT UPDATE EUROPE : Equinor Gets PSA Nod to Power Johan Sverdrup from Shore P. 008 Norway: Cable burial completed on Johan Sverdrup P. 008 Norway - : Bodo Constructor installs shore approach of Nordlink P. 009 North : Rotech Subsea debuts cable grab tool & launches new one stop service in major project P. 010 Germany: Nexus Installing Final Batch of Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cables P. 011 Germany: Van Oord to Demo New Suction Bucket Solution on Deutsche Bucht OWF P. 012 Germany: Van Oord Lays Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cables P. 012 Germany: Successful demonstration of OASYS cable monitoring system P. 013 Germany: Merkur Inter-Array Cables In Position P. 014 Germany: Stemat Spirit Loading Hohe See Cables P. 015 Germany: Hohe See and Albatros See Ownership Change P. 015 Germany: Borkum Riffgrund 2 Delivers First Power P. 016 Germany: Trianel On Guard Watch P. 016 Germany: TiPA tidal power testing takes off in Germany P. 017 Germany/The : TenneT Updates Offshore Wind Connection Plans P. 017 Germany: WIND completes BorWin3 contract with Prysmian Powerlink P. 018 The Netherlands: TenneT Sees Borssele Jacket Ready and Set for Setup P. 018 The Netherlands: Van Oord - Gamesa named preferred contractor for Fryslân nearshore wind farm P. 019 The Netherlands: RVO.nl to Invite Archaeological Study Bids for New OW Areas P. 020 The Netherlands: Windpark Fryslân Awards Export Cable Installation Contract P. 021 : Northwestern 2 Offshore Wind Farm P. 022 Belgium: EIB Bankrolls Belgian Offshore Wind Project P. 023 Belgium: Belgians Bundle Offshore Wind Projects P. 024 Belgium: EU Says Yes to New Northwester 2 Joint Control P. 024 France: Fugro Wraps Up Saint-Nazaire Survey Campaign P. 025 France: Industry Majors Back 3GW by 2030 French Mediterranean Floating Wind Goal P. 025 France: Fugro Unsheathes Excalibur at Dieppe-Le Tréport Offshore Wind Farm P. 026 France: EU nods ‘yes’ for Raz Blanchard tidal energy demonstration P. 026 UK – The Netherlands: Concerto North – Emergency Cable Repair P. 027 UK - France: Survey works on IFA2 ongoing P. 028 UK: Seaway Heavy Lifting Begins Next Cable Installation Campaign at Beatrice P. 029 UK: EMEC, Wave Hub Support Development of META Project P. 029 UK: Marine Energy Gives EIA Contract to RPS P. 030 UK: Prysmian to develop submarine power cable links for Hornsea Project Two in the UK, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm P. 031 UK: EDS HV Group completes termination & testing on first ever 66kV wind farm P. 031 UK: HBC Executes for Ørsted P. 032 UK: Inch Cape Project Advances with Site Investigations P. 032 UK: AUV Put Through Paces at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm P. 033 UK: Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering Power P. 033 UK: 3sun Group Nets East Anglia One Contract P. 034 UK: Thanet Extension DCO Application All Set for Examination P. 034 UK: Busy Summer at East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects P. 035 UK: UK Okays Norfolk Vanguard DCO Application for Check-Up P. 035 UK: The Crown Estate Proposes 6GW Seabed Leasing Round P. 036 UK: Innogy Names Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Project Director P. 036 UK: MeyGen tidal turbines come ashore P. 037 UK: Tidal support crew wanted for Morlais demo zone P. 037 UK: ‘King’ Penguin soon to form Scottish clean energy raft P. 038 UK: Island communities to benefit from £600m offshore wind fund P. 038 UK: Fault in £1bn undersea cable project linking up to Hunterston P. 039 UK: Microsoft uses fish cams to monitor undersea Project Natick data center P. 040 UK: Shapinsay to Rothiesholm - As installed survey completed P. 040 UK: Moyle Interconnector – Survey work starting soon P. 041 UK: Carradale to Arran Submarine power cable route survey P. 042 : Navantia Building Windfloat Atlantic Floating Foundation P. 042 – France: Biscay cable aims to boost grid P. 042

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Spain: Tecnalia, BiMEP Launch Floating HarshLab P. 043 Spain: The Balearic Islands Government and Red Eléctrica renew their collaboration to raise awareness regarding good anchoring practices P. 044 : Italian machine set for Mediterranean extraction P. 044 Italy: Prysmian installed Venetian power cables P. 045 : power interconnection is put off P. 045

PROJECT UPDATE MIDDLE EAST Middle East: Fairfield Geo Nets Z700 Acquisition Project in Middle East P. 047 Middle East: Magseis Secures Middle East Extension P. 047

PROJECT UPDATE AFRICA West Africa: MainOne appoints Ivorien GM to drive Francophone expansion P. 048 Madagascar: Madagascar has faster internet than UK, France and Canada P. 049 Mauritius – Rogrigues Island: E-marine to install cable system for Huawei Marine Networks P. 050

PROJECT UPDATE Russia: Lukoil to develop Caspian oil, gas field P. 052 : India Schedules Meetings with Offshore Wind Developers P. 052 Bangladesh: Slow broadband speeds due to repair work P. 053 Indonesia: G8 Subsea completed shore-end in Jakarta P. 053 : Converge ICT partners KT, LSI-Fibernet and TE Subcom for $1.8bn Philippines fibre backbone P. 054 China: Longyuan Zhenhua Nets Two Offshore Wind Deals P. 054 China: Chinese Offshore Wind Farm in Turbine Installation Mode P. 054 China: Orient Cable delivered umbilical to CNOOC P. 055 : Japan’s Demo Floater Takes Final Shape P. 055 South Korea: South Korea‘s 1st floating offshore wind turbine to begin test operation next year P. 056 Papua New Guinea: China to fund cable project P. 056 French Polynesia: NATITUA cable system arrived in Hao Atoll P. 057

PROJECT UPDATE Australia: Carnegie completes offshore survey on Albany wave site P. 059 Australia – : North-West makes case for second interconnector landing site P. 059 : ABB Will Upgrade Historic New Zealand HVDC Link P. 060

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PROJECT UPDATE NORTH AMERICA Aleutian Islands: FCC commissioner gets earful on internet service in Unalaska P. 061 Alaska: Moorings deployed for Alaska wave energy research P. 061 Canada: WFN Strategies to Support Landmark Arctic EAUFON Cable Route Survey for Kativik P. 062 Canada - US: Deployment of Canada – US fibre link starting soon P. 062 Massachusetts: Shell Applies for Massachusetts Offshore Wind Lease Sale P. 063 Massachusetts: Bay State Wind Reconfigures Proposed Turbine Layout Based on Fishermen Input P. 064 Massachusetts: Massachusetts Promotes New Offshore Wind Cable Concept P. 065 : Cape Sharp Tidal Deploys In-Stream Turbine at FORCE P. 066 Ohio: Icebreaker Adjudicatory Hearing Gets New Date P. 066 : Deepwater Wind Marshaling Multi-Million Dollar Floor Survey for Revolution Wind, P. 067 New York: New York Zones In on Offshore Wind P. 068 New York: New York to Study European Offshore Wind Transmission Models P. 068 : EDF and Fishermen’s Energy Seek New Jersey OWF Approval P. 069 Virginia: Bordelon Marine Wins Geophysical Survey on Virginia Offshore Wind Project P. 070 Virginia: Virginia Offshore Wind Pilot to Apply for SCC Approval P. 071 Wisconsin: Walker declares state of emergency on Washington Island P. 071 Wisconsin: Underwater fiber optic cable a possibility for Washington Island P. 072 Gulf of Mexico: Fairfield Geo Completes Stampede OBN Survey P. 072 Gulf of Mexico: McDermott Wins Perdido Subsea Award P. 073

PROJECT UPDATE CARIBBEAN Barbados: Barbados to Gauge (Floating) Offshore Wind Potential P. 075 St Thomas – St Croix: Application filed for submarine fibre optic cable P. 075 Mexico: Islanders left to sweat it out when CFE power fails P. 076

PROJECT UPDATE Guyana: E-Networks given no licence to lay subsea cable in Guyana P. 077 – : ’s landing station and backhaul are selected for ARBR submarine cable system between Argentina & Brazil P. 077 Brazil – Argentina: New Brazilian subsea cable project to boost US-LATAM connectivity P. 078

PROJECT UPDATE WORLD US - Europe: Delivering increased connectivity with our first private trans-Atlantic subsea cable P. 080 US - Europe: Google selects TE SubCom to design and deploy Dunant cable system P. 082 US - Europe: Rumours: Facebook to announce next transatlantic cable? P. 082 Brazil – Cabo Verde – Madeira – Portugal – Spain - France: GÉANT and RedCLARA announce signature of BELLA contract for 25-year direct transatlantic connectivity P. 083 Brazil – Cabo Verde – Madeira – Portugal – Spain - France: Portugal‘s FCT joins submarine cable project P. 085 Brazil - US: fully operational P. 085 – Brazil – US & South Africa – India - Singapore: SAEx1 & SAEx2 Status P. 086 South Africa – La Reunion – Mauritius – Rodrigues – India: First link to go live in second half of 2019 P. 088 Australia - Singapore: The Australia Singapore Cable Lay is Complete P. 089 Australia - Singapore: Optic Marine Group charters PLIB vessel P. 089 Australia – New Zealand – – US: Hawaiki transpacific cable ready for service – qto reshape communications in the Pacific P. 090

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SPECIAL REPORT Interview with Mike Holland, Connectivity Segment Director, Interxion P. 092 ACE Connect P. 094

COMPANY NEWS ABPmer: ABPmer Strengthens Metocean Division P. 095 Allspeeds: Allspeeds Boosts Manufacturing Capabilities P. 095 AQUIND Interconnector: AQUIND Interconnector to be considered as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project P. 095 Ashtead Technology: Ashtead Technology Boosts Multibeam Echosounders Fleet P. 097 Australian Government: Australia, US and Japan announce trilateral partnership for infrastructure investment in the Indo-Pacific P. 097 Bharti Airtel: Airtel and Telecom Egypt announce strategic partnership for global submarine cable systems P. 098 Bharti Airtel: Airtel launches Bandwidth on Demand platform P. 100 The Brattle Group: Study Highlights Strategic Value of Offshore Grids P. 100 Bundesverband Windenergie e.V.: German Govt’s 2030 Target Achievable Only with More Offshore Wind P. 101 Carnegie Clean Energy: Carnegie Forms Wave Energy Pact with Enel Green Power P. 101 Cefas: Scientists Explore New Platforms for Marine Surveys P. 102 C-Kore Systems: C-Kore Deploys Subsea Tools for PTTEP Australasia P. 102 CyrusOne: CyrusOne acquires new site in North Virginia P. 103 Danish Energy Board of Appeal: OKs Norwegian Interconnection Capacity Reservation P. 103 European Commission: EU’s Baltic member states to synchronise energy grids by 2025 P. 103 Elia: Public consultation regarding the proposal for Compensation Rules between Elia and Ltd P. 104 Enimbos: Sparkle Partners with Enimbos to Provide Cloud Solutions and Professional Services to GÉANT in Spain P. 104 Entel Bolivia: Entel Bolivia to complete Pacific fibre connection by May 2019 P. 105 euNetworks: euNetworks invests in Dublin & Hilversum, enabling dc connect P. 105 Flexenclosure: Flexenclosure rapidly expanding presence in Latin America P. 106 Fugro: Fugro Mercator Makes Pit Stop at Damen P. 106 Fugro: Fugro Rolls Out New Mapping System P. 107 Global Marine Group: Global Marine Group strengthens board with appointment of three directors P. 107 Google: Google to build a third data centre in Singapore P. 108 GTT Communications Inc.: GTT Announces New UK and Europe Divisions P. 108 Huawei Technologies: Innovation Driving Future Submarine Networks—The Fourth Asia-Pacific Submarine Networks Forum P. 109 Infinera: Infinera Scales for Next Wave of Global Network Spending – Announces Intent to Acquire Coriant P. 110 Innogy: Innogy, E.ON and RWE Table Integration Procedures P. 111 Innovatum: Hunting pipes and cables at less cost P. 112 Internap Corporation: INAP and Colt Data Centre Services Announce Global Alliance Government of : Ireland backs broader support scheme for renewables P. 112 Jifmar Offshore Services: Jifmar Boosting Renewables Capabilities P. 113 Kraken Robotics: Kraken Wins Deep-Sea Battery Contract with Ocean Infinity P. 115 Kraken Robotics: Kraken Receives Order for AquaPix Sonar P. 115 Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau: German Bank Buys Into 50Hertz P. 116 Liquid Telecom: Telecom Egypt and Liquid Telecom announce MoU signing to enable completion of the first fibre network from Cape to Cairo P. 116 Macquarie Telecom: Macquarie Telecom to upgrade data centre campus to 43MW for $80m P. 116 MAKE Consulting: US Wind Farm Installation to Boom with PTC Phase-Out on Horizon Malaysian Government: Perak Sultan launches first Telegraph Museum in Southeast Asia P. 117 Naval Energies: Naval Energies Shelves Tidal Energy Plans with OpenHydro in Liquidation P. 118 NORBIT: NORBIT Supplies WBMS Systems for NOC AUV P. 118 N-Sea: N-Sea Adds New Member to Its Team P. 119 NTT Corporation: NTT Corp unveils new operating structure to boost global growth P. 119 Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult: ORE Catapult Gathers Electrical Infrastructure Hub Team P. 120 Ocean Scientific International Ltd: OSIL Multiple Corer for US Antarctic Program P. 120 Pareto Shipbrokers Ltd: Announcement of executive changes at Pareto Shipbrokers Ltd P. 120 Prysmian Group: Prysmian Chairman Resigns P. 121

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Prysmian Group: Prysmian Group Introduces New Ultra-Compact, Flexible Ribbon Technology P. 121 Rovco: Rovco to Double Its Workforce in 2019 P. 122 San Miguel Corporation: San Miguel Corp opts for tidal in 10GW renewable energy dive P. 122 Seanamic Group: Seanamic Names New CEO P. 123 SeaRoc Group: SeaRoc Unveils New Addition to SeaPlanner P. 123 Seatools: Seatools Delivers Remote Monitoring System to The Ocean Cleanup P. 124 Seatronics: Seatronics Adds New Teledyne Pipe Tracking System P. 124 Seatronics: Seatronics Expands Hydrographic Survey Equipment Inventory P. 125 SIMEC Atlantis Energy: Three-bladed turbine positions for French tidal stream spinback P. 125 Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd: QTrencher 1600 and 48Te A-Frame Delivered to Van Oord Commences First Job P. 126 Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd: SMD completed Self Fleeting Drum Engine for KCS P. 126 Solstad Farstad: Solstad Farstad Secures Contracts for Two Vessels P. 127 Sparrows Group: Sparrows Eyes Expansion with New Appointment P. 127 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres: STT GDC signs deal with SGIX to host services in data center P. 127 SubC Partner: SubC Partner Picks Cougar ROV for New Anode Repair Concept P. 128 Subsea 7: Subsea 7 rejigs offshore offering P. 128 Tampnet: 3i Infrastructure plc announces investment in Tampnet P. 129 Telefonica Coltel: Colombian government wants out of Telefonica venture P. 129 Telefonica: Telefónica incorporates Pontegadea as partner in Telxius, its telecommunication infrastructure company P. 129 Telkom Kenya: Telkom launches KSh 150M data centre to boost colocation and data back-up P. 130 TenneT: TenneT intensifies investments for energy transition P. 130 UK Government: UK Charts Decade-Long Offshore Wind Path P. 131 Unitech Offshore: A Subsea Power Cable & Umbilical Giga Factory P. 131 United National Conference on Trade and Development: Cables Bring Benefits to Remote Nations P. 132 University of Wisconsin–Madison: Study Suggests Cable Stations at Risk as Sea Levels Rise P. 132 Viper Innovation: Viper’s V-LIFE Makes Norway Debut P. 133 VIVA Bahrain: VIVA Bahrain expands global IP network to Europe P. 134 Vodafone Wholesale: Vodafone expands fibre-optic network in West Africa P. 135 Wave Energy : Scotland Injects £1.4M in Wave Energy Projects P. 136 WIND: A new 3,000 tonne cable storage contract for WIND P. 136 Xodus Group: Xodus Adds New Advanced Engineering Lead P. 137

OUTLOOK Edition 195 P. 138 Disclaimer P. 138 Imprint P. 138

ADVERTISERS INDEX Louis Dreyfus TravOcean P. 007 Makai Ocean Engineering Inc. P. 051 5th International Conference 66kV Offshore Wind P. 065 Offshore Wind Europe 2018 P. 081 5th International Conference 66kV Offshore Wind P. 071 Oilcomm P. 034 Baltic Wind Connections P. 014 Orange Marine P. 046 European Subsea Cable Association P. 076 Osbit P. 050 Fugro P. 099 Poliservizi P. 009 Fugro P. 109 SBSS P. 073 Global Marine Group P. 021 Submarine Networks World 2018 P. 079 H2Offshore P. 052 SubOptic 2019 P. 091 Hellenic Cables P. 047 Subsea Innovation P. 063 Innovatum P. 027 SUT OSIG Evening Geoforum P. 074 International Cable Protection Committee P. 058 Ultramap P. 114 Julian Rawle Consulting P. 088 Van Oord P. 011

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NORWAY Equinor Gets PSA Nod to Power Johan Sverdrup from Shore

to supply power from onshore to the Johan Equinor is the operator of the Johan Sver- Sverdrup field. drup field, located in the North Sea around Electrical power will be obtained from the 155 kilometers west of Karmøy in Rogaland onshore grid and converted to DC at a county. station at Haugsneset close to The field is in development and production the Kårstø facility in Rogaland. From here, is planned to start in 2019. a submarine cable will carry it through the Johan Sverdrup is one of the largest off- Boknafjord, over the Norwegian Trench and shore oil fields on the Norwegian continen- out into the North Sea to the riser platform tal shelf, with estimated reserves of up to Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway on the Johan Sverdrup field, where it will be 3.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. has given Equinor a consent to use a facility converted to AC.

NORWAY Cable burial completed on Johan Sverdrup power cable

The Grand Canyon III trenching support The vessel initially mobilized on May 15, vessel has completed burial operations 2018 and completed operations on the July with Canyon Offshore's T-1500 Jet Trencher 25, 2018, 72 days later. on Equinor’s 194km power from shore ca- This cable burial project solidifies Canyon’s ble installation project, Johan Sverdrup. unrivaled track record in burying power The cable stretches from North of Bergen from shore projects as Canyon has success- Stavanger (Haugsneset), across the Norwe- fully and safely completed projects in both gian trench and the Norwegian plateau, to offshore Norway and the Middle East regi- an offshore platform. on.

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NORWAY - GERMANY Bodo Constructor installs shore approach of Nordlink

The CLB Bodo Constructor has started to install the shore approaches in German Waters of the Nordlink Interconnector, con- necting Norway with Germany. During this operation the CLB has to conduct several groundings. The CLB Bodo Constructor is a very versatile shallow draft cable laying bar- ge, perfect for such installation work.

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NORTH SEA Rotech Subsea debuts cable grab tool & launches new one stop service in major North Sea project Excavation (CFE) range and within weeks its cutting-edge RS1, TRS1 and Backfilling systems were deployed on commercial projects. 2016 saw Rotech Subsea launch the next generation TRS2 systems for major sandwave clearance and pipeline trenching scopes. The groundbreaking CFE technology that has caused such a stir provides a more tar- geted jet, leaving a deeper, narrower and more uniform V-shaped trench than was previously possible. It reduces the risk of damage to cables compared to tracked ve- hicles as well as being cheaper and safer to deploy. It is also twice as fast and up to four Rotech Subsea Ltd. has launched the RSG1, - boasts real-time sonar monitoring with times more powerful than existing techno- a new cable grab system which has already subsea camera and lights. It can also be logy. been successfully deployed for a key inter- used for umbilical or pipeline recovery, as These capabilities have seen Rotech’s TRS1 national client on a major North Sea renew- well as rock removal and relocation,” added adopted as a true cable-trenching tool, ables project. Cochrane. suitable for commissioning works, not just The debut of the tool - designed and ma- IRM. Projects so far have seen trenches cre- nufactured by Rotech’s in-house R&D divi- Rotech’s RSG1 can operate in depths from ated to 6 m deep in a single pass, and pro- sion - heralds the launch of a new service 0-200 metres with a grab diameter of 50- gress rates up to 6 m per minute. from the subsea operator which is now able 1100mm and an impressive grip force of The past year has seen Rotech deploy their to offer a cable deburial, cutting, grabbing, 50kN. game-changing CFE technology throug- recovery and backfilling service. The RSG1 At time of going to press Rotech Subsea hout European, Asian and Middle Eastern can also be applied to umbilical recovery, had just been awarded a follow-on project waters. Enquiries are coming in daily for pipeline recovery and rock removal/reloca- on the back of the successful campaign Rotech’s TRS1 Low Draft (LD) - which is tion. with the RSG1. The new contract will see most powerful shallow water tool on the Speaking about the RSG1, Director of TRS2 complete a backfilling scope of work market - being able to operate in water of Rotech Subsea, Stephen Cochrane, said, for a key client. 1m depth - and the next big thing in subsea “We’ve been inundated with enquires excavation. about the new RSG1 cable grab tool, which About Rotech Subsea Rotech Subsea Ltd. recently marked a major allows us to add to our capabilities. As well It has been a stellar rise for Rotech Subsea milestone by completing its 500th subsea as deburying cable we can now lift the ca- since the subsea excavation pioneer - with project. The milestone, which the company ble for repair meaning we are a one-stop a three-decade track record in oil, gas & has racked up since beginning operations shop for clients. This - along with the tool renewables - announced their return fol- under the Rotech Group banner in 1994, being deployed with two skilled operators, lowing the sale of technology that took the was passed after Rotech Subsea mobilised allowing for 24-hour operation - brings in- sector by storm in the 1990s. for four major projects in the month of May creased economies for clients. Rotech emerged from the ensuing non- 2018 alone - worth over £1m - with two “The RSG1 - which was recently successfully compete period in 2015 with a bang with vessels sailing from Aberdeen in the space deployed for a key client in the North Sea their new and more precise Controlled Flow of just nine days.

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GERMANY Nexus Installing Final Batch of Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cables

Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus has loaded the final batch of inter-array cables for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm and is now installing them in the German North Sea. The expected date of the completion of the works in the field is August 07, 2018, Van Oord’s spokesperson said. After construction is completed, Borkum Nexus is deployed to install a total of 110 Riffgrund 2 will have an export capacity of kilometers of cable to later connect the 56 around 450 megawatts and will be able to wind turbines with the offshore substation supply green electricity for the equivalent at the Ørsted’s offshore wind farm. of around 460,000 German households. The cables for Borkum Riffgrund 2 were ma- Full commissioning of the offshore wind nufactured by Nexans in Hanover. farm is planned for 2019.

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Sustainable EPC and Marine Contractors

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GERMANY Van Oord to Demo New Suction Bucket Solution on Deutsche Bucht OWF

stalling the two additional Mono Bucket quently, for noise mitigation measures such foundations. Northland Deutsche Bucht as big bubble curtains. The new structure announced that the Deutsche Bucht Mono therefore benefits the environment becau- Bucket pilot demonstrator (Demo) pro- se it causes less disruption to local porpoise ject has reached financial close. Deutsche populations and can be completely de- Bucht, the third North-Sea offshore wind commissioned at the end of its lifetime. farm to be built by Canadian power pro- The Deutsche Bucht wind farm will have a ducer Northland Power, will be the first total of 33 wind turbines, 31 on monopiles wind farm to test this new type of founda- and two on Mono Buckets, and a grid ca- tion structure under commercial operating pacity of almost 269 MW. This means the Financial close has been reached for two conditions. The Mono Bucket foundation wind farm will supply enough renewable pilot wind turbines at the Deutsche Bucht consists of a single steel cylinder, known energy to meet the needs of approximately Offshore Wind Farm. as a ‘suction bucket’, upon which a shaft is 328,000 households each year. The project will test Mono Buckets, a new mounted. A transition piece and an 8.4-me- Offshore construction of the windfarm is type of foundation structure, equipped gawatt wind turbine will be installed on expected to start this summer. The Mono with a 8.4 MW turbine. this shaft. The suction bucket structure be- Bucket foundations will be installed in the In addition to its Balance of Plant contract comes firmly embedded in the sea floor by second quarter of 2019. Commissioning of for the wind farm, Van Oord will also be its own weight and vacuum pressure, elimi- the wind farm is expected to take place in responsible for manufacturing and in- nating the need for pile driving and, conse- the second half of 2019.

GERMANY Van Oord Lays Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cables the cable installation work for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 project in the German North Sea. Van Oord was hired by Ørsted in 2016 to transport, install and bury the infield cables for the offshore wind farm. Cable-laying vessel Nexus was deployed to install the infield cables, including interlink cables to the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore substation. The cables for Borkum Riffgrund 2 were manufactured by Nexans in Hanover. The SMD-built trencher Dig-It buried the cables into the seabed. The wind farm is located 45 kilometers off the coast of Lower Saxony, Germany. It con- sists of 56 wind turbines with a total capa- city of 450 MW. Full commissioning of the offshore wind On the 09th of August 2018, Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord said it has completed farm is planned for 2019.

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GERMANY Successful demonstration of OASYS cable monitoring system

ECE Offshore has been delighted to be able Vlamingh, which included first-end pull-in cerning the bathymetry, cable geometry, to perform on the Borkum-Riffgrund inter- at the Borkum Platform, followed by a free- quadrant deployment and post-installation link cable project, executed by Jan de Nul. lay towards the newly installed jacket. Duri- cable inspection. We were able to demonstrate OASYS’ cable ng the operation OASYS provided the client monitoring capabilities on CLV Willem de with comprehensive real-time data con-

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GERMANY Merkur Inter-Array Cables In Position

Merkur is located in the German Exclusi- ner array cable installation of the wind farm ve Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea is an important milestone of this impressive approximately 45 kilometres north of the offshore wind project, and we are proud to island of Borkum, and it covers an area of 47 have contributed to it.” square kilometres. The Merkur offshore wind farm comprises DOC’s team was deployed on six different 66 GE Haliade 6MW wind turbines. The special vessels to supervise cable laying, wind farm is expected to be completed by burying, cable connection work as well as the end of 2018 and put into operation in the subsequent tests for Merkur Offshore. 2019. The inter-array cables were installed by Ti- Dr. Lars Gonschorek, Senior Project Ma- Deutsche Offshore Consult GmbH (DOC) deway, part of DEME Group. nager Balance of Plant, Merkur Offshore has completed the supervision of the in- The cabling has an overall length of 84.6 ki- GmbH, said: “DOC has continuously provi- ter-array cable installation at the 396MW lometres and a total weight of approxima- ded excellent support throughout different Merkur offshore wind farm in the German tely 2,700 tonnes. phases and in various work-packages of the North Sea. DOC was also involved in the construction MERKUR Project. DOC has delivered highly The job of supervising the inter-array cable phase of the offshore substation platform specialized expertise already in the design installation began with the monitoring of in Belgium. The platform relays the electri- phase, and continued its performance in cable production in and Norway city that is generated to TenneT’s DolWin the fabrication, installation and commissio- and concluded with successful tests of the gamma substation. ning, especially of the inner array cables. I cables at sea, DOC said. Jörg Engicht, Managing Director Deutsche would like to thank DOC for the good coo- DOC provided Merkur Offshore GmbH with Offshore Consult GmbH, said: “We thank peration, including the flexible provision of onshore and offshore site supervisors and the MERKUR Offshore team for the good qualified experts and meeting the Project’s also contributed its own expertise during cooperation as well as the trust they placed requirements at all times.” all tasks of the project. in us. The successful completion of the in-

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GERMANY Stemat Spirit Loading Hohe See Cables

Boskalis’s cable laying vessel Stemat Spirit has started loading inter-array cables for the 497MW EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm project. Stemat Spirit is expected to arrive on the Hohe See wind farm in the German North Sea by the second week of August, a spo- kesperson for Boskalis stated. AIS data shows that the vessel is currently in Velsen-Noord, the Netherlands. EnBW contracted Boskalis to supply, install and bury, as well as terminate and test, seventy-nine 33kV inter-array cables on the Hohe See wind farm. The company is also in charge of the inter-array cable works on the adjacent 112MW EnBW Albatros, as well of 87 Siemens SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines being carried out as a joint project, sche- as of inter-connecting the two wind farms. with a combined capacity of 609MW. The duled for completion in 2019. Hohe See and Albatros will feature a total development of the two wind farms is

GERMANY Hohe See and Albatros See Ownership Change

Enbridge Inc. has closed the sale of 49% of 1.75 billion (EUR 1.14 billion) and also inclu- development, late development, construc- its 49.9% interest in the Hohe See and Alba- ded the sale of Enbridge’s 49% interest in tion or operational phase. tros offshore wind farms to Canada Pension select onshore wind farms in North Ameri- The 497MW Hohe See and the 112MW Al- Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). ca. batros offshore wind farms will comprise a Enbridge has maintained a 51% ownership Furthermore, CPPIB and Enbridge have total of 87 Siemens SWT-7.0-154 turbines of its original interest, and will continue to entered into an agreement whereby the scheduled for commissioning at the begin- provide management and administrative two parties will form a 50-50 joint venture ning of 2020. services to the renewable assets. to pursue future European offshore wind Germany’s EnBW controls the remaining The transaction amounted to circa CAD projects. These projects may be in the early 51.1% interest in the projects.

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GERMANY Borkum Riffgrund 2 Delivers First Power

by the end of the year, according to Ørsted. warded to TenneT’s high-voltage grid and Borkum Riffgrund 2 is the first offshore wind transported to the Lower Saxon coast. farm in Germany to feature 8MW wind tur- Recently, the last suction bucket jacket bines and suction bucket foundations. foundations were installed and all the ca- The power required for the commissioning bles in the wind farm were completely laid. came from the sister project Borkum Riff- The wind farm’s full commercial launch is grund 1, which is connected to the Borkum planned for 2019. Once fully operational, Riffgrund 2 by means of a connecting ca- the wind farm will boost Ørsted’s operating ble. Thus, the commissioning of the wind offshore wind capacity in Germany to over The 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore turbines can be carried out independently 1.3GW. wind farm fed electricity into the German of network operator TenneT, which is com- The wind farm will be managed from national grid for the first time on Saturday, 4 pleting the grid connection in parallel, the Ørsted’s operations & management centre August, Ørsted said. developer said. in Norden-Norddeich. In addition to Ørsted, All of the wind farm’s 56 MHI 8MW The generated electricity is collected at the Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is equal- turbines are expected to be commissioned off-site substation, from where it is then for- ly involved in the project.

GERMANY Trianel On Guard Watch

Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH has issued a tender for the provision of a guard vessel during the construction of the Tria- nel Windpark Borkum II wind farm in the German North Sea. The charter is expected to start in Novem- ber 2018 and run until the end of Novem- ber 2019 or until the completion of the pro- ject. The guard vessel will ensure the safety of the traffic at the construction site. The tender will remain open until 03 Sep- tember. The 203MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II will comprise 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines scheduled for commissioning by the end of 2019. The project entered the offshore construc- tion phase at the end of June with the in- stallation of the first monopile at the site some 45 kilometres north of the Borkum Island.

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GERMANY TiPA tidal power testing takes off in Germany

Edinburgh before departing for Germany SgurrEnergy which formally rebranded to for accelerated testing earlier in summer, Wood Group early in May 2017. the project consortium has informed. The three-year project – now in its 21st The consortium – led by Scottish company month – was launched with the aim to de- Nova Innovation which provided tidal tur- velop the technology that would reduce bine direct drive generator for the project the lifetime cost of tidal power by 20% and – said that following the completion of the provide long term system reliability. lab testing phase in Aachen, the TiPA PTO Upon completion of the project, a com- The build phase of the EU-backed Tidal Tur- will return to Scotland to undergo in-sea mercialization strategy will be developed, bine Power Take-off Accelerator (TiPA) pro- testing during winter 2018. for selling and licensing the PTO to tidal en- ject has been completed, with the integral In addition to Nova Innovation, tidal ener- ergy technology developers and to explore bit of the scheme – power take-off (PTO) gy consortium participating in the project potential uses outside the tidal sector. subsystem – now under tests at RWTH Aa- includes Siemens – in charge of the power The project is funded with €4.4 million chen University. electronics – SKF, the University of Edin- through the European Union’s Horizon The TiPA PTO has been fully assembled and burgh, RWTH Aachen University, Delft Tech- 2020 Framework Program for research and commissioned at manufacturing facility in nical University, and Wood Group Kenny’s innovation.

GERMANY/THE NETHERLANDS TenneT Updates Offshore Wind Connection Plans

Offshore wind cabling and interconnec- electricity grid in the future. One such cost- ten offshore grid connection systems (ex- tors traditionally have been totally separate effective solution could be a connection to port cables) with a total capacity of 5,332 markets for submarine power cables. But Eemshaven. Because this grid connection megawatts (MW) for transmitting wind en- with the proliferation offshore wind farms point is located directly on the coast, it ergy from sea to land. As such, TenneT has in Europe, these segments of the market would be possible to save 100 kilometers of now achieved more than 82% of the feder- are no longer as compartmentalized as underground cables in Germany and thus al government’s expansion target of achie- they were before. around 200 million euros, while at the same ving 6,500 megawatts of offshore wind ca- As more wind farms are built, grid operators time bypassing bottlenecks in the German pacities by 2020. By the end of 2023, TenneT are realizing that their offshore wind ca- electricity grid on land. will successively complete three additional bling infrastructures are getting closer and The necessary legal certainty could be grid connection systems, which will provi- closer to each other. Connecting them not achieved through a German-Dutch Treaty, de 8,032 MW of transmission capacity in the only helps provide resiliency in the network which would stipulate that German wind North Sea. but creates the grid interconnections that farms will continue to be subject to Ger- By 2027, three more connections will be are so necessary in Europe today. man and offshore liability regulations. prepared by TenneT or will be pending fur- In the latest indication of this, TenneT, the In the Netherlands, TenneT is already inve- ther commissioning according to the pre- Dutch grid operator and a major offshore stigating to connect to the UK by linking liminary design of the land development wind developer, has proposed several off- the future "Ijmuiden Ver" and "East Anglia" plan of the German Federal Maritime and shore wind connections that would also wind farms with a short cable, creating an Hydrographic Agency (BSH). This will incre- create grid interconnectors. interconnector between the two countries. ase the transmission capacity in the Ger- TenneT is calling for western German North In in terms of offshore wind cabling in the man North Sea to almost 11,000 MW. Sea wind farms to be linked to the Dutch German North Sea, TenneT currently has

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GERMANY WIND completes BorWin3 contract with Prysmian Powerlink

Wrapping up its cable storage contract with cuted on schedule. “This is a prime example Prysmian Powerlink, WIND has completed of turnkey cable storage carried out in co- discharging 5,000 tonnes of cable onto the operation with two of our suppliers; Swan client’s cable laying vessel Cable Enterprise. Hunter for the carousel. and Dutch Offshore Contractors’ yard facilities,” comments Erik Thomas, WIND’s Commercial Director. “Fur- thermore, because we have such a establis- hed relationship with this client, there is a high element of trust from both sides.” The 320 kV DC export cables have been in storage since November last year. They are now bound for installation at the 900MW BorWin3 grid connection system in German North Sea waters. Taking place over a nine-day period in June 2018, the discharging operations were exe-

THE NETHERLANDS TenneT Sees Borssele Jacket Ready and Set for Setup

During the load-out, the jacket was loaded simple steel plates and tubes. This is a true onto a sea-going barge using Self-Propelled feat of Dutch engineering that will also Modular Transporters (SPMTs). The jacket benefit Dutch society as a whole. We are was driven from the quay via steel planking proud to contribute to this project.” onto the barge. On Sunday 5 August, the barge will be Wilfried Breuer, member of the TenneT transported via the Nieuwe Waterweg ca- executive board and responsible for the nal to the Borssele I wind farm zone, where company’s offshore activities, said: “The off- the jacket will be installed on the seabed by shore electricity grid that TenneT is realizing a crane vessel. Piles will be installed using in the Dutch sector of the North Sea is truly hydraulic hammers, and a special type of taking shape. I am proud that we can make cement will then be applied between the such a major contribution to the energy jacket and the piles in order to anchor the The 55 meters high jacket for TenneT’s first transition, in which offshore wind energy jacket in the seabed. These activities are offshore platform in the Borssele wind farm plays a crucial role.” scheduled for the period between 6 and 16 zone has been completed. Martin Kooijman of HSM Offshore, stated: August. The load-out of the jacket at the HSM Off- “The load-out of the jacket for the Borsse- The jacket is 55 meters high, 50 meters long shore shipyard in Schiedam is the first mi- le Alpha transformer station marks the end and 28 meters wide, and weighs approxi- lestone for TenneT in the realization of the of a busy period, in which we worked very mately 2730 tonnes. Borssele Offshore Wind Farm Zone project. hard to build this impressive structure from

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THE NETHERLANDS Van Oord - named preferred contractor for Fryslân nearshore wind farm

The consortium of Van Oord and Siemens ween the two companies is the integrated Offshore Business Unit at Siemens Gamesa Gamesa Renewable Energy has been se- design and execution team. The consorti- Renewable Energy. lected by Windpark Fryslân B.V. as the pre- um will cooperate with local partners and “Building the Fryslan nearshore wind farm is ferred contractor for the construction of the support local initiatives in order to stimu- an important step forward in meeting the Fryslân nearshore wind farm. The wind farm late the Frisian economy. climate objectives, both national as for the will contain 89 wind turbines with a capa- Nature conservation island The nominati- Province of Friesland. Contributing to the city of 4.3 MW each in the Frisian section of on as preferred main contractor also inclu- energy transition is contributing to a bet- the IJsselmeer , next to the Afsluitdijk des construction of a nature conservation ter world for future generations. It is great dam, in the Netherlands. With a total rated island next to the Afsluitdijk dam. By using to be part of this.” says Managing Director power output of over 380 MW, it will give a soil material from the IJsselmeer Lake 2 Offshore Wind Arnoud Kuis. boost to the sustainable supply of energy hectares of new land and 25 hectares of The final contracts for the construction for the Province of Friesland. Following suc- sheltered shallow water will be created. The are expected to be signed later this year. cessful completion, Siemens Gamesa will island will be used during the construction The entire project involves an investment service the wind farm for at least 16 years. phase and will be transformed next to a amount of over EUR 500 million. Construc- In the consortium, Van Oord is responsible nature conservation area. New natural are- tion works will start in 2019. Fryslân near- for the Balance of Plant work, including the as will develop on the banks of the island, shore wind farm is planned to be in full design, fabrication, and installation of the both above and below water. The area is operation by mid 2021. foundations and cables for the wind pro- designed to attract fish and birds for fora- Province of Friesland ject. Van Oord will also supply the equip- ging and resting. The Province of Friesland wants to contri- ment for installing the turbines. Siemens “We’re proud to once again bring our Sie- bute to the energy transition and aims to Gamesa Renewable Energy is responsible mens Gamesa direct drive wind turbine generate 16% of its energy consumption for the design, fabrication, and commissi- technology to the IJsselmeer Lake with the from sustainable sources by 2020. With a oning of the SWT-DD-130 wind turbines, Fryslân nearshore wind farm. Partnering total rated power output of over 380 MW, each with an individual capacity of 4.3 MW with Van Oord allows us to as solid, expe- more than 60% of its 2020 target to gene- and a 130-meter rotor diameter, and the rienced partners to bring a shared com- rate power from wind energy is realised by onshore substation. Hub height of the tur- mitment to reducing the Levelized Cost of the Fryslân nearshore wind farm. bines will be 109 metres, with a blade tip Energy from offshore wind and providing height of 174 metres. clean energy to our customer Windpark About Van Oord A unique feature of the cooperation bet- Fryslân B.V.” says Andreas Nauen, CEO of the Van Oord is a Dutch family-owned com-

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EUROPE (continued) THE NETHERLANDS Van Oord - Siemens Gamesa named preferred contractor for Fryslân nearshore wind farm pany with 150 years of experience as an brating its 150th anniversary. Further infor- product portfolios in the industry as well as international marine contractor. The focus mation: www.vanoord.com industry-leading service solutions, helping is on dredging, oil & gas infrastructure and to make clean energy more affordable and offshore wind. In 2017, Van Oord recorded About Siemens Gamesa Renewable En- reliable. With 87 GW installed worldwide, a turnover of more than EUR 1.5 billion. ergy Siemens Gamesa manufactures, installs and Its head office is in Rotterdam. Van Oord Siemens Gamesa is a global leader in the maintains wind turbines in the onshore and employs approximately 4,500 staff, who wind power industry, with a strong pre- offshore segments. Its order backlog stands worked in 2017 on 180 projects in 42 coun- sence in all facets of the wind business: off- at €22 billion. The company is headquar- tries. The fleet consists of more than one shore (#1), onshore (#2) and services (#2). In tered in Spain and listed on the Spanish hundred vessels. Marine ingenuity is cha- 2017, the company placed first on the tur- stock exchange (traded in the Ibex-35 in- racteristic of Van Oord. By using innovative, bine OEM ranking compiled by Make Con- dex). Further information: www.siemens- smart and sustainable solutions, it wishes sultancy with a market share of over 17%. gamesa.com to contribute to a better world for future Through its advanced digital capabilities, generations. In 2018, the company is cele- the company offers one of the broadest

THE NETHERLANDS RVO.nl to Invite Archaeological Study Bids for New OW Areas The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO. zones will be released for development in nl) has issued early information on a tender the Dutch sector of the North Sea, when it plans to launch on 30 July, looking for a this will occur, the projected generation ca- company to undertake an archaeological pacity of these zones, and when they will study for three areas earmarked for offshore be taken into operation. wind projects. The wind farms to be prepared in the co- Under a contract for the works, valued at ming years will be located in the three afo- EUR 140,000, the tender winner will deliver rementioned wind farm zones: the 1.4GW an archaeological desk study and archae- Hollandse Kust (west), the 700MW North ological assessment based on geophysical of the Wadden Sea Islands (Ten Noorden and geotechnical research in the Hollandse van de Waddeneilanden), and the 4GW Kust (west), IJmuiden Ver and Ten Noorden IJmuiden Far Offshore (IJmuiden Ver), with van de Waddeneilanden wind energy areas. 0.9GW of capacity yet to be designated. In March 2018, the Dutch government pre- The tenders for the new wind farm zones sented the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap will be opened from 2021 onward, starting 2030, setting out plans for the development with the Holland Coast (West), and the of additional 7GW of offshore wind capacity wind farms are expected to be commissi- in the 2024-2030 period. oned between 2024 and 2030. The roadmap specifies which wind farm

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THE NETHERLANDS Windpark Fryslân Awards Export Cable Installation Contract

Dutch contractor Visser & Smit Hanab, part comprise 89 turbines which are expected to specialist company from Tolbert, began soil of Volker-Wessels, has won a contract to in- be commissioned in 2021. investigations to prepare for the installation stall power cables that will link the Fryslân The infield cables from the wind farm first of these power cables in 2017. The cables offshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer to the come to shore at Fryslân’s own transformer will be the property of Fryslân wind farm. Dutch grid. station at Breezanddijk on the artificial island “This project dovetails neatly with our ambi- Under the EUR 30 million contract, Visser & of Breezand. From there, the two cable cir- tion – also in relation to battle climate chan- Smit Hanab will install two cable sections cuits will be installed and run to Bolsward, ge and to accelerate energy transition – to 25km in length in total to establish a con- where the energy from the wind farm will actively contribute to sustainable projects. In nection to the high-voltage grid operated be delivered to TenneT’s Frisian high-voltage the next few years a total amount of 130,500 by TenneT TSO. The cables will follow a route grid. The section along the Afsluitdijk is 15km man-hours will be spent in this project on through the Afsluitdijk and along the A7 mo- in length and the section running through behalf of Fryslân Wind farm,” Kenneth de Wit, torway towards Bolsward. The first section the province stretches for 10km. The full sec- general manager of Visser & Smit Hanab, along the Afsluitdijk will be installed in 2019, tion from Breezanddijk to Bolsward will be said. Earlier this month, Fryslân wind farm while the second section crossing the pro- connected with underground cable sections was cleared to proceed after the Council of vince of Friesland will be installed in 2020. of 1.5km each. Due to the large amount of State dismissed objections against the pro- Fryslân wind farm is being built in the Frisian power produced by the wind farm, the use ject. The wind farm is being developed by part of the IJsselmeer and has an installed ca- of two cable circuits of 110kV each is neces- Ventolines BV on behalf of Windpark Fries- pacity of at least 316MW. The wind farm will sary, the developer said. Wiertsema, a soil land BV.

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BELGIUM Northwestern 2 Offshore Wind Farm

fibre optic submarine cable systems & ac- cessories for submarine networks; turnkey submarine power cable systems; repair and maintenance services to ensure optimal submarine network availability; offshore oil & energy systems for the offshore industry. This award confirms Prysmian Group's mar- ket leadership in the development of sub- marine cable systems for the offshore wind market, also demonstrating the validity of the know-how and the technologies deve- loped by NSW in the inter-array market as well as the commitment to support smarter and greener energy worldwide.

About Prysmian Group Prysmian Group is world leader in the en- “This contract shows how NSW can rate 219 MW. Once completed in 2020, the ergy and telecom cable systems indus- strengthen Prysmian Group’s leadership in wind farm will provide renewable energy to try. With almost 140 years of experience, the submarine cable business” says Hakan more than 220,000 homes. sales exceeding €11 billion (pro-forma as Ozmen, EVP Projects “This is a clear indication of how NSW’s of 31.12.2017), about 30,000 employees experience and know–how in submari- in over 50 countries and 112 plants, the NSW, a subsidiary of General Cable which ne and offshore cable systems can further Group is strongly positioned in high-tech recently became part of Prysmian Group, strengthen Prysmian Group leadership in markets and offers the widest possible ran- has been awarded a contract by Northwe- the offshore wind market, leveraging also ge of products, services, technologies and ster NV for the development of a submari- on a wider portfolio of products, technolo- know-how. It operates in the businesses of ne inter-array power cable system for the gies and assets,” comments Hakan Ozmen, underground and submarine cables and Northwester 2 offshore wind farm, located EVP Projects BU, Prysmian Group. systems for power transmission and distri- in the Belgian North Sea, approximately 50 Prysmian boasts an ever-growing number bution, of special cables for applications in km north-west of Oostende. of connections in its many different industries and of medium NSW will design, produce and deliver 25 project portfolio, including inter–array ca- and low voltage cables for the construction km of 33 kV submarine power cables for ble systems for the Borssele III & IV, Wikinger and infrastructure sectors. For the telecom- the inter-array cabling of the Northwester 2 and Horns Rev 3 wind farms. munications industry, the Group manufac- offshore wind farm developed by Parkwind, NSW, one of the world’s leading compa- tures cables and accessories for voice, video a company that develops, finances, builds nies in the field of submarine power and and data transmission, offering a compre- and operates offshore wind farms. NSW will telecommunication cables, became part hensive range of optical fibres, optical and also be responsible for pre–operation cable of Prysmian Group following the General copper cables and connectivity systems. termination and testing. The submarine ca- Cable acquisition. Headquartered in Nor- Prysmian is a public company, listed on the bles are scheduled for delivery in summer denham (Germany), a strategic location Italian Stock Exchange in the FTSE MIB in- 2019. The Northwester 2 offshore wind close to the North Sea, NSW can leverage dex. farm comprises 23 MHI Vestas Offshore on an enviable experience in developing Wind 164-9.5MW turbines, which will gene- and producing repeaterless and repeater

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BELGIUM EIB Bankrolls Belgian Offshore Wind Project

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has ap- appraisal is Parkwind’s Northwester 2. pers and the Belgian government. proved financing for an unnamed offshore The amount of the financing requested and Parkwind expects to reach a financial clo- wind project in Belgium as part of the EUR approved has not been disclosed. se for the project in 2018, after which the 3.4 billion investment package for renew- The 224MW Northwester 2 offshore wind construction of the wind farm is expected able energy, energy efficiency, Near Zero farm is located some 50km off the coast of to start by 2020. Energy Buildings, hydropower and district Zeebrugge and will be the first to feature The wind farm is owned by Parkwind (46%), heating projects. MHI Vestas 9.5MW wind turbines. Colruyt (30%), Incontrol (14%) and TTR According to the “Projects to be financed” It is one of three offshore wind projects to (10%), with Parkwind leading the develop- section on EIB’s website, the only offshore be built at a lower strike price following the ment, construction, and operational activi- wind farm in Belgium listed as being under agreement reached between the develo- ties on behalf of the project partners.

BELGIUM Belgians Bundle Offshore Wind Projects velopers said. In addition, the European “Through this merger, an international mar- Commission also approved the entrance of ket trend is being followed by focussing Eneco Wind Belgium SA in the share capital not only on bigger turbines but creating of Seamade. synergies and scale effects. Strong cost Seamade NV, a joint venture between Otary reductions and the increasing maturity (70%), Electrabel (17.5%), and Eneco Wind of offshore wind allows the financing and Belgium SA (12.5 %), will now be responsi- construction of even bigger projects.” ble for the development of both the Mer- The Seamade wind farm will comprise 58 maid and Seastar areas. Siemens Gamesa wind turbines installed The developer said it hopes the regulatory on monopile foundations and two offshore framework, which was agreed upon with substations which will connect to ELIA’s the Belgian government at the end of 2017, Modular Offshore Grid. will soon be implemented after approval by Olivier Vanderijst, Chairman of the Board Developers of the Mermaid and the Seastar the European Commission and publication of Otary, said: “After achieving a financial wind farms in the Belgian North Sea have of the relevant Royal Decrees. close for Rentel, a project currently under merged the two projects into one – the Seamade NV aims to achieve financial clo- construction, Otary is pleased to remain a 487.2MW Seamade. se for the project by the end of 2018. The leading actor of the Belgian offshore wind The merger was cleared by the Europe- construction is expected to start in 2019 industry with the development of Seama- an Commission earlier this month and and the commissioning of the project is de. Through this project, we also make a will allow for both projects to be financed scheduled for the end of 2020. significant contribution to achieving the through one project transaction, the de- Mathias Verkest, CEO of Seamade NV, said: government’s climate objectives.”

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BELGIUM EU Says Yes to New Northwester 2 Joint Control

The European Commission has approved the European Economic Area. rational activities on the offshore wind pro- the acquisition of joint control by Park- The Belgian Parkwind and Summit Tailwind ject. wind and Summit Tailwind Belgium over Belgium, part of the Sumitomo Corporati- The Northwester 2 wind farm will feature 23 Northwester 2, a project company holding on, submitted a notification of concentrati- MHI Vestas 9.5MW turbines located in the a 224MW concession in the Belgian North on to the European Commission for the ac- Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone. Sea. quisition of joint control earlier this month. The installation of the turbines is scheduled According to the Commission, the propo- The current shareholders include Parkwind to commence late next year, with full com- sed acquisition would raise no competition (46%), Colruyt (30%), Incontrol (14%) and missioning expected in 2020. concerns, given the negligible actual and TTR (10%), with Parkwind responsible for foreseen activities of Northwester 2 within the development, construction and ope-

FRANCE Fugro Wraps Up Saint-Nazaire Survey Campaign Fugro has completed a geotechnical survey campaign at the 480MW Saint-Nazaire off- shore wind farm in France.

This was the company’s second geotech- nical campaign at the site some 12km off- shore the Loire-Atlantique. It was carried out by the jack-up platform Excalibur and the Fugro Scout. The first campaign was performed in 2015. Fugro has now completed the survey and the sampling of the soil in locations where 80 of the wind farm’s turbine foundations are planned to be installed. The Saint-Nazaire wind farm comprises 80 6MW GE Haliade 150 turbines spread over an area of 78 square kilometres. The owners and developers of the project are EDF Energies Nouvelles, a subsidiary of the EDF group, and Canada’s Enbridge Inc. The commissioning of the wind farm is scheduled for 2022.

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FRANCE Industry Majors Back 3GW by 2030 French Mediterranean Floating Wind Goal

More than 70 companies and institutions, Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée regions throughout 2020 and 2021. The country’s including some of the leading offshore (SRADDET), the statement said. current energy program calls for the appro- wind developers and equipment manufac- The French Mediterranean is deemed to val of up to 2GW of floating wind and tidal turers, have called for the development of have ideal conditions for floating wind, projects in addition to the 100MW that will 3GW of floating offshore wind in the French with strong and steady winds, virtually no be in service by 2023. Mediterranean by 2030. tides and moderate swells, and a suitable The call for 3GW of floating wind by 2030 According to a joint statement, the French seabed, the statement said. has gathered 74 signatories including Equi- Mediterranean is ready to host the first France has so far approved four floating nor, the owner and operator of the world’s commercial offshore floating wind tender wind pilot projects with a combined ca- first commercial floating wind farm, GE Re- in 2019. The 3GW objective will be inclu- pacity of just under 100MW. Three of those newable Energy, Siemens Gamesa, Senvion, ded in the regional development plans of pilot projects are located in the Mediterra- wpd, Engie, EDP Renewables, EDF Energies the South-Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur and nean, with the commissioning expected Nouvelles, etc.

FRANCE Fugro Unsheathes Excalibur at Dieppe-Le Tréport Offshore Wind Farm

Excalibur vessel for the works that involve king to obtain the necessary authorisations several borehole tests on various locations. by the beginning of 2019. In total, 78 positions will be tested during The 496MW offshore wind farm is located the campaign, including those earmarked 17km off Dieppe and 15.5km off Tréport, for wind turbines, offshore substation and in water depths ranging from 5 to 25 me- inter array cables. Excalibur is scheduled to ters, and will comprise 62 Siemens Gamesa be working at the site until mid-October, 8MW wind turbines. supported by the offshore support vessel Construction and installation of Dieppe et Despina and several others on some of the Le Tréport is expected to start in 2019, with locations. the full commissioning scheduled for 2021. Fugro started carrying out a geotechnical After the geotechnical campaign, the wind The developer, Éoliennes en Mer Dieppe et campaign at the Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore farm developer – Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport, is a joint venture company ow- wind farm site in France at the beginning Le Tréport – will commence public consul- ned by Engie (47 %), EDP Renewables (43 of July, when the company mobilised its tation period, most likely this fall, and is loo- %) and Groupe Caisse des Dépôts (10 %).

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FRANCE EU nods ‘yes’ for Raz Blanchard tidal energy demonstration

The demonstration plant will comprise se- potential for tidal energy in France before ven turbines with a power generation ca- deploying it on a larger scale. The pro- pacity of 2MW each. They will have a rotor ject will facilitate the development of this diameter of 16 meters and will be installed type of energy and will help France meet on the sea floor. its 2020 renewable energy target, said the Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in char- Commission. ge of competition policy, said: “Tidal en- “The Commission assessed the scheme un- ergy is one of the technologies that can der its 2014 Guidelines on State Aid for En- contribute in the transition towards a cli- vironmental Protection and Energy, which The European Commission has found a mate friendly in Europe. The allow Member States to support renewable French project promoting electricity gene- French project approved today will help energy, subject to certain conditions. ration from tidal energy – a 14MW Norman- showcase tidal energy technology, while “The Commission found that the project die Hydro array – to be in line with Europe- limiting distortions of competition.” promotes market penetration of a novel an Union State aid rules. According to the Commission, France in- renewable energy technology and that the The measure will contribute further the EU’s tends to support the development and level of aid is proportionate and will not energy and climate goals without unduly operation of the Raz Blanchard tidal energy lead to overcompensation, in line with the distorting competition in the single market, demonstration plant. Guidelines. the Commission declared. The demonstration plant will receive ope- “Therefore the Commission concluded that The Normandie Hydro plant is a demons- rating aid and investment aid. Part of the the project will promote the use of electri- tration plant that will be developed by investment aid will be paid in the form of city generated from renewable sources, in OpenHydro and operated by EDF Energies repayable advances that will be reimbursed accordance with the objectives of the Eu- Nouvelles (EDF EN) and will be located at if the technology is successful. ropean Energy Union, without unduly dis- Raz Blanchard, west of the Cotentin penin- The objective of the public support is to torting competition,” the official statement sula, on the . test this novel technology and verify the reads.

UK – THE NETHERLANDS Concerto North – Emergency Cable Repair Global Marine has been contracted to un- dertake two emergency repair operations on the Concerto North submarine fibre op- tic telecommunications cable in the UK EEZ of the North Sea. The CS Sovereign is due to arrive on site at first light on Monday the 6th August 2018, to commence repair works. The duration of both cable repairs is ex- pected to be approximately 20 days in total however this is dependent on weather and other operational conditions.

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UK - FRANCE Survey works on IFA2 ongoing

Survey works for the IFA2 project, which is a HVDC electricity transmission intercon- nector cable between France and across the English Channel, are ongoing. The survey works commenced on the 19th July 2018, completion is foreseen in appro- ximately 60 days.

Survey work is being conducted by MMT Sweden AB with the vessel „Edda Fonn“.

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UK Seaway Heavy Lifting Begins Next Cable Installation Campaign at Beatrice

Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has started the third inter array cable installation campaign for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) off the Caithness coast. The cable laying vessel Seaway Aimery supported by the cable support vessel Siem Barracuda and cable trenching vessel Grand Canyon will undertake the work. The CLV Seaway Aimery will install 41 inter array cables during the third cable installa- tion campaign. Three trenching trial cables have been sur- face laid and secured by clump weights. These trial cables will be trenched/recove- red during the third cable installation cam- paign during July/August 2018, the compa- ny explained. Sixteen cables were laid and buried duri- ng campaign one in Nov/Dec 2017 with a further thirty four laid and buried during March-May 2018. The CLV Seaway Aimery will be supported by the TSV Grand Canyon I (or III) for cable burial. The CSV Siem Barracuda will support in- ter-array cable installation activities in the Northern portion of the Beatrice wind farm, mann gangway, crane operations to trans- The Beatrice offshore wind farm will be conducting cable pull in, testing and ter- fer equipment to/from WTG foundations operated from a base in Wick and capable mination activities, working in parallel with and OTMs, work class ROV activities at the of providing enough energy to power up to the CLV Seaway Aimery. seabed in the vicinity of WTG foundations 450,000 homes, when fully operational by The Siem Barracuda will undertake the and OTMs, and survey activities along the the end of 2019. following work scopes: personnel transfer planned inter-array cable routes linking the to WTG foundations and OTMs by Ampel- appropriate WTG foundations/OTMs.

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UK EMEC, Wave Hub Support Development of META Project

Fund and the Swansea Bay City Deal, aims important R&D activity which has taken to provide early stage device developers place in Orkney over the years has crea- with an easy access testing facility to de- ted a UK-wide boost to innovation in the risk future deployments and drive down marine energy sector. We are delighted to the cost of energy. collaborate with Marine Energy Wales and META operations manager Joseph Kidd Wave Hub in the META project, sharing our said: “This agreement demonstrates that unique wealth of knowledge and helping the marine energy sector is a catalyst for to drive the industry forward, supporting The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) positive cross-border collaboration across further development of renewable energy” and Wave Hub have signed an agreement the UK. By working together and sharing Claire Gibson, Wave Hub’s managing direc- with Marine Energy Wales to provide stra- knowledge we hope to create a project tor said: “We have worked closely with Ma- tegic advice to develop the Marine Energy which will provide added value to the rine Energy Wales for many years and are Test Area (META) project which is underway UK’s world leading established test centre delighted to be able to share our lessons in Pembrokeshire. network. We are delighted to have EMEC learnt to further the development of META. META will see the creation of a series of pre- and Wave Hub on board as strategic advi- As the seabed leaseholder for the Pembro- consented, non-grid connected sites suita- sors and we will benefit hugely from their keshire Demonstration Zone, Wave Hub has ble for a range of component, sub assembly wealth of experience.” a real interest in ensuring META is a success and marine energy device tests. Oliver Wragg, EMEC’s commercial director as it offers technology developers a flexible The £1.9 million project, which is being added: “EMEC has more than a decade of space to undertake their initial testing be- supported by EU and Welsh Government experience in the design, build and opera- fore deploying at scale in the demo zone.” funds, along with the Coastal Communities tion of its marine energy test facilities. The

UK Marine Energy Wales Gives EIA Contract to RPS

Marine Energy Wales has appointed RPS to ported by EU and Welsh Government funds Assessment (HRA) for the project as well as provide environmental support for the Ma- along with the Coastal Communities Fund supporting the Marine Energy Wales team rine Energy Test Area (META) project in the and the Swansea Bay City Deal, aims to pro- to carry out stakeholder engagement acti- Milford Haven Waterway. vide early stage device developers with an vities. META will see the creation of a series of pre- easy access testing facility to de-risk future META is one of the pillars of the Pembroke consented, non-grid connected areas suita- deployments and drive down the cost of Dock Marine initiative, which is part of the ble for a range of component, sub assembly energy. wider Swansea Bay City Deal and aims to and marine energy device tests. RPS will manage the Environmental Impact develop a world centre for marine energy The £1.9 million project, which is being sup- Assessment (EIA) and Habitat Regulation development, fabrication and testing.

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UK Prysmian to develop submarine power cable links for Hornsea Project Two in the UK, the world’s big- gest offshore wind farm

cables system that will connect 110 of the mian Group, which can boast years of ex- 165 wind turbines and the offshore substa- perience and a strong track record of inno- tion platform. The project involves more vating, including the development of high than 300 km of 66 kV inter-array cables with voltage submarine cable solutions. This EPR insulation and single wire armouring inward investment is a clear signal of confi- systems plus all related accessories. dence in the continued growth of offshore All the submarine cable cores will be pro- wind market in the UK,” stated Duncan The new award confirms the competi- duced at the Group’s centre of excellence Clark, Hornsea Projects Programme Direc- tiveness of Prysmian’s offer in the inter- located in Wrexham, Wales, UK, while the tor, Ørsted Wind Power A/S. array market armouring and assembling process will be “Prysmian’s investment is a clear display of performed in Drammen, Norway. confidence in the UK’s flourishing renew- able sector, and will contribute to impro- ving quality of life in the UK for generations to come. An investment such as this epito- mises exactly the type of work that DIT is doing to deliver jobs and prosperity in com- munities up and down the country. DIT is able to provide wide-ranging support for investors globally across 108 countries and in all regions of the UK, including expert ad- vice on sector-specific issues such as infra- structure and renewable energy. Through the Invest in GREAT website, prospective investors can find a wealth of information on market opportunities, legal support and much more.” Said Graham Stuart, UK Mini- ster for Investment. In the product innovation field, Prysmian Group has launched its new EPR-insulated Prysmian Group, world leader in the en- The cables are due to be delivered in 2021. 66 kV inter-array cables that can save up to ergy and telecom cable systems industry, 15% in costs for offshore wind farms, thus has been awarded a new contract by Ør- “We are proud to support Ørsted in this im- supporting the development and growth sted Wind Power A/S to supply submarine portant challenge, providing the UK market of the offshore renewable market and its inter-array cables for what will become the with the highest quality cables locally ma- sustainable supply of energy. world’s biggest offshore wind farm. nufactured for the next generation of UK Prysmian Group has been playing a leading Hornsea Project Two, located 89 km off offshore wind farms. The development of role in the development of offshore wind the Yorkshire coast, will be able to supp- grid infrastructures for the transmission and farms in Europe, with a strong track record ly well over 1.3 million homes with green, distribution of from renew- including the development of renewable electricity once it becomes ope- able sources is of strategic importance. With submarine cable solutions for major pro- rational in 2022. Prysmian Group has been this contract, we are proving our capability jects like Borselle III & IV, Merkur, Horns Rev focusing on this growing market segment to also offer competitive inter–array cable 3 and Wikinger. leveraging on its product innovation and technology, as well as our undisputed lea- new installation assets and capabilities. dership in export cables,” stated Alessandro About Prysmian Group Prysmian Group will be responsible for the Panico, Sales Team Manager Offshore Wind, Prysmian Group is world leader in the en- design, manufacture, supply, termination Prysmian Group. ergy and telecom cable systems indus- and testing of the inter–array submarine “We are pleased to be working with Prys- try. With almost 140 years of experience,

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EUROPE (continued) UK Prysmian to develop submarine power cable links for Hornsea Project Two in the UK, the world’s big- gest offshore wind farm sales exceeding €11 billion (pro-forma as munications industry, the Group manufac- farms, bioenergy plants and innovative of 31.12.2017), about 30,000 employees tures cables and accessories for voice, video waste-to-energy solutions and provides in over 50 countries and 112 plants, the and data transmission, offering a compre- smart energy products to its customers. Group is strongly positioned in high-tech hensive range of optical fibres, optical and Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted emplo- markets and offers the widest possible ran- copper cables and connectivity systems. ys 5,600 people, including over 900 in the ge of products, services, technologies and Prysmian is a public company, listed on the UK. Ørsted's shares are listed on Nasdaq know-how. It operates in the businesses of Italian Stock Exchange in the FTSE MIB in- Copenhagen (Orsted). In 2017, the group's underground and submarine cables and dex. revenue was DKK 59.5 billion (EUR 8.0 bil- systems for power transmission and distri- lion). For more information on Ørsted, visit bution, of special cables for applications in About Ørsted orsted.co.uk or follow us on Facebook, Lin- many different industries and of medium The Ørsted vision is a world that runs en- kedIn, Instagram and Twitter. and low voltage cables for the construction tirely on green energy. Ørsted develops, and infrastructure sectors. For the telecom- constructs and operates offshore wind

UK EDS HV Group completes termination & testing on first ever 66kV wind farm

offshore wind farm to use a 66kV cabling system. This is a critical development for the industry which will lead to more cost- effective power collection and transmission to shore, as well as being a crucial develop- ment in the push to continuously reduce the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE). Use of this higher voltage requires a much higher skill set and EDS were able to pro- vide the necessary expertise to complete 66kV terminations and testing on all 5 as- sets, along with fibre optic termination and testing. Ken Ritson, group managing direc- tor of EDS said: “EDS was delighted to be chosen to assist EDF Renewables UK in the commissioning of this landmark project. We believe that 66kV will quickly become the industry norm and we are pleased to offer the necessary High voltage engineering specialist, EDS HV (BOD). level of competence and experience re- Group (EDS), now part of the UK’s leading The BOD project has enabled owner and quired to manage this change within the marine services company – James Fisher developer, EDF Renewables UK, to trial new industry.” The offshore wind farm, located and Sons plc, has successfully completed technology and it is the first offshore wind 5.7km off the North East coast, UK, has five installation, termination and testing work at farm to be built upon gravity-based foun- turbines and has a generation capacity of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm dations. Importantly, BOD is also the first 41.5 MW.”

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UK/GERMANY HBC Executes for Ørsted

spection campaign on Race Bank offshore wide array of subsea inspection and main- wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund offshore wind tenance tasks during the Ørsted campaign farm, Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm and across Denmark, Germany and the United Gode Wind 2 offshore wnd farm. Kingdom. According to the company, the campaign “We thank all the HBC project personnel as was carried out in a manner without well as the client. The great dedication and any accidents, while maintaining a high collaboration between Ørsted and HBC quality standard, to ensure the subsea inte- ensured the success and safety of the cam- grity of all the assets. paign,” the company said in a press release. HBC has completed the Ørsted subsea in- In the past three years HBC has performed a

UK Inch Cape Project Advances with Site Investigations

Ian Johnson, ICOL project manager, said: “The offshore site investigation is a key step forward for the ICOL project. It will help us further understand the local conditions and inform the design of the wind farm as it progresses.” Vessels will operate 24/7 to drill boreholes on the development site and to allow soil sampling, refuelling out of local ports inclu- ding Dundee and Montrose. Local maritime and fishing communities across Angus, Fife and East Lothian have been and will conti- nue to be consulted throughout the inve- stigation period to help minimise any signi- ficant impacts on the industry. Johnson added: “We expect the investiga- tion to create minimal impact on the local fishing community, and are grateful for everyone’s cooperation. This time and in- vestment now will put us in good stead to progress quickly with construction as soon as the necessary permissions are in place, Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has ta- the Angus coast, over 110 days (excluding and mitigate the risk of any potential delays ken a step forward in its efforts to bring an weather downtime) between end July and during the next phase of the development.” offshore wind farm to the East of Scotland October. Surveys should only take place on certain after embarking on a three-month site in- Surveys will also be carried out along the zones for a matter of weeks with exclusion vestigation utilising local ports. Export Cable Corridor located within the zones changing throughout the investiga- The geophysical and geotechnical surveys Outer Firth of Tay and Firth of Forth, with tion period, allowing fishing practices to will be undertaken by up to four vessels works taking place off the North Berwick continue in collaboration with the project. on the 150km2 proposed site, 15km off and Gullane coast in East Lothian.

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UK AUV Put Through Paces at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm

ject tested a Teledyne Gavia Surveyor AUV that AUV bathymetry data quality matches owned and operated by UTEC. Newcastle- vessel data. However, we were also able to based marine consultants Partrac provided demonstrate the low logistic requirements support with survey area selection and cri- of the Gavia in that it was launched and re- tical appraisal of the AUV survey datasets. covered from the Crew Transfer Vessel as it The aim of the trial was to determine if does not need the dedicated launch and AUVs could replace traditional vessel based recovery systems needed for larger AUV’s A consortium comprising of the R&D UK surveys given that in recent years the uti- or ROV’s.” Centre of EDF Energy, UTEC, an Acteon lisation of AUVs has increased significantly. The study also provided a series of recom- company, and Partrac Ltd completed an Following an in-depth review of the da- mendations for future use of the AUV tech- offshore trial designed to assess the per- tasets, it was concluded that the AUV tech- nology for bathymetry mapping, across the formance of a commercial Autonomous nology offers certain advantages in terms areas of data quality, positioning, vertical Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for mapping of logistics, operable weather windows etc. reduction, and data output formats. seabed bathymetry. and may be particularly suited to assessing “After this initial trial, we are now looking at The trial was performed at EDF Renewables’ marine scour. what steps are required to deploy an AUV in Teesside offshore wind farm located off the Trevor Pugh, UTEC Technical Authority, the offshore operational environment,” Karl North Yorkshire coast in England. The pro- said: “The primary objective was to prove Burns from EDF Renewables said.

UK Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering Power SSE said. diture of £530 million from the construction “We often talk about key milestones along a of the project, while Operations and Main- project’s journey, and Beatrice has had quite tenance activity will provide a real boost a few to date, but to see the first turbine tur- to the economy of Wick over the lifetime ning in the Moray Firth and to have reached of the project, as the harbour chosen for first power safely, ahead of programme and maintenance activity.” on budget is a fantastic achievement for Situated 13 kilometres off the Caithness everyone connected to the project,” John coast, the GBP 2.6 billion wind farm is not Hill, Beatrice’s Project Director, said. only one of the largest private investments Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, the Once complete, Beatrice’s 84 turbines will in Scottish infrastructure, it is also the lar- 588MW Beatrice, has started generating be capable of providing sufficient clean gest offshore wind farm in the world built power for the first time. and sustainable power for the equivalent of using jacket foundations. The jackets are Following the installation of the first Sie- 450,000 homes. also the deepest water fixed foundations mens Gamesa 7MW turbine, Beatrice Off- “This is a very significant step forward and of any offshore wind farm, each weighing shore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has ex- I am delighted to hear that the Beatrice in at c.1,000 tonnes and installed in water ported power to the National Grid for the offshore wind farm has generated its first depths of up to 56m. first time. power for the National Grid and has done BOWL is a joint venture partnership bet- The installation of the first turbine heralds so ahead of schedule,” Scottish Energy Mini- ween SSE (40%), Copenhagen Infrastruc- the start of the final stage of Beatrice’s jour- ster, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, said. ture Partners (35%) and Red Rock Power ney towards completion in Spring 2019, “Scotland alone is expected to see expen- Limited (25%).

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UK 3sun Group Nets East Anglia One Contract

3sun Group has secured a contract to ser- onshore emergency drills, and will provide tent for the project.” vice the construction phase of the East and maintain all personal protection equip- 3sun is leading the project’s employer en- Anglia One offshore wind farm from the ment, as well as manage and dispose of gagement, with the workforce expected project’s new base in Lowestoft harbor, UK. onshore and offshore waste. to include candidates from the new East of Under the 28-month contract, 3sun will be “This is one of the biggest single site con- England Offshore Wind Skills Centre. in charge of a variety of onshore and off- tracts we have ever had. It will draw on our ScottishPower Renewables, the owner of shore services, including labor, from office- local knowledge and experience of the East Anglia One, recently held a ground- based administrators and security staff to offshore renewables industry – using our breaking ceremony for the wind farm’s ope- offshore technicians, and will provide ma- pool of technicians, but will also create up rations and maintenance (O&M) base at the terials and equipment ranging from forklifts to another 30 jobs from office workers to Port of Lowestoft. to vessels, as well as warehousing, scaffol- technicians,” Graham Hacon, Chief Executi- The 714MW offshore wind farm will consist ding, onshore fabrication and lifting. ve Officer at 3sun, said. of 102 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines lo- The Great Yarmouth-based company will “We know it was a very competitive ten- cated approximately 43km off the Suffolk also carry out health and safety training, in- dering process and, after months of work Coast. The project is expected to be fully cluding Global Wind Organisation training, towards the bid, 3sun is delighted to have operational in 2020. confined space working, rescue drills and been chosen as part of the 50pc of UK con-

UK Thanet Extension DCO Application All Set for Examination The UK Secretary of State has accepted for To remind, the Swedish energy company farm. examination Vattenfall’s application for the submitted the application for the DCO to The proposed wind farm will consist of up development consent order (DCO) for the the Inspectorate on 27 June, after which a to 34 turbines located 8km offshore Kent, Thanet Extension offshore wind project. 28-day review process took place. potentially doubling the output of the exi- The UK Planning Inspectorate now has ap- The Secretary of State is expected to de- sting 100-turbine wind farm with more po- proximately three months to prepare for cide on the application by the middle of werful machines. the examination, which includes appoin- next year. If approved, Thanet Extension will ting an examining authority for the process. extend the 300MW Thanet offshore wind

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UK Busy Summer at East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects

understand how these routes are currently used.

The projects The two projects are in the very early stage of development, with the Phase 3 of the community consultation, currently on- going, scheduled to be completed by 28th August, 31 days after the last Public Infor- mation Day. The key focus of Phase 3 is to consult on the project’s indicative onshore development area with a focus on potential mitigation measures. Renewables has brought forward the application date for East Anglia ONE North and deferred the application ScottishPower Renewables is planning to tion surveys also being undertaken on date for East Anglia TWO, which allows the start a number of onshore and offshore sur- transport routes surrounding the indicative consultation for both projects to run con- veys this summer as part of the 900MW East onshore development area. currently. Anglia Two and the 800MW East Anglia One The developer plans to run combined con- North offshore wind projects. Offshore surveys sultation, stakeholder engagement and a Onshore survey work commenced at the Offshore monthly bird and marine mammal parallel Preliminary Environmental Informa- sites in spring 2018 with a phase 1 habitat surveys are ongoing and will be continuing tion Report (PEIR) consultation process for survey completed across the entire onshore for both East Anglia One North and East An- the two projects. This consultation process study area in April 2018. The findings of this glia 2 until August 2018. is scheduled for the first quarter of 2019. survey have informed subsequent onshore Geophysical and benthic surveys for the The possibility of applying for consent for species-specific surveys which are currently seabed were carried out in spring 2018 after the two projects at the same time is also ongoing. Archaeological works will begin an initial survey in summer 2017. This data being explored. shortly with geophysical surveys commen- will inform archaeological, engineering and The East Anglia Two wind farm covers an cing this summer, the developer said. ecological assessments. area of around 255km2 and is located some Onshore noise and transportation surveys A shipping and navigation survey for both 31km offshore Lowestoft. East Anglia One will also be commencing shortly to assess East Anglia One North and East Anglia 2 will North is located approximately 36km off baseline activity within the indicative ons- take place in late summer this year to iden- the coast, covering an area of 209km2. hore development area, with transporta- tify shipping routes within the area to help

UK UK Okays Norfolk Vanguard DCO Application for Check-Up The UK Secretary of State has accepted for for the process. 2020, with the project up and running by examination Vattenfall’s application for the Vattenfall, who submitted the application mid-2020s. development consent order (DCO) for the to the Inspectorate on 26 June, is expected In addition, the Swedish energy company Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind project. to receive the government’s consent decisi- is developing Norfolk Boreas, a 1.8GW sister The UK Planning Inspectorate has around on at the end of next year. project also located some 47 and 73km off three months to prepare for the examinati- If permitted, the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard the Norfolk coast. on and will appoint an examining authority could potentially break ground as early as

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UK The Crown Estate Proposes 6GW Seabed Leasing Round

A new seabed leasing round in the UK To support potential developers and help der process might run. The feedback we could see a release of circa 6GW of offshore reduce consenting risk, The Crown Estate receive as part of this process will be vital, wind rights, the UK’s seabed manager, The would look to share new seabed data in as we seek to balance a range of interests Crown Estate, said during recent industry advance of a leasing process. This would on the seabed and decide whether to bring and stakeholder engagement sessions in include a new consent constraint model, forward additional rights for sustainable London. to highlight various constraints such as development offshore,” Jonny Boston, Se- If confirmed, a new round of rights could existing infrastructure, environmental de- nior Development Manager at The Crown begin in early 2019, maintaining a pipeline signations, and other marine activity. This Estate, said. of projects through to the late 2020s and approach builds on lessons learned from The Crown Estate will consider all the feed- beyond, The Crown Estate said. previous leasing rounds. back it receives from industry and statutory This proposal comes after the UK One of the proposals was also that Plan Le- organisations on the evolving proposals, Government’s announcement that it will vel Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) is ahead of a decision being taken on ope- run clean electricity auctions in 2019, and to be undertaken by The Crown Estate prior ning a tender process for the award of new then every 2 years after that. to Agreements for Lease being awarded. offshore wind rights. Ongoing engagement Within the proposed leasing model, devel- “Early engagement with industry and sta- with wider stakeholders will continue in opers would identify and propose sites wi- keholders is a hugely important part of parallel. thin predefined but relatively wide regions our work to explore the potential for new A second stage of industry and stakeholder of seabed, The Crown Estate said. A leasing offshore wind leasing, helping to build a engagement is anticipated to take place process would be open to both existing de- better understanding of the appetite for this autumn. velopers and new entrants. additional capacity and inform how a ten-

UK Innogy Names Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Project Director re is complexity and scope for innovation, both of which are in abundance in the off- shore wind sector. The opportunity to work for innogy on the hugely exciting Sofia pro- ject was too good to miss,” Few said. Sofia offshore wind farm, formerly known as Dogger Bank Teesside B, is sited 165km off the coast of the North on a shallow area covering almost 600 square Innogy SE has appointed David Few as Pro- phase of the project. kilometres. ject Director for the largest project in its Few brings with him more than 30 years current development portfolio, the 1.2 GW of technical, commercial, business leader- It has an agreed connection point at an Sofia offshore wind farm, sited on Dogger ship and project experience, most recently existing National Grid substation located in Bank in the North Sea. heading up renewables and conventional Lackenby, Teesside, and was granted deve- generation projects, including three 400+ lopment consent in August 2015. The wind As Project Director, David Few will be re- megawatt (MW) offshore wind projects, farm has recently secured an electricity ge- sponsible for delivering a winning bid for for engineering consultancy Atkins, innogy neration licence. Sofia in a Contracts for Difference (CfD) auc- said. Sofia offshore wind farm is 100% owned by tion and leading the innogy project team “Throughout my career I have found it most innogy SE. through all aspects of the pre-construction rewarding to work on projects where the-

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UK MeyGen tidal turbines come ashore

(AHH) – will now be inspected onshore. De- pending on the confirmation of the fault di- agnosis, thought to be related to generator, the repairs are expected to be completed within approximately two months, SIMEC Atlantis said earlier. The remaining AHH turbine and Atlantis’ own AR1500 turbine continue to generate SIMEC Atlantis Energy has retrieved two electricity, the company noted. MeyGen tidal power turbines for inspection Each turbine for the Phase 1A of the Mey- and maintenance. The retrieval operati- Gen project is rated at 1.5MW, bringing the on took place at an offshore site between project to 6MW rated capacity. Scotland’s northernmost coast and the is- Hence, MeyGen is currently the world’s land of Stroma with the support of Viking SIMEC Atlantis, which also said the turbines largest tidal stream array with 392MW of Neptun subsea construction vessel, and the made it safely back to shore for offload at further development capacity under its ROV crew onboard. Both turbines were re- Nigg Energy Park. The retrieved turbines seabed lease. trieved in ‘just over 24 hours’, according to – supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest

UK Tidal support crew wanted for Morlais demo zone

procurement portal. The zone is one of se- veral marine areas or ‘zones’ around the Uni- ted Kingdom which have been leased by The Crown Estate in a bid to encourage and accelerate marine energy technology deve- lopment. Each of the zones was identified because it offered appropriate wave and ti- dal energy potential and access to necessary infrastructure, including ports and electricity grid. The Morlais Demonstration Zone will eventually encompass up to 240MW, grid- connected, consented location for tidal energy developers to deploy tidal array pro- Menter Môn has launched two tenders to on Zone lies to the west of Holy Island, ap- jects. Devices will be installed in a number support the development of a tidal energy proximately 0.5 km off South Stack, within an of berths which will be designated across demonstration area proposed off Anglesey area encompassing a range of tidal resour- the site. The total number of tidal energy known as the Morlais Demonstration Zone. ces, with stronger tidal regimes found to- devices within the zone will be dependent The third party manager of the zone, Menter wards the east of the area. Menter Môn has on the individual generating capacity of the Môn, is looking to hire technical design and also published a tender for navigational risk devices being installed, while the power ge- contract support for the Morlais project, off assessment for the zone. The contract – up nerated within each berth will be exported North Wales. The companies encouraged to for grabs until August 22, 2018 – also covers to shore via export cables. To remind, Mor- apply to the tender – running until August the review of accompanying environmental lais Demonstration Zone has received fun- 16, 2018 on Sell2Wales portal – should be statement chapter for shipping and navi- ding support in the amount of £4.5 million experienced in design and engineering for gation for the Morlais project, according to in September 2017 from the EU and Welsh the energy sector. The Morlais Demonstrati- the information on the Welsh government’s government.

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UK ‘King’ Penguin soon to form Scottish clean energy raft

vived several storms and two hurricanes, with waves up to 18 meters reached at EMEC’s at Billia Croo grid-connected wave energy test site. While construction of the new device is un- derway, Wello’s research and development (R&D) team has reached new records again, The second version of the Penguin wave under the Clean Energy from Ocean Waves according to the Finnish company. energy converter – developed by Finnish (CEFOW) initiative, funded by the European “The most recent iteration of the device company Wello – is said to have reached Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innova- produces 25% more energy than the soon 110% increase in power production as it ge- tion program, which plans to install three to be deployed WEC-2. The new design ars up to join its ‘younger sibling’ deployed wave energy converters at the test center functions significantly better at lower wave off Scotland. over the next two years. heights, increasing operational hours as The Penguin WEC-2 – being constructed Led by Fortum, the CEFOW project aims well, up to 4700 hours per year in some at Netaman Oü shipyard in – will to prepare the Penguin technology for cases,” the team said in a statement. generate power to the UK national grid to- commercialization by developing the first Wello’s patented key invention is to convert gether with the less advanced Penguin de- grid-connected wave energy array in the wave movement to gyration, which is then vice, which has been continuously deplo- UK, with a focus on lowering the levelized amplified. The asymmetrical shape of the yed at the European Marine Energy Centre cost of energy and developing an efficient Penguin is used to capture the energy from (EMEC) for more than 17 months. supply chain to support larger wave power the waves from all directions. The rolling of The installation of the improved device will projects in the future. the device spins the rotator inside it, direct- be facilitated by a multi-cat vessel from a ly capturing the energy in the waves. Orkney-based vessel operator Green Mari- Penguins grow even more powerful Power is led from the rotator to generator ne in the coming months, Wello said. During its deployment – ongoing since using the same shaft eliminating conversi- The Penguin WEC-2 is being constructed March 2017 – the original Penguin has sur- on losses, according to Wello.

UK Island communities to benefit from £600m offshore wind fund

The UK Government has announced a £600 land and the Western Isles will be able to in the Western Isles for a long time but now million support package for offshore wind compete at the auctions for the first time. have the opportunity to do something power which could be “transformative” for Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan welcomed transformative – but it hinges on the UK remote island communities. the confirmed auction dates but stressed Government agencies and the industry its- The new Contracts for Difference (CfD) pa- onshore wind power development in his elf.” ckage, which will allow smaller and remote constituency depends on laying a subsea The new CfD package means the amount island developments to bid for contracts to cable – or interconnector – to link future of offshore wind generated around UK is set power up to four million homes, was confir- projects to the mainland grid. to double over the next decade. med by the Minister for Energy and Clean But he said the CfD auctions and prospect The move could deliver up to an additional Growth, Claire Perry. of more wind generation capacity will be two gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind per Clean electricity auctions will be held from “crucial” for enabling this to happen, ad- year in the 2020s, to bring total capacity May 2019 and every two years from then ding: “I think there is potential for economic up to 30GW by 2030 from current levels of on, with a support package of up to £557m development in island communities and 7GW in operation and 7GW in construction available. for Scotland as a whole. or with contracts. And onshore windfarms in Orkney, Shet- “We have been talking about wind power That will be enough to meet more than

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EUROPE (continued) UK Island communities to benefit from £600m offshore wind fund a third of the UK’s power needs, boosting and island communities most directly af- However Jenny Hogan, deputy chief exe- jobs and cutting costs for consumers, in- fected by new offshore developments must cutive at Scottish Renewables, said: “Today’s dustry bosses said. have the chance to benefit from them. confirmation that next year’s auction will Ms Perry said that the UK offshore wind He also questioned the Conservative take place in May, and the schedule laid out industry has been a “British success story” government’s record on support for for future rounds, provides much-needed over the last decade and that the latest Scotland’s renewable energy sector in re- clarity to Scotland’s renewables industry. announcement provides certainty for the cent years, adding that it would be “essen- Developers and supply chain companies next 10 years. tial” to see the small print of the latest initi- across Scotland can now plan for projects Orkney MSP Liam McArthur said remote ative before drawing any firm conclusions. over the next decade with more certainty.”

UK Fault in £1bn undersea cable project linking up to Hunterston

energy from Scotland to homes and busi- ging widespread benefits'. nesses in Wales and England. They added: "The UK faces a major challen- Construction has been carried out by a ge in how it continues to meet the country's consortium of Siemens and Prysmian. increasing energy needs and addresses the A spokeswoman for Western Link said: problem of climate change; as a result, the "There is no problem with the subsea cable way the UK generates electricity is chan- in the Hunterston area. ging significantly. "However, during final commissioning tests "In the UK there has been a rapid growth a cable fault was detected in Liverpool Bay in renewable energy as we move towards which caused the Link to trip. becoming a low carbon economy. "Whilst teams have been mobilised to in- "This means that we need to strengthen stigate a repair, this does mean that the and increase the capacity of the electricity Western Link was not commissioned at the transmission system." end of June as initially planned. On the 27th of July Western Link stated: "Further updates will be provided once we „Subject to successful completion of the ca- A one billion pound undersea cable which have fully investigated the nature of this ble repair and testing, it is anticipated that links Hunterston to the Wirral peninsula to fault." the Link will be put back into operation in carry electricity has hit a technical fault. The Western Link project sees a converter September 2018. At that stage, we expect The problem with the Western Link means station at each end to change the electrici- that the Link will be operating at full capa- there will now be a delay to it being com- ty from direct current to city, initially delivering significant power missioned. to enable it to be used within the existing transfer capability from Scotland to Eng- National Grid and ScottishPower Transmis- electricity transmission system. land and Wales.“ sion launched the joint venture to build Bosses say the Western Link is a 'vital part of the link, which will help to bring renewable our infrastructure for the 21st century, brin-

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UK Microsoft uses fish cams to monitor undersea Project Natick data center

renewable on-shore wind and solar and off-shore tide and wave energy sources. “A Natick data center co-located with offshore renewable energy sources could be truly zero emission: no waste products, whether due to the power generation, computers, or human maintainers are emitted into the environment,” Microsoft said. Pending results from its experiments with Project Natick, Microsoft may locate more Microsoft added two new fish cams to its data centers in the ocean in the future. Gi- underwater Project Natick data center, al- ven its underwater placement, Microsoft lowing researchers and the general public envisions Natick as a self-sustainable data a view of marine life around its technology center that could operate for up to five ye- project. The undersea cameras not only pro- ars with no maintenance required, which is vide for relaxing imagery of fish swimming the expected lifespan of the computers on by the data center, but it will help Microsoft board. researchers observe the environmental im- “After each five-year deployment cycle, the pact created by sinking a data center onto and 864 servers that host 27.6 petabytes data center vessel would be retrieved, re- the ocean floor and the exterior conditions of data as an experiment. By positioning a loaded with new computers, and redeplo- of the data center in sea water. data center in the ocean, Microsoft believes yed,” Microsoft said. “The target lifespan of a “We installed two video cameras on the that it could deliver data faster, given that Natick data center is at least 20 years. After outside of the pressure vessel to observe most a large percentage of people live near that, the data center is designed to be re- environmental conditions near our data or along the coast. The data center con- trieved and recycled.” center,” Microsoft announced on Project nects to the internet via a large undersea The data that Microsoft collects from phase Natick’s webpage. cable, as well as the Orkney power grid in 2 will help it refine its designs and plans as it Microsoft officially unveiled the second Scotland. moves towards productization. Right now, phase of Project Natick in June by sinking Additionally, the colder ocean water provi- however, Microsoft states that Natick is still the 40-foot pod just off of Scotland’s coast. des a natural source of cooling, and Micro- in research phase, and it’s still too early to The undersea data center contains 12 racks soft is powering Project Natick entirely on determine if it will be commercialized.

UK Shapinsay to Rothiesholm - As installed survey completed

Global Marine (on behalf of SHEPD) has undertaking survey works from 04 July – 08 July along the submarine cable rou- te connecting Bay of Crook on Shapinsay to Rothiesholm on Stronsay, through the Stronsay Firth. The work was to confirm the position of the replacement cable installed in June 2018.

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UK Moyle Interconnector – Survey work starting soon

Marine geophysical survey work will com- mence in the North Channel over both the Moyle Interconnector Cable and the Scot- land to Pipeline in August 2018. Survey work Geophysical survey work is due to be carried out by two vessels. The vessels will survey the route of both the Mo- yle Interconnector cable and the Scotland to Northern Ireland Pipeline (SNIP) in the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The nearshore survey work is due to take place between the 14th August 2018 - 28th September. The offshore survey work is due to start on the 24th August and to be completed by the 18th September.

Moyle Interconnector Cables

Scotland to Northern Ireland Pipeline

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UK Carradale to Arran Submarine power cable route survey

Briggs Marine Contractors (on behalf of surveys within an approx 1km wide corri- line north of Carradale. SHEPD) will be undertaking hydrographic dor between Balliekine on Arran and shore-

PORTUGAL Navantia Building Windfloat Atlantic Floating Foundation

8.4MW offshore wind turbine will be instal- S.A., the operator of transmission grids in led on top of it. The complete structure will Portugal, awarded China’s Hengtong with a then be towed to Portugal for installation contract for the design, manufacturing and about 20 kilometres off the Viana do Ca- installation of the submarine export power stelo coast, in water depth of 100 metres. cable system for the Portuguese floating The WindFloat semi-submersible foundati- wind project. on has been developed by Principle Power Principle Power’s WndFloat concept first and the project off Portugal will feature came to life in 2011, with WindFloat 1 instal- three of these, supporting as many MHI led off the Portuguese coast for demonstra- Vestas V164-8.0 MW turbines. The founda- tion purposes. Having completed all of its Navantia has begun manufacturing a floa- tions and the wind turbines will be entirely project objectives, Principle Power decom- ting foundation for the Portuguese Wind- built and assembled on land, prior to being missioned the WindFloat 1 at the end of Float Atlantic project at the Fene shipyard towed out to their final location. September 2016. in Spain, after the Navantia-Windar joint WindFloat Atlantic, expected to be operati- Earlier that same moth, the floating foun- venture won a contract for the works a few onal in 2019, is being developed by Wind- dation developer abandoned a project months ago, the foundation manufacturer Plus, a consortium of EDP Renewables, planned for Oregon, U.S. – WindFloat Pacific informed. Mitsubishi Corporation (DGE), Chiyoda Cor- – which would have consisted of five 6MW By the end of June 2019, the semi-submer- poration, Trust Energy (Engie and Marube- wind turbines. sible foundation will be transported to the ni), and Repsol. Outer Port of Ferrol, where a MHI Vestas In July 2018, REN – Rede Electrica Nacional,

SPAIN - FRANCE Biscay cable aims to boost grid

Spain, France and Portugal have agreed to rage at Portugal’s ports and send it through works for electricity and gas. build an undersea power cable in the Bay a pipeline across Spain into France. The three countries regard gas as a tem- of Biscay as they look to end the Iberian The European Commission will finance 30 porary solution as they look to shift from peninsula’s energy isolation. per cent of the Bay of Biscay project with coal to renewable sources. Over a trilateral meeting in , the about €578 million: an unprecedented France plans to close all its coal plants by leaders welcomed a deal financing the amount for an energy project. 2022. construction of the 370km power line. Due begin operations in 2025, it would al- Portugal has a surplus of power that it Describing the agreement as “a very impor- most double the capacity for electricity ex- could export beyond Spain if there was a tant step”, Portuguese Prime Minister Anto- change between France and Spain. better connection with the rest of the Eu- nio Costa said he was keen to keep large Spain and Portugal have long asked for an ropean Union. quantities of US gas in underground sto- end to their isolation from continental net- Both Iberian nations want a connection

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(continued) SPAIN - FRANCE Biscay cable aims to boost grid to the European gas market by building a pean dependence on Russian gas. He said the pipeline in Catalonia would be pipeline in Catalonia into southern France. French President Emmanuel Macron said: built if it were shown to be cost-effective Another pipeline has already been built “We will only build more pipelines if gas and that demand for gas would increase as west of the Pyrenees into western France. consumption in Europe remains significant. coal power stations were progressively shut Both Iberian countries import Algerian gas “The issue of energy interconnections down. through a pipeline that opened in 2011 and needs to be seen within a broader strategy Beyond links to Spain, Macron said the have seven ports that can receive liquified of sovereignty and the much broader ener- three governments agreed to work on pos- natural gas (LNG) from Qatar and increasin- gy transition,” Macron said. sible links with Africa that could lead to gre- gly the US as its fracked shale gas increases. Macron is keen for Europe to move away ater interconnections within Europe. They say a better grid would reduce Euro- from fossil-fuel dependency.

SPAIN Tecnalia, BiMEP Launch Floating HarshLab

HarshLab enables testing of new materials tings will be the first to test their solutions, and solutions against corrosion, ageing and as part of an initiative promoted by the Bas- fouling in the marine environment, in real que Energy Cluster. conditions that are monitored on site. Although the lab was originally designed to The lab will offer accurate information promote offshore energy, other sectors like to enable companies to predict the per- naval, civil works, fishing, communications, formance of materials, components and sports, etc. will be able to make use of this equipment in the hostile offshore environ- infrastructure, Tecnalia said, adding that it ment, in order to develop offshore energy could also be used to train professionals in systems with a high survival rate. offshore environments. Tecnalia has launched HarshLab, a floating Companies will be able to use the facilities HarshLab has been developed with the laboratory for offshore renewable energy to assess, amongst other things, fixing so- support of the Basque Department of Eco- technology, in Bermeo Port in Spain on 20 lutions for the wind energy and oil & gas nomic Development and Infrastructure July. sectors; systems for monitoring and con- through the Hazitek programme (HARSH The construction and installation of Har- trolling underwater handlers; underwater project), and with direct funding from the shLab has been supported by the Basque electrical connectors; hydraulic systems; Lehendakaritza Innovation Fund and the Government, and the lab will be situated oil-hydraulic systems and components, Basque Energy Agency’s programme to and started up at BiMEP (Biscay Marine En- metal tubes for piles; protective covering fund investment to test and validate renew- ergy Platform), the open-sea marine energy and solutions; and multi-material joints or able marine energy technology, supported research platform located in Armintza and mooring systems. by the Basque Country’s 2014-2020 Europe- developed by the Basque Energy Agency Erreka, Credeblug, Ditrel, Navacel, Tubacex, an Regional Development Fund (ERDF). (EVE). Vicinay, Nem Solutions and Sasyma Coa-

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SPAIN The Balearic Islands Government and Red Eléctrica renew their collaboration to raise awareness re- garding good anchoring practices

• Renewed collaboration for the publica- signed and fulfilled in 2017. Within the fra- monitoring along the route of the subma- tion and distribution of an informative mework of the collaboration agreed today, rine electricity interconnection between pamphlet to avoid anchoring in areas Red Eléctrica will contribute 20,000 euros Ibiza-Formentera with two boats to avoid with Posidonia meadows and submari- per year that will go towards the publishing anchoring in critical areas of the link, espe- ne power cables. of 35,000 informative pamphlets that will cially in those areas closer to the coast up to • Red Eléctrica incorporates a specific be distributed in all the ports and yacht a depth of 25 metres. Boats that are found monitoring system on the Ibiza-For- clubs of the islands. Moreover, this contri- within an area of 50 metres either side of mentera electricity link. bution will also serve to strengthen the mo- the coastal route of the link will also be gi- The Regional Minister for the Environment, nitoring and advisory service of the Ministry ven information. After the tourist season, a Agriculture and Fisheries of the Balearic of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries complete inspection of the route of the in- Islands, Vicenç Vidal, and the Regional De- regarding the anchoring of boats. terconnection between the two islands will legate for Red Eléctrica de España in the The pamphlet, printed on water-resistant be conducted. islands, Eduardo Maynau, signed a colla- biodegradable material and published in Through this campaign, Red Eléctrica, as boration agreement for the promotion five languages (Catalan, Spanish, English, the system operator and manager of the and dissemination of good practices con- German and Italian), aims to remind boat electricity transmission grid and submarine cerning the anchoring of boats around the users of rules regarding anchoring and in- electricity interconnections in the Balearic islands with the purpose of preventing im- form them not only about the importance Islands, shows its commitment to sustai- pacts on Posidonia seagrass meadows and of Posidonia meadows in the conservation nable development and environmental also on the submarine power cables. of coastal systems but also of the subma- protection, objectives included in its envi- This agreement, which will be in force un- rine power links that help guarantee the ronmental policy and biodiversity strategy. til October 2019 and will cover two tourist electricity supply and telecommunications. seasons, gives continuity to the agreement Furthermore, Red Eléctrica strengthens its

ITALY Italian machine set for Mediterranean wave power extraction

Elements Works – completed the installa- we dissipated it locally. This time, however, tion of the last remaining part required for we will inject the electricity into the Italian successful power production from waves – grid. The program now waits for authorities’ the upgraded electronics box. approval to start the first phase of commis- According to the CEO of 40South Energy, sioning that will include the positioning Michele Grassi, the coming weeks will see of the ‘moving member’ with reduced size the commissioning of the machine plan- and the start of electricity production using ned to take place in two steps. that part.” The first part of the commissioning ope- As reported earlier, 40South Energy Italia ration will see the use of a scaled ‘moving and Elements Works sold the H24 device The upgrade works on the H24 wave en- member’ part of the device, and later – the to a clean energy subsidiary of Italian ener- ergy converter have been completed, and companies plan to put back the previous gy giant Enel – Enel Green Power – back in the device – owned by Enel Green Power – ‘moving member’ used in the first real-sea November 2016 as part of a co-investment stands ready to start producing power once demonstration of the device in 2015 that agreement between Invitalia Ventures and again using the waters of the Ligurian Sea. has since also underwent some upgrades. Enel Green Power. The original developers of the H24 device Grassi said: “The previous time that the Now, 40South Energy Italia and Elements – Italian companies 40South Energy and machine produced electricity from waves, Works have leased the H24 machine to use

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ITALY (continued) Italian machine set for Mediterranean wave power extraction it as a platform for their research and deve- can behave both as wave and tidal energy moving part above it, which moves accor- lopment activities. All results of the research harnessing machine that is always com- ding to waves or tides. will remain with the 40South Energy Italia, pletely submerged once installed. The H24 machine in the Ligurian Sea, ho- Grassi confirmed. It consists of a guiding part located on the wever, is only being used as a wave energy The H-type of ocean energy converter sea floor, or on a support structure, and of a research and demonstration platform.

ITALY Prysmian installed Venetian power cables

Prysmian has installed a 6 km submarine power cable link, made up of High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC) 132kV cables in the Venetian lagoon for Terna Rete Italia.

GREECE Crete power interconnection is put off The major project of the electrical intercon- ADMIE and EuroAsia, leading to a rift that jects of Common Interest. nection between Crete and Greece’s main- brings to an end the cooperation originally Now RAE has a two-month period to de- land grid is under threat following the sud- sealed with a memorandum of understan- cide whether it will proceed with a direct den end to the cooperation between the ding last October. concession of the project to ADMIE with a Independent Power Transmission Operator The Commission representative effectively binding timetable, or call a tender seeking (ADMIE) and the EuroAsia Interconnector signaled the end of the cooperation pro- investors. According to sources, RAE in- for the project’s joint construction. cess, saying the development was a parti- tends to make its decisions far earlier, pro- The meeting of the parties involved and cularly unpleasant surprise, for the project bably within next week, as there has already a European Commission representative, forms part of the power interconnection been a huge delay. held at the Regulatory Authority for Ener- of Greece, and and had been gy (RAE), failed to bridge the gap between included among the European Union’s Pro-

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MIDDLE EAST Fairfield Geo Nets Z700 Acquisition Project in Middle East

Fairfield Geotechnololgies has secured a nologies. Z700 acquisition project in the Middle East, “This project has it all, a complex and eco- beginning in December 2018. logically sensitive sea floor, crowded in- The project is expected to last nearly eight frastructure and demanding geophysical months, the company said. objectives. We have the technology, the “The Gulf represents tremendous opportu- operational experience and the node in- nity for OBN acquisition,” says Charles Davi- ventory to make this project a success.” son, president and CEO, Fairfield Geotech-

MIDDLE EAST Magseis Secures Middle East Extension Magseis has been granted an extension for mic services player, the project will start in the region where we over time have shown a cable operation in the Middle East using Q3 2018 and have a duration of approxima- strong operational performance and de- proprietary MASS nodes and the seismic tely 7 months. livered consistently excellent data quality vessel Artemis Athene. Per-Christian Grytnes, CEO comments: “We using our proprietary MASS node techno- According to the Norwegian seabed seis- are delighted to continue our operations in logy.”

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WEST AFRICA MainOne appoints Ivorien GM to drive Francophone expansion

over 20 years’ experience in marketing, sales and ICT management. He is an alumnus of one of the top business schools in Abidjan, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce d’Abidjan (ESCA) and has deep knowledge of the West African Telecoms market. This news follows an earlier announcement that MainOne had received a license to ex- pand national and international connectivi- ty services in Cote D’Ivoire and concluded the extension of its subsea cable network to Cote D’Ivoire and Senegal towards sti- mulating broadband development and ICT development in the countries and across the region. The company announced the expansion of its network into Cote D’Ivoire and the deployment of 180km optical fibre between the branching unit of the subsea cable extension into Cote D’Ivoire and a lan- ding station within the country in addition MainOne, West Africa’s leading connectivi- Before joining MainOne, Etienne Kouadio to a similar deployment plan for Senegal. ty and data centre solutions provider has Doh had contributed to the revitalization MainOne is committed to deepening appointed Etienne Kouadio Doh as Ge- and promotion of the Free Trade Zone broadband access via fibre infrastructure neral Manager, Francophone West Africa. Technology Park of Grand-Bassam, as Chief and data centres across West Africa. With In his new role, Kouadio Doh will lead the Operating Officer of VITIB S.A, the public & service delivery in 10 countries including company’s business development activities private joint Company in charge of promo- Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, in Cote D’Ivoire as well as oversee its expan- ting and managing the ICT & Biotechnolo- Togo, Cameroun, Benin, Niger, Senegal and sion into new Francophone markets. gy Free Trade Zone of Côte d’Ivoire. He was Chad, MainOne operates a 100G internatio- Commenting on Kouadio Doh’s appoint- also Managing Director for Alink Telecom in nal submarine cable system which guaran- ment, MainOne’s Regional Executive re- Niger, Ghana and in Cote d’Ivoire between tees highly reliable connectivity to support sponsible for West Africa, Kazeem Oladepo, 2006 to 2013. the growing demand for Internet access said: “We are excited to welcome Etienne Kouadio said: “I am excited to join the Mai- and bandwidth-intensive applications such to MainOne! His experience, leadership nOne team and be part of its success story as eCommerce, Content providers, OTT and knowledge in the telecom sector will in Africa. The company has established itself players and electronic banking and pay- create a significant value for the company, as a leading player in the broadband and ment services via 3/4G mobile networks. strengthen our footprint in the West Africa data centre space in Africa and I look for- The MainOne Submarine cable was the first Francophone economic zone and realise ward to further strengthening and growing privately owned cable in West Africa span- our vision for a connected continent via the MainOne in Cote D’Ivoire and other Franco- ning 7000KM with a capacity of 4.96 TBPS to provision of reliable and affordable open- phone countries, through strategic partner- connect West Africa to Europe via a landing access connectivity solutions to telecoms ships and market expansions.” in Portugal and multiple routes to London, providers, governments and corporates.” Kouadio Doh is an ICT professional with Paris and Amsterdam.

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MADAGASCAR Madagascar has faster internet than UK, France and Canada

Madagascar, one of world’s poorest coun- vantage, Madagascar’s high speed internet And despite its speed, internet connectivi- tries, has the fastest broadband internet barely serves its population. Just 13% of its ty isn’t always stable in Madagascar. In Fe- speed in Africa and has average speeds 25 million population has access to elec- bruary 2017 the EASSy cable broke down. much faster than some of the world’s tricity and only 2.1% of the population has Complete cable repairs took much longer wealthiest nations, according to a broad- access to the internet. There are only 2.75 IP than expected, a total of 15 days. In the band speed league table from UK analytics addresses per 1,000 people compared to a meantime clients were compromised and firm Cable, which collects data from 200 global average of 558 per person. it caused significant disruption to the eco- countries. Madagascar is the world’s only non-conflict nomy. At 24.9 megabits per second, Madagascar’s country that has become poorer since it Madagascar is not the only country that is broadband speed is more than twice the gained independence in 1960, according connected to the East African Submarine global average. Not only does this mean to the World Bank . The former French co- Cable System. The fiber optic cable is to be the African island nation has the fastest in- lony has an extreme poverty rate where linked to countries running from South Af- ternet speed on the continent, but it places almost 80% of the population live on less rica to Sudan. 22nd in the world, out-pacing Canada, than $1.90 per day. Data shows that one in France, and the UK. two Malagasy children is stunted because of malnutrition. Its gross national income income per capita dropped to $400 last year and compares with a Sub Saharan Afri- ca average of $1454.

Africa's Top 10 Fastest Internet Speeds

The broadband speed in Madagascar is due to the 10,000km-long East African Subma- rine Cable System (EASSy). An undersea Madagascar's GNI per capita is far below Sub Saha- ran Africa's average fiber optic cable that stretches from Sudan to South Africa. In 2014, the country’s lar- gest internet provider Telecom Malagasy signed an agreement with the international operating division of Hong Kong Telecom to make this happen.

Global Internet Speeds

But despite what seems a technological ad- EASSy Cable System

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MAURITIUS – RODRIGUES ISLAND E-marine to install cable system for Huawei Marine Networks

the past providing an infrastructure that is robust and is able to meet the high capaci- ty requirements of that country or region.” “We are committed to efficiently manage and implement these large-scale projects with innovative technologies and solu- E-marine, a leading company in providing high-speed submarine cable. tions,” he said. marine engineering and installation ser- PCCW will cooperate with Huawei Marine “Our company looks forward to work with vices for submarine cables in the region, re- Networks on the construction of the cable. Huawei Marine Networks on the Mars pro- cently bagged a contract from Huawei Ma- The Mars cable will help boost internet ject which will bring enhanced connectivi- rine Networks to install the ‘Mauritius and connectivity through the provision of high- ty to the East African region,” he added. Rodrigues Submarine Cable System’ (Mars). speed, large capacity bandwidth between Mike Constable, chief executive of Huawei the two islands located off the coast of East Marine, said: “As a global provider of subma- The 700km submarine cable, has a design Africa, it said. rine network solutions, we are pleased to capacity of 16Tbit/s. Huawei Marine will When commissioned, the system will cater partner again with E-Marine to deploy our provide the end-to-end solution and de- for increased bandwidth demand of Rod- high-speed submarine cable infrastructure ploy the system with a ready for service rigues residents and business enterprises which will help facilitate further economic date in 2019. over the next 25 years. development in the region.” PCCW Global, the international operating Omar Jassim Bin Kalban, chief executive E-marine has worked on several projects division of HKT, has agreed with Mauriti- officer, E-marine, said: “We have worked on across the region and maintains more than us Telecom to construct and maintain the several local and international projects in 100,000 km of submarine cables, it stated

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RUSSIA Lukoil to develop Caspian oil, gas field

Lukoil has approved development of Ra- cable lines connected with a second fixed water 100 km from Russia’s west coast and kushechnoye oil and gas field in the Caspi- platform at V. Filanovsky field 8.5 km away. 160 km from the port of Astrakhan. an Sea off Russia. Lukoil expects Rakushechnoye commercial Lukoil estimates recoverable reserves at 39 The company plans a fixed, ice-resistant production to start in 2023 and reach a pla- million tonnes of oil and condensate and platform, a quarters platform, a crossover teau rate of 1.2 million tonnes/year. 33 billion cu m of natural gas. bridge, and subsea interfield pipelines and Discovered in 2001, the field is in 5-8 m of

INDIA India Schedules Meetings with Offshore Wind Developers

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable En- As reported earlier, 35 companies and con- ment of offshore wind power. ergy (MNRE) will meet with the companies sortia expressed their interest to build the This was later expanded to cover the entire and the consortia which expressed their 1,000MW project. The list issued by MNRE EEZ of India subject to clearance from con- interest to develop the country’s first com- shows that there will be a total of 28 mee- cerned Ministries/Departments as per the mercial offshore wind farm later this month. tings held during the two days. country’s National Offshore Wind Energy The meetings will be held on 23 and 24 July The initial call for the Expressions of Interest Policy. during which the developers will make 10- (EoI) had identified zones off the coasts of 15-minute presentations. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu for the develop-

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BANGLADESH Slow broadband speeds due to repair work

Mashiur Rahman, managing director at Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), has revealed that internet users in the country are expected to expe- rience slow broadband speeds until 20 July, due to repair work and setting up of repea- ters on the SEA-ME-WE-4 cable.

Traffic during the repair work will be routed via alternative links, including the SEA-ME- WE-5 system. Bangladesh was connected to its first submarine cable (SEA-ME-WE-4) in 2005, through which it receives up to SEA-ME-WE 4 250Gbps of bandwidth. The landing station of the second submarine cable SEA-ME- WE-5 was inaugurated in Patuakhali’s Kala- para in September 2017.

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INDONESIA G8 Subsea completed shore-end in Jakarta

G8 Subsea, Singapore-Norwegian based subsea technology company have success- fully completed 10km 3m cable burial off Jakarta for the Jakarta-Bangka-Batam-Sin- gapore (B2JS) cable system.

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PHILIPPINES Converge ICT partners KT, LSI-Fibernet and TE Subcom for $1.8bn Philippines fibre backbone

Converge ICT Solutions, a Philippine broad- ple connect with one another through our vity with subsea cable systems that will link band services provider, has announced plans infrastructure.” The five-year rollout has the the Philippines to both Hong Kong and the to invest $1.8 billion to rollout a national fibre potential to reach more than 13 million of US. TE SubCom will also lay the submarine backbone network in a partnership with KT the 22 million households nationwide, par- system in the Visayas connecting multiple Corp, LSI-Fibernet and TE Connectivity. ticularly the major islands in the Visayas and large islands in the region. The investment will see expansions of exi- Mindanao. “We are expecting the project to be com- sting networks in metro Manila, the island South Korean telco KT won the project to pleted from the beginning to the end in 18 of , the Visayas, and Mindanoa – all install a 1,570km fibre cable system, worth months,” said TE Connectivity managing di- part of the 7,000 islands that make of the around $47 million, in the northern regi- rector Qian Zhoung. Philippines. “We have set our sights to bring ons of the Philippines’ biggest island Luzon Converge is aiming to complete the project the best internet connectivity by starting in Island. LSI-Fibernet will be tasked with the by 2021, though segments of the Luzon rol- Metro Manila and some key provinces in Lu- expansion of the network in Southern Luzon lout are expected to enter services as early zon,” said Converge ICT president and CEO with a 2,700km fibre “digital highway”, 600km as the end of 2018 while phases of the Visa- Dennis Uy. “By going nationwide, we can do of fibre in Vsayas and 900km in Mindanao. yas and Mindanao rollout are expected to more rollouts and more installations in other Converge has also shortlisted subsea cable be completed by mid-2019, and early 2020, islands in the Philippines, helping more peo- firm TE Subcom to look after interconnecti- respectively.

CHINA Longyuan Zhenhua Nets Two Offshore Wind Deals

Jiangsu Longyuan Zhenhua Marine Engi- bly of two offshore anemometer towers each and one with an output of 3.3MW. neering (Longyuan Zhenhua) has signed that make up the Guangdong Zhanjiang In April 2018, the company secured an two new offshore wind contracts in China, Xuwen Offshore Wind Power Project (Ane- EPC contract for the first phase of China’s one for two met masts off the Guandong mometer Tower Project) developed by Guangdong Yudean Zhanjiang Wailuo off- province and the other for construction State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). shore wind farm. The project’s general EPC works on a project in the Liaoning province. For the Liaoning Dalian Zhuanghe III Off- contractor, Guangdong Electric Power De- The company, a joint venture between shore Wind Power Project, developed by sign & Research Institute, awarded the joint ZPMC and Jiangsu Longyuan Offshore China Three Gorges New Energy, Longyuan venture with the engineering, procurement Wind Power, will carry out the construction, Zhenhua will install foundations, as well as and construction of the offshore wind two-year maintenance and final disassem- 15 wind turbines with an output of 6.45MW farm’s monopiles and 220kV substation.

CHINA Chinese Offshore Wind Farm in Turbine Installation Mode

The 300MW Jiangsu Dafeng Three Gorges The project is jointly owned and developed ds in the coastal regions, Goldwind said. offshore wind farm in China has entered by Goldwind and China Three Gorges. the turbine installation phase with the first According to Goldwind, turbine installation Goldwind 3.3MW unit put into place at the teams have to overcome several difficulties end of May, Goldwind said. at the site, including complex offshore ter- The 300MW wind farm will feature 43 Gold- rain and varying water depths. wind 3.3MW turbines and 17 Goldwind Once completed, the project will generate 6.45MW turbines installed offshore Jiangsu as much as 797 million kWh of electricity per Province in the East China Sea. year, providing power to 500,000 househol-

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CHINA Orient Cable delivered umbilical to CNOOC

Orient Cable has delivered 23.047 km of the from, WC9-2/9-3 , with a subsea production umbilical cable to CNOOC's shallow-water system. gas project in South China with its laying The umbilical cable design has 128 mm OD, vessel MW603-1. Sandvik SAF steel tube, 25 year life span and The umbilical cable, as shown below , will 500 m below water. link CNOOC's new central equipment plat-

JAPAN Japan’s Demo Floater Takes Final Shape A consortium led by Japan’s New Energy connected to the grid via power cables. and Industrial Technology Development Following a test run, the floater is expected Organization (NEDO) has fully assembled to be commissioned this autumn and be in a 3MW demonstrator operation until 2021, NEDO said. at the Kitakyushu Port. The project aims to validate and impro- The two-bladed wind turbine is installed ve the cost-effectiveness of floating wind on Ideol’s patented Damping Pool floating technology suitable for depths of between platform. 50 metres and 100 metres. The foundation was built at Hitachi Zosen’s Apart from NEDO, Hitachi Zosen and Ideol, Sakai shipyard and towed to the Kitakyushu the consortium includes Marubeni Corpo- Port at the end of June. ration, the University of Tokyo, Eco Power The wind turbine will be towed to the in- Company, Glocal Inc, and Kyushu Electric stallation site some 15 kilometres off Kitaky- Future Energy Co. ushu City where it will be anchored and

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SOUTH KOREA South Korea's 1st floating offshore wind turbine to begin test operation next year

South Korea's first floating offshore wind University of Ulsan, Mastek Heavy Industries turbine will enter test operations off the Co., Unison and Seho Engineering Co. coast of the southeastern city of Ulsan in Ulsan plans to build an offshore wind po- the first half of next year, the city govern- wer complex with 50 floating turbines by ment said. 2022 with an investment of 1.5 trillion won. The 16 billion won (around US$14.27 milli- South Korea plans to install offshore wind on) project will make South Korea the fifth farms with a combined capacity of 12 giga- country to run a floating wind farm follow- watts as part of its long-term goal to incre- ing Norway, Britain, Japan and Portugal. ase the proportion of renewable energy to The project to build the 750-kilowatt tur- 20 percent by 2030. bine was launched in 2016 jointly with the

PAPUA NEW GUINEA China to fund cable project

The Exim Bank of China will finance the net capacity nationwide. Infrastructure will come under PNG DataCo construction of the K661 million (US$200 The Kumul cable will run from Port Mores- as the internet wholesale arm of Kumul Te- million) PNG Kumul domestic submarine by, Alotau, Popondetta, Lae and Madang. likom Holdings. cable project, says Minister for Public Enter- “We would like to thank the people of Chi- “This is the construction of the landing site prises and State Investment William Duma. na, who through the Exim Bank of China for both the Coral Sea submarine cable from have agreed to fund this important dome- Australia all the way to Papua New Guinea, stic project to the tune of US$200 million,” and the Kumul domestic submarine cable Duma said. that we are embarking on,” Duma said. “Huawei is the company appointed to help “The Australian government has agreed to us construct this important project.” help the Government of Papua New Guinea The landing point is located at the Kila Po- by funding most of the cost of the cable lice Barracks in Port Moresby. Construction from Sydney to Port Moresby. I have been would be completed towards the end of advised that the Australian government has the year. selected a company called Vocus, who will be responsible for the construction of the cable to PNG as well as to Solomon Islands. “We are grateful to Australia for continuing to help us when we need them.” Papua New Guinea is expected to contri- bute 10 per cent of the total cost for the construction of the Coral Sea submarine cable. PNG National Submarine Fibre Cable Network He said this was being done in preparation for the Coral Sea submarine cable from Aus- Coral Sea submarine cable tralia, in order to distribute increased inter-

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FRENCH POLYNESIA NATITUA cable system arrived in Hao Atoll

Alcatel Submarine Networks’ (ASN’s) cable hine, Raiatea and Bora Bora to Hawaii (US). laying ship Ile de Batz has arrived in the Hao As previously reported, the Office of Post atoll (French Polynesia) from Papeete, with and Telecommunications (Office des Postes roughly 1,000km of the NATITUA submarine et Telecommunications, OPT) and Nokia’s cable now being laid out. ASN signed a turnkey agreement for the deployment of the subsea cable system in July 2017.

Spanning more than 2,500km, the NATITUA system (with design capacity of 10Tbps) will link Tahiti to eight atolls in the archi- pelago of Tuamotu – Rangiroa, Manihi, Ta- karoa, Kaukura, Arutua, Fakarava, Makemo and Hao – with two islands of Marquisas, namely Hiva Oa and Nuku Hiva. The AUD65 million (USD48 million) NATI- TUA cable will extend the existing Honotua cable system, which connects the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti, Moorea, Hua-

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CALL FOR PAPERS ICPC Plenary 2019, San Diego, 14th – 16th May 2019

The ICPC is a non-commercial, non-profit international community of interest comprising 174 Member organisations from 68 countries who are active in the critical activities of regulating, operating, building, securing and maintaining submarine cable infrastructure. ICPC Members take care of over 97% of the world’s submarine telecommunications cable infrastructure, and an increasing number of international submarine power cables. The ICPC Plenary will be held at the Courtyard Liberty Station Hotel, San Diego, California, USA from 14th – 16th May 2019 inclusive. Attendance at the ICPC Plenary provides significant benefits for members, presenters and exhibitors. The theme for the ICPC’s 2019 Plenary is: Critical Infrastructure Across the – protecting submarine cables and the marine environment The ICPC now seeks presentation abstracts that address this broad theme. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following. • The future of submarine cable protection – news and developments • International power cables – growth and challenges • Expanding the cable network and protecting the world’s oceans • Innovative and challenging cable routes • Technology for submarine cable security and resilience • Operation and maintenance trends • Law, policy and international cables • Sharing the seabed with competing uses The ICPC Plenary attracts global attendance and provides valuable opportunities to exchange ideas on the planning, installation, operation, protection and maintenance of cables, to learn from colleagues facing similar challenges, and to get up-to-date with environmental and legal aspects of submarine cables. The Plenary agenda includes presentations, round tables, keynote interviews, exhibits and networking opportunities. More information on the ICPC can be found at: www.iscpc.org Abstracts, Important Dates and Presentations a) Abstracts can be submitted online by clicking here. b) Presentations should be a maximum of 25 minutes long, including approximately 5 minutes for questions and answers, formatted in accordance with the ICPC guidelines that will be provided. c) The ICPC will evaluate all submissions based on content, relevance and quality. d) Overt marketing presentations will not be accepted. One slide stating the presenter’s affiliation and its activities can be included at the beginning or end of the presentation. e) The cut-off date for abstract submission is Friday 22nd February 2019. f) Decision notification to presenters by Friday 23rd March 2019. We look forward to meeting you in San Diego.

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AUSTRALIA Carnegie completes offshore survey on Albany wave site

Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has wrapped up a geophysi- cal site survey of the proposed Albany off- shore deployment site for the CETO 6 wave project. Carnegie completed a survey whose pur- pose was to establish the offshore geology and suitable strata thickness to inform the technical and economic feasibility of the foundation design for the CETO 6 wave en- wer generation, subsea cable to shore and ergy converter to be deployed at the Alba- an onshore substation, in its totality repre- ny site. senting a CETO power generating system. The survey was completed by EGS Survey The CETO 6 buoy oscillates with the ocean’s based out of Henderson, using the vessel waves and transfers energy to a power con- Business Class owned and operated by Em- version unit located inside the buoy, gene- press Marine in the beginning of June 2018. rating power offshore. This power is then In addition, South Coast Natural Resource transmitted onshore via a subsea cable, Management of Albany provided a local ex- for the foundation installation and is contri- according to the project information. pert in marine fauna who was on board the buting to the development of a geological Demonstrating the CETO 6 unit at the Alba- vessel to ensure the operations conform model”, the company said. ny site will allow for the demonstration of with all state and federal legislation regar- The geophysical survey team consisted of the CETO technology in higher sea states, ding marine wildlife, Carnegie informed. three vessel crew, four survey crew, a client and in increased extreme design waves, representative for Carnegie and a marine according to Australian Renewable Energy “The geophysical survey collected very mammal observer. The team was sup- Agency (ARENA). accurate bathymetry data, seabed sedi- ported by the Carnegie and EGS manage- The new CETO 6 device will be first deplo- ment identification and geological data to ment teams from Perth and Albany. yed at the site during the 2019/2020 sum- a depth of approximately 50 meters below The facility constructed in the Albany Wave mer weather window. sea bed. This has allowed for the identifica- Energy Project project will consist of a sin- tion of the preferred geological conditions gle submerged CETO unit with offshore po-

AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA North-West makes case for second interconnector landing site

Calls are mounting for the state’s proposed cently identified Burnie and Port Latta as benefits of having the landing site for a se- second interconnector to originate from two of the most suitable landing sites for cond interconnector in the North-West. the Coast, as the Coalition party room pre- a new interconnector, which would allow Burnie Mayor Alvwyn Boyd said an inter- pares to debate the National Energy Gua- Tasmania to import and export more ener- connector coming out of the Cradle Coast rantee in Canberra. gy to and from the mainland. region would “create incredible opportuni- A second undersea cable connecting Tas- It came after the Australian Renewable En- ties … opening up investment”. mania to the mainland has long been ergy Agency identified 14 sites in the North- “Our region can provide clean, reliable and mooted, but the prospect of increased en- West, West and Central Highlands as ideally affordable energy to the rest of the nation,” ergy stability under the NEG is seeing the placed for pumped hydro developments. Alderman Boyd has said. idea inch closer to reality. Burnie City Council and Circular Head “I sincerely hope that all states and political State-owned company TasNetworks re- Council have both spruiked the potential parties will come to an agreement on nati-

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(continued on p.61) AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA North-West makes case for second interconnector landing site onal energy policy, to provide certainty for West of Tasmanian to be a provider of re- what the right location [for a second inter- investment, and to unlock the huge poten- newable energy,” Cr Quilliam said. connector] is,” Mr Gutwein said. tial for growth in our region.” “Council favours the introduction of go- While a meeting of the nation’s energy mi- Circular Head Mayor Daryl Quilliam said vernment policy that promotes greater in- nisters resulted in the states providing con- North-West Tasmania was “well placed” to troduction of renewables into the energy ditional support for the NEG, that support supply low emissions energy to the main- supply mix.” is contingent on the Coalition party room land. Treasurer Peter Gutwein said a second inter- reaching a consensus on the policy. “Energy policy which supports a low emis- connector would lead to increased invest- And that is not necessarily assured, given sions energy source leading to initiatives ment and job opportunities in Tasmania the NEG has been a divisive issue in Liberal- such as an additional interconnector and “I think one of the key things that’s occur- National ranks. pumped hydro storage in Tasmania will ring at the moment is that we’re going open up further opportunity for the North- through the process of understanding

NEW ZEALAND ABB Will Upgrade Historic New Zealand HVDC Link ABB has received an order from Transpo- plays an important role in the New Zealand minimizes impact on the grid and the po- wer New Zealand Ltd to upgrade its high- electricity market by allowing power tra- wer-trading market. voltage direct current (HVDC) link which ding between the two islands. “This upgrade will enhance grid reliability interconnects the transmission grids of the ABB has an historic involvement in the link. and availability thereby increasing power North and South islands. The link is a vital The first New Zealand link was commissi- security and bringing clean power to con- element of the country’s transmission sys- oned by ABB, (erstwhile ASEA), in 1965 as sumers.” said Claudio Facchin, President of tem and is used as an energy-balancing one of the first HVDC transmission systems ABB’s Power Grids division. “The project rei- system, between the two islands. ABB Abili- in the world. It was originally a bipolar 600 terates our strategic focus on service, our ty™ MACH control system, which acts as the megawatt (MW) link with mercury arc val- commitment to integrating renewables, brain or nerve center of the link will be a key ves, until the original equipment was paral- and the role of digital technologies based component of the upgrade. leled onto a single pole in 1992, and a new on our ABB Ability based technologies and The houses more than three thyristor-based pole was commissioned reinforces our HVDC technology leadership, times the population of the , by ABB alongside it, increasing capacity to as a partner of choice for enabling a stron- which besides its picturesque landscape, 1040 MW. The first installation was decom- ger, smarter and greener grid.” offers vast amounts of hydro power. As a missioned in 2012 after 47 years in opera- ABB pioneered HVDC technology 60 years consequence, demand for power on the tion. ago and has been awarded approximately North Island is substantially higher and The scope of the project includes a valve 120 HVDC projects representing a total in- relies on power generated on the South upgrade of pole 2 consisting of , stalled capacity of more than 130,000 MW, Island. The more than 600 kilometer (km) fiber optics and valve control units based accounting for about half of the global in- long North-South HVDC interconnection on the latest ABB AbilityTM MACH control stalled base. enables efficient transmission of clean po- system. The upgrade, to be finalized in wer to areas of high demand. The link also 2020, will be carried out in a manner that

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ALEUTIAN ISLANDS FCC commissioner gets earful on internet service in Unalaska

Even with the present low level of service, funding did eventually come through. committed to the project to connect the the internet is critically important to com- Federal Communications Commissioner town from Kodiak. While land systems merce and medicine in the Aleutian Islands, Brendan Carr couldn’t hear enough bad have more redundancy, that isn’t available and maybe even the military if conflict ever things about the poor quality of internet underwater, and the only backup is slow heats up with nuclear-armed North Korea. service, during a community meeting Aug. satellites, which he said his company will War has struck the Aleutians before and 7 in Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, the nation’s still maintain in addition to the underwater it potentially could happen again, accor- busiest fishing port, as part of a statewide cable. ding to Unalaska residents who want the tour. There wasn’t enough time. Subsea cables break once every seven ye- Department of Defense to step up to the Help is on the way, he said, cautioning ars, on average, and Boyette said it usually plate and help fund improvements to the there’s no “silver bullet.” takes a week for ship to arrive and repair internet service in a remote yet strategically “Broadband is critical” to the success of the the rupture, once the damage is located. important location. fishing industry, he said. “This is a place Robinson said it could take over two weeks, At the Iliuiliuk Family and Health Services, that’s on our radar. We have to do a bet- between the time it takes a ship to arrive telemedicine couldn’t happen without ter job,” he told the crowd of about 40 at and then locate the problem. federal funding, according to executive Unalaska City Hall. Boyette said the south side route is advan- director James Kaech who said the Unalas- The federal government plans to send tageous because it is ice-free year round, ka clinic receives about $1 million in Rural more of the $10 billion Universal Service easing vessel access. The company had Health Care funding, allowing local medical Fund to Alaska, he said, which includes the previously considered a more economical providers to consult with specialists at Pro- Rural Health Care Funding. route along the peninsula’s north side, from vidence Alaska Medical Center in an emer- Vice Mayor Dennis Robinson said that even Levelock. gency situation involving life-threatening if a subsea fiberoptic cable finally brings fast “We need connectivity to be able to reach injuries. internet to Unalaska, it it is still prone to dis- the East Coast without your call being drop- “Without it, we would not be able to afford ruption if the cable breaks along the rugged ped 57 times,” said local resident Lori Grego- the cost, and without it we would not be coast on the south side of the Alaska Penin- ry. She cited the area’s military importance, able to be online,” Kaech said. The clinic sula, and asked a telecom executive in the past and present, from World War II to today receives internet service through Alas- audience about plans for “redundancy,” or a given the Aleutian archipelago’s proximity ka Communications Systems, and at one backup system. to Asia and simmering international hosti- point a $100,000 shortfall in federal reim- GCI Vice President Dan Boyette said the lities. bursements left medical providers worried subsea fiberoptic cable is still at least two if the service could continue, although the years away, and the company still hasn’t

ALASKA Moorings deployed for Alaska wave energy research Researchers from the Alaska Center for water and sediment sampling, and conduc- The activities are part of a three-year pro- Energy and Power (ACEP) have deployed tivity, and temperature and depth casts. ject set for completion in 2020. The project mooring equipment in Stefansson Sound Research will continue with the deploy- is funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy in the Beaufort Sea as part of government- ment of a fourth mooring, according to Management and Sandia National Labs. backed wave energy research project. ACEP. Aside from three oceanographic moorings Once the work is complete in Stefansson that have been deployed, the researchers Sound, researchers will travel west to Drew have also completed a bathymetric survey Point to deploy a mooring for Sandia Nati- in the region. onal Labs and complete a bathymetric sur- In order to characterize the area, the scien- vey complemented with additional sam- tists have additionally conducted arrays of pling, the center added.

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CANADA WFN Strategies to Support Landmark Arctic EAUFON Cable Route Survey for Kativik

Plans are underway for the first system to The EAUFON submarine cable will have lan- scope. WFN Strategies has been involved one of Canada’s most isolated regions. ding points at multiple Inuit and non-Inuit with all aspects of implementing telecom- communities in Canada’s Kativik region, lo- munications systems and Information and cated in northern Quebec. It has an initial Communications Technologies (ICT) – from Ready For Service date of 2020 with possi- feasibility studies through capital budge- ble extensions planned subsequently. ting to engineering, purchasing, and instal- Initial work is already underway to expedite lation to commissioning and testing. the process to have the route survey com- pleted during the 2018 open water season. About Kativik Regional Government: This result of the route survey is intended The Kativik Regional Government (www. to be used for the eventual construction of krg.ca) was created in 1978 pursuant to the WFN Strategies has been awarded a con- such a cable system to serve the needs of James Bay and Northern Québec Agree- tract by the Kativik Regional Government the communities for the next several de- ment to deliver public services to Nunavim- to provide cable route survey support for cades. miut. Many of the KRG’s responsibilities are the proposed Eastern Arctic Undersea Fibre stipulated in the Act respecting Northern Optic Network (EAUFON) submarine tele- About WFN Strategies: Villages and the Kativik Regional Govern- coms cable system linking multiple towns WFN Strategies (www.wfnstrategies.com) ment (Kativik Act). Other mandates have and village in the Kativik region of Canada. is an ISO 9001:2015 certified designer and been delegated to the KRG by the region’s “We are excited to be working again with implementer of submarine fiber cable sys- municipalities and the Québec govern- the Kativik Regional Government in sup- tems for commercial, governmental and ment. The Kativik Regional Government port of this significant submarine cable oil & gas companies throughout the world. also has the important task of delivering project, as well as developing a new system WFN Strategies designs, engineers and im- technical assistance to the 14 Northern in the Arctic environment,” said Wayne Niel- plements submarine optical cable systems villages regarding management and mu- sen, WFN Strategies managing director. “We for commercial, governmental and oil and nicipal accounting, land use planning and look forward to supporting KRG in its goal gas clients, which have utilized repeatered development, legal affairs, engineering and of enhancing connectivity to the Canadian and unrepeatered technologies, and have public transit, to name but a few fields. Arctic.” been transoceanic, regional, or festoon in

CANADA - US Deployment of Canada – US fibre link starting soon Permits from the US Department of Envi- will offer dark fibre and managed services ronmental Conservation (DEC) and several to enterprise and carrier customers, as well state and federal agencies for the deploy- as ultra-low latency services to financial ment of a 58km submarine cable directly networks. connecting Canada with the US via Lake The submarine cable is part of a 131km net- Ontario have now been secured, with the work between , Ontario and Buffalo, rollout expected to commence shortly. New York, which is expected to be ready- The 96-fibre pair submarine cable network, for-service (RFS) by October 2018. which will land northwest of Lockport on Additionally, Crosslake Fibre has also an- the US shores and close to Toronto’s down- nounced plans for a submarine cable sys- town core on the Canadian end, will be in- tem, called Wall-LI, connecting cable lan- stalled by IT International Telecom Canada. ding stations in Wall (New Jersey) to Long Crosslake Fibre will own and operate the Island (New York) with a RFS date of June system as an independent operator and 2019.

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MASSACHUSETTS Shell Applies for Massachusetts Offshore Wind Lease Sale

Oil & gas giant Shell has filed the required wind energy areas off Massachusetts: Lease In a recent competitive bid procedure, the documents to qualify for bidding at an OCS-A 0502 (248,015ha) and Lease OCS-A 800MW project was selected upcoming offshore wind lease sale in Mas- 0503 (140,554ha). to proceed, with the remaining bidders sachusetts, due to take place this fall, accor- The PSN also requested the affirmation of being Bay State Wind (a joint venture bet- ding to Bloomberg Environment. continued interest from any prospective ween Ørsted and Eversource) and Deep- Bloomberg Environment cited Shell’s spo- bidders already eligible for commercial water Wind, which also hold commercial kesperson as saying that the company wind energy development offshore Mas- offshore wind leases in Massachusetts. submitted the necessary papework to to sachusetts, and submission of the required Shell, which is part of a consortium that the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage- qualification materials from any prospec- will build the Borssele III & IV offshore wind ment (BOEM), while BOEM’s spokesperson tive bidders that BOEM had not previously project in the Netherlands, was among the declined to confirm the companies that qualified for a lease sale in the state. nine eligible bidders for the area offshore applied for getting qualified for the auction. In 2016, Massachusetts enacted legislation Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, but ultimately In April 2018, BOEM issued a Proposed Sale requiring utilities to enter into long-term decided not to bid at the commercial lease Notice (PSN), requesting public comments contract for 1,600MW of offshore wind po- sale held in March 2017. on the proposal to auction two additional wer not later than 30 June, 2027.

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MASSACHUSETTS Bay State Wind Reconfigures Proposed Turbine Layout Based on Fishermen Input

velopment, and Eversource, New England’s premier electric transmission company. The partners will submit a construction and operations plan to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in early 2019, which will include the updated turbine lay- out. About Ørsted Ørsted (NASDAQ OMX: ORSTED) is one of Northern Europe's leading energy groups headquartered in Denmark. Around 6,200 employees develop, construct and operate offshore wind farms, generate heat and po- wer from power stations as well as supply and trade in energy to wholesale, business and residential customers. In addition, we Bay State Wind announced a significant other developers towards a clean energy produce oil and gas, and a process has change to its proposed layout for a New future.” been initiated to divest this business unit. England offshore wind farm. In response “With local roots that go back more than The continuing part of the Group has ap- to feedback from fishermen and commu- 100 years, we’re proud to serve New Eng- proximately 5,800 employees and genera- nity members, Bay State Wind has revised land and understand the importance of the ted a revenue in 2016 of DKK 61 billion (EUR its turbine layout pattern. The change de- fishing industry to ports in the region,” said 8.2 billion). For further information, see ht- monstrates Bay State Wind’s commitment Mike Auseré, Vice President of Business De- tps://orsted.com/ and follow us on twitter to being a good neighbor, and it will ac- velopment at Eversource. “We’re happy to (@OrstedNA). commodate historical fishing patterns, and collaborate with a company like Ørsted that About Eversource help to provide greater ease of fishing wi- shares our commitment to being respon- Eversource (NYSE: ES) transmits and deli- thin, and transiting through, the wind farm. sive to the needs of local communities.” vers electricity and natural gas and supplies Bay State Wind’s Engineering and Layouts The new plan realigns the wind turbine lay- water to approximately 4 million customers team incorporated as many suggestions as out so that the turbines are located in rows in , Massachusetts and New possible from fishermen and local stakehol- running East-to West, the preferred orienta- Hampshire. Recognized as the top U.S. utili- ders, while keeping in mind the need to ba- tion for fishing. The updated layout also in- ty for its energy efficiency programs by the lance safe navigation, fishing concerns and cludes an average of one nautical mile bet- sustainability advocacy organization Ceres, clean energy production. ween turbine rows to create distinct fishing Eversource harnesses the commitment of “We are committed to being strong part- corridors while continuing to optimize its more than 8,300 employees across three ners with New England’s fishing industry wind utilization and energy production. states to build a single, united company and our neighbors in local communities,” Feedback from the local fishing commu- around the mission of safely delivering reli- said Thomas Brostrøm, President of Ørsted nity indicated that the irregular pattern of able energy and water with superior custo- North America. “As we continue to design the previous plan could make fishing in mer service. For more information, please sustainable energy for the state, we have and transiting through the wind farm area visit our website (www.eversource.com) taken steps to make the layout of wind tur- difficult, especially in bad weather or while and follow us on Twitter (@EversourceCorp) bines more fishing friendly while maintai- towing or setting gear. and Facebook (facebook.com/Eversour- ning energy optimization. We will continue Bay State Wind is a partnership between Ør- ceEnergy). For more information on our wa- to work with agencies, stakeholders, and sted, the world’s leader in offshore wind de- ter services, visit www.aquarionwater.com.

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MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts Promotes New Offshore Wind Cable Concept

This is good news for the offshore wind in- ded – two to Deepwater Wind and one dustry, but the legislature also proposed a each to Bay State Wind and Vineyard Wind. change in the way that wind farms off the Two others are to be awarded. All are virtu- Massachusetts coast should be connected ally contiguous, as can be seen on the map to the shore – a subject that is of particular below from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Ener- interest to the submarine power cable in- gy Management (BOEM). dustry. As Liz Burdock, Executive Director of the This is a trend that is being seen in Europe Business Network for Offshore Wind, ex- – cables from a number of wind farms con- plained, “The legislation encourages state nected to one or more offshore platforms officials to consider a different type of off- that in turn are connected by cables to the shore wind procurement in the future. In- shore. In Massachusetts’ case, it would sim- stead of each developer building a separate plify one problem by having fewer cable transmission line to their own wind farm, landings (or at least concentrating them in The Massachusetts Legislature has passed the legislation urges consideration of buil- a small area) in a region that has a history of a bill to double the states procurement of ding one transmission line to the area to opposition to such landings. offshore wind-generated electricity. serve multiple wind farms.” Few details are available about the concept Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker is ex- There are six wind energy areas (WEAs) off and it will be interesting to see how it deve- pected to sign the bill into law, according to the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Is- lops and who would build it. press reports. land. Four of them have already been awar-

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NOVA SCOTIA Cape Sharp Tidal Deploys In-Stream Turbine at FORCE

plishments in the Minas Passage, and we’re enthusiasm for this project, particularly the looking forward to continued progress.” community of Parrsboro,” said Tony Wright, Cape Sharp Tidal’s first demonstration tur- general manager of FORCE. “This work isn’t bine was deployed and grid-connected possible without the expertise of marine in November 2016 and recovered in June operators, researchers, and countless Atlan- 2017. tic Canadian businesses. Today we’re plea- “We believe the renewable energy poten- sed to be able to continue the important tial of the Bay of Fundy can be harnessed research to understand how tidal turbines using in-stream tidal technology,” said Chri- interact with the Minas Passage environ- stian Richard, Cape Sharp Tidal director. “As ment.” our work continues to advance, our know- Over the past year, the project team has ledge and experience will be critically im- been working to apply everything lear- Cape Sharp Tidal has deployed an in-stream portant to advancing this industry for Nova ned from the previously deployed turbine tidal turbine and connected it to the power Scotia and the world.” and environmental monitoring devices. grid at the Fundy Ocean Research Center Deployment operations began in the Minas Upgrades have been made to the turbine for Energy (FORCE) site in Nova Scotia’s Mi- Passage on Thursday, July 19, with several technology in order to improve the opera- nas Passage. days of preparatory activity. The turbine ting efficiency of the turbine and improve- “This exciting achievement can be credi- was deployed on Sunday, July 22 and grid- ments have also been made to the environ- ted to the hard work and dedication of our connected on Tuesday, July 24. The turbine mental monitoring program. team,” said Alisdair McLean, Cape Sharp Ti- is now undergoing initial commissioning, Cape Sharp Tidal is a joint venture between dal director. “This is the second in-stream with operational and environmental moni- OpenHydro, a Naval Energies company, and tidal turbine we’ve deployed at the FORCE toring device testing being conducted by Nova Scotia-headquartered energy firm site. We’re proud that we’re still the only de- the OpenHydro team. Emera. veloper to realize such important accom- “I want to say thank you for the support and

OHIO Icebreaker Adjudicatory Hearing Gets New Date

garding Icebreaker Windpower’s applica- layed for August this year due to a request tion to construct an offshore wind farm in from OPSB staff to suspend the procedural Lake Erie in Cleveland, US. schedule to have more time to obtain infor- The postponement comes as a response mation from Icebreaker Windpower on the to a motion Icebreaker Windpower filed to pre- and post-construction radar technolo- revise the procedural schedule in the case. gy monitoring protocol selected for use at The hearing, previously scheduled for 6 Au- the site for determining project impacts. gust, will be held on 24 September at 10:00 The project proposal includes the construc- a.m. local time in Columbus, when formal tion of six MHI Vestas wind turbines some 8 parties to the case will be able to present to 10 miles offshore Cleveland. The turbines pre-filed testimony and evidence and proposed have a nameplate capacity rating cross-examine other parties’ witnesses. of 3.45MW, resulting in a combined genera- This marks the second postponement of ting capacity of up to 20.7MW. The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has the adjudicatory hearing, as it was initially rescheduled the adjudicatory hearing re- scheduled for 17 November 2017, but de-

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NEW YORK Deepwater Wind Marshaling Multi-Million Dollar Ocean Floor Survey for Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind Farm

inform the specific location of turbines. In addition, Deepwater has commissioned a separate team of experts to conduct a lar- ge-scale geophysical survey at the site. A full suite of high-tech survey technology will be used in the geotechnical and geo- physical surveys, including sonar, magne- tometers and tools to measure the depth and slope of the seafloor. Marine biologists aboard will use monitoring systems and thermal imaging cameras to alert the team of any marine mammals in the area. The South Fork Wind Farm and Revolution Wind projects are located in Deepwater Wind’s federal lease site, more than 15 miles south of the Rhode Island coast and more Deepwater Wind is beginning a new inten- veled from the Gulf of Mexico for the job. than 30 miles off Montauk, N.Y. sive phase of work on its South Fork Wind With its distinctive 200-feet long jack-up Once permits are in-hand, local construc- Farm and Revolution Wind projects. Deep- legs, the Supporter is designed to work in tion work on the 90-megawatt (MW) South water Wind will deploy from Quonset Point offshore waters. (It’s a similar vessel to the Fork Wind Farm would begin in 2021, with a survey vessel and dozens of experts tas- pair of liftboats that helped transport com- the wind farm in operations in 2022. ked with completing a multi-million dollar ponents for the Construction would start as early as 2020 offshore research effort. from ProvPort to the wind farm site.) on the 400 MW of power from Revolution The start of this five-month long suite of de- Deepwater Wind commissioned the Provi- Wind to serve Rhode Island, and in 2021 on tailed offshore surveys at Deepwater Wind’s dence, R.I. office of the engineering design the 200 MW of power from Revolution Wind federal lease site off New England will be- firm GZA to perform this survey – the same to serve Connecticut. Revolution Wind is gin with the work of a 132-foot specialized local team who completed this work for the planned to begin operations in 2023. liftboat and a support vessel, plus 25 local Block Island Wind Farm. GZA experts will A similar survey effort is already underway personnel, including geotechnical speci- oversee offshore sampling operations and off the coasts of Maryland and alists, engineers, biologists, archaeologists then conduct the geotechnical analysis on to inform the design and construction of and mariners. Their work will help inform these samples. Deepwater Wind’s 120 MW Skipjack Wind the design and locations of the turbines at The 104-foot offshore support vessel Farm. the South Fork Wind Farm and Revolution Matthew Hughes will carry equipment and Wind. personnel back and forth from Quonset About Deepwater Wind “We’re embarking on this major scientific Point to the Supporter. Together, the ves- Deepwater Wind is America’s leading off- endeavor so we can better understand the sels will be busy with geotechnical surve- shore wind developer and the only com- seafloor where we’ll build these next wind- ying offshore for the next month or so. pany operating an offshore wind farm in farms,” said Deepwater Wind CEO Jeffrey Deepwater Wind’s extensive studies will the United States. The Company is actively Grybowski. “When we’re done, we’ll know continue this fall, with additional geophy- planning offshore wind projects to serve more about this part of the ocean than ever sical surveys between September and multiple East Coast markets located 15 or before. Local laborers, mariners and scien- December to support the development of more miles offshore, including Connecti- tists will help us get the job done.” the South Fork and Revolution Wind farms. cut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Area Piledrivers from Local 56 were busy this Deepwater Wind will conduct a specialized New York and Rhode Island. The Company’s week at Specialty Diving Services’ quayside high-resolution geophysical survey of the Block Island Wind Farm is America’s first off- at Quonset Point preparing components site to identify any boulders buried in the shore wind farm. Visit www.dwwind.com on the Seacor liftboat Supporter, which tra- seafloor. This highly specialized survey will for more info.

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NEW YORK New York Zones In on Offshore Wind

tions, which closed on Monday, 30 July. BOEM initially identified four potential call areas in the New York Bight, Fairways North, Fairways South, Hudson North, and Hud- son South, which included 222 whole OCS blocks and 172 partial blocks and covered approximately 2,047 square nautical miles.

In its comments, the state deferred consi- deration of Fairways North and South as potential lease areas, and also removed cer- tain areas within Hudson North, and Hud- son South to ensure that landward-most boundary of any lease area is at least 20 miles from shore. ”New York submits the enclosed comments supporting the identification of the most optimal future wind energy areas in the New York Bight, supported by the State’s New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has another 800MW of capacity expected to be Offshore Wind Master Plan and its 20 sup- called on the US Department of Interior to procured by 2019, Cuomo said. porting studies published earlier this year,” delineate and lease at least four new wind The lease areas are situated on the New Cuomo said. energy areas recommended by the state’s York Bight, an area of shallow waters bet- ”Let me be clear: our commitment to off- Offshore Wind Master Plan. ween to the north and east and shore wind is smarter, cleaner, and safer The new four lease areas, totalling 3.2GW, the New Jersey coast to the south and west. than the frightening federal proposal to would support New York’s offshore wind The letter also enclosed the state’s com- allow offshore drilling. Instead of trying to initiative which calls for the development ments on the Department of Interior revive the fossil fuel industry, I call on you to of 2.4GW capacity by 2030. The 90MW Sou- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s join us in our efforts to build a 21st century th Fork project is already underway, with (BOEM) Call for Information and Nomina- clean energy economy.”

NEW YORK New York to Study European Offshore Wind Transmission Models

New York power agencies and partners in the development of our robust offshore study. New York Independent System Ope- have signed a Memorandum of Understan- wind industry, aiming to make wind energy rator, Con Edison, New York State Energy ding to conduct a study of successful off- as accessible and affordable as possible for Research and Development Authority, and shore wind transmission models with a spe- all New Yorkers,” Governor Cuomo said. Long Island Power Authority will collabo- cific focus on largescale European projects. “As we strive to meet aggressive energy rate with NYPA on the initial phase of the The findings of the study are expected goals, we are committed to developing a research. to help guide the state’s development of clean energy economy that will attract in- Particular attention will be given to the 2,400MW of offshore wind in waters off the vestment and create thousands of jobs by physical design, including radial and net- Atlantic Coast by 2030. 2030.” work connections and interconnections “New York continues to be a national leader The New York Power Authority will lead the between the projects and to the respective

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NORTH AMERICA (continued ) NEW YORK New York to Study European Offshore Wind Transmission Models onshore transmission systems as well as de- Commission also required NYSERDA to take the development of 2.4GW of offshore velopment and rate structures. The study immediate steps to study transmission so- wind by 2030. The plan describes the con- will also focus on the ownership structures, lutions for Phase 2 and beyond to consider ditions necessary for the state to achieve business models and financing approaches the longer-term configurations for cost- its offshore wind target and indicates the used in each jurisdiction, as well as the re- effective transmission of offshore wind, need for future technical studies, like the gulatory approaches governing transmissi- and the various options for ownership and one announced, and analyses to advance on development and cost recovery. Results planning processes. This study will inform the most cost-effective and responsible of the study are expected this fall. the State on how to potentially apply lear- development. The findings of the study will In July, the Public Service Commission nings from Europe to New York for its Phase be timely as the state looks at transmissi- authorized NYSERDA, in consultation with 2 procurements. on costs which the Master Plan estimates NYPA and LIPA, to issue Phase 1 solicita- Earlier this year, Governor Cuomo an- could comprise 30 percent of total costs of tions in 2018 and 2019 for approximately nounced the New York State Offshore Wind an offshore wind development. 800MW of offshore wind. The Public Service Master Plan, which will guide the state in

NEW JERSEY EDF and Fishermen’s Energy Seek New Jersey OWF Approva

The two parties expect the Nautilus wind farm to generate skilled offshore wind construction and operations jobs, positio- ning the local workforce to build projects offshore New Jersey and the Atlantic Coast. These workers will be the first wave of the nearly 40,000 jobs expected to be created in the US, contributing to the 8GW goal the states committed to achieving by 2030. The project is also expected to further serve to improve environmental management by providing a laboratory for testing new avian monitoring and marine mammal sensing technologies. The Nautilus offshore wind farm will com- prise three to four wind turbines, with an official announcement on the turbine se- EDF Renewables North America and which came as a response to Governor Phil lection coming in the near future, Doug Fishermen’s Energy have submitted a joint Murphy’s goal of having 3.5GW of offshore Copeland, Regional Project Development petition for approval of the Nautilus (former wind in New Jersey by 2030. Manager at EDF Renewable Energy, told Atlantic City) offshore wind project in New According to the company, the project re- Offshore WIND. Jersey, US. presents a crucial opportunity for the state The wind turbines will be installed approxi- This April, EDF announced that it had to gain the immediate benefit of local in- mately three miles off the coast of Atlantic entered into a preliminary agreement vestment, jobs, infrastructure and offshore City, with the commissioning expected by with Fishermen’s Energy to acquire the ful- experience ahead of many other states loo- 2020. ly developed 24MW Nautilus wind farm, king to capitalize on offshore wind.

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VIRGINIA Bordelon Marine Wins Geophysical Survey on Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Ørsted, hired by Dominion Energy to build the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (CVOW), has contracted the research vessel Gerry Bordelon to conduct geophysical stu- dies of the proposed site before construc- tion can begin. Dominion Energy filed with Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) for approval work to attract job opportunities in the off- Beach shoreline. The facility is expected to to build the two 6-megawatt turbines and shore wind supply chain and service indus- begin generating emissions-free energy for grid infrastructure needed to connect the tries.” customers by December 2020. facility to the coast. “Ørsted is the energy supplier in Europe While officially a demonstration project, it “Today’s announcement further affirms that has come the farthest in the transition would be the first constructed in federal our commitment to a new era of clean, re- to renewable energy, and we are excited to waters through the Bureau of Ocean Energy newable energy for the Commonwealth,” bring our expertise to Virginia,” said Thomas Management’s (BOEM) approval process. It said Thomas F. Farrell, II, Dominion Energy’s Brostrøm, Ørsted’s North American Presi- will be the nation’s second commercial- chairman, president and chief executive of- dent. “This project will provide us vital ex- scale offshore installation, following one ficer. Farrell made the announcement while perience in constructing an offshore wind off the coast of Block Island, RI, operational in Norfolk with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam project in the United States and serve as a since 2015. and Thomas Brostrøm, president of Ør- stepping stone to a larger commercial-scale The project will provide critical permitting, sted North America. In addition to the an- partnership between our companies in the construction and operational experience, nounced filing, business and government future. We see the tremendous potential in and could pave the way for 2,000 more me- leaders toured the ocean-mapping vessel, the Mid-Atlantic for emission-free, renew- gawatts of carbon-free generation in the temporarily docked at the maritime muse- able wind generation and we are excited adjacent 112,000 acre wind energy lease um Nauticus. to help the Commonwealth in reaping the area – enough energy to power about half “The announcement today represents a si- benefits of wind power.” a million homes. gnificant step toward harnessing Virginia’s The offshore wind project will be located The $300 million project will be funded offshore wind energy resource and the about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Be- through existing base rates, enabled by the many important economic benefits that ach on 2,135 acres of federal waters leased Grid Transformation & Security Act. Con- this industry will bring to our Common- by the Virginia Department of Mines, Mine- tingent on various regulatory approvals, wealth,” said Governor Ralph Northam. “The rals and Energy. The two six-megawatt tur- onshore construction would start in 2019, offshore wind demonstration project will bines will sit in about 80 feet of water and followed by turbine installation and opera- provide critical information to stakeholders rise over 550 feet above the ocean’s surface tion in 2020. and will position Virginia as a leader as we – but will not be visible from the Virginia

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VIRGINIA Virginia Offshore Wind Pilot to Apply for SCC Approval

of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic, located in a If fully developed, the large-scale lease area federal lease area about 27 miles off the could generate up to 2GW of offshore wind coast of Virginia Beach. energy. Ørsted holds exclusive rights to dis- The two-turbine test project is being cuss a strategic partnership with Dominion developed through a partnership with Energy about developing the commercial Denmark’s Ørsted. site based on the successful deployment of The facility will be built on a 2,135-acre site the pilot wind farm. leased by the Virginia Department of Mines, The 12MW project is part of Domini- Minerals and Energy. on Energy’s first set of plans filed under The two turbines should be in operation by Virginia’s new Grid Transformation & Secu- Virginia-based Dominion Energy plans to late 2020 and are expected to provide the rity Act (GTSA) through which the energy seek approval from the State Corporation operational, weather and environmental company commits to having 3GW of solar Commission (SCC) for its proposed Coastal experience needed for large-scale develop- and wind power under development or Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project later ment in the adjacent 112,800-acre site lea- operational by 2022. this summer. sed by Dominion Energy from the Bureau The 12-megawatt facility would be the first of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

WISCONSIN Walker declares state of emergency on Washington Island

Gov. Scott Walker has declared a state of ice damaged the cable. der will help the cooperative navigate the emergency on Door County's Washington The cooperative repaired the compromised Department of Natural Resources' permit- Island as islanders try to recover from an un- section by June 27 but officials fear the enti- ting process faster and directs state agen- derwater failure. re cable is damaged. The cooperative wants cies to help the island. He stated that his The cable failed June 15, causing a 20-mi- to replace the cable by the end of the year administration is in discussions with the fe- nute power outage before back-up gene- at an estimated cost of at least $2.5 million. deral government in hopes of winning aid rators kicked in. Washington Island Electric Walker issued an executive order declaring to help replace the cable before the wea- Cooperative Manager Robert Cornell says a state of emergency on the island. The or- ther turns cold.

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WISCONSIN Underwater fiber optic cable a possibility for Washington Island

With the need to replace an electric cable However, the electrical service interruption underwater permanent fiber optic cable at connecting Washington Island to the Door that required the use of emergency genera- the same time as a new electrical connec- County mainland, the opportunity has ari- tors to power to homes and businesses on tion is put in place could reduce the cost of sen to include fiber optic cable to provide Washington Island last month — and the the broadband connection, he said. broadband service. emergency repair of the old underwater ca- Pabich said the county has worked with N- The Door County Board's Administrative ble crossing Death's Door — could result in Sight — Cellcom's corporate parent — on Committee approved joining the parent a different decision from Madison this year, extending fiber optic communications to company of cellular service provider Cell- Pabich said. schools, emergency radio transmitter sites, com in seeking a state grant from a pro- Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declared and other government locations throug- gram providing funding for companies a State of Emergency for Washington Island, hout the peninsula. extending fiber optics to rural Wisconsin authorizing funds to replace the aging ca- County Supervisor Joel Gunnlaugsson, who communities. ble to the island. represents the island and a part of the town A grant request submitted last year by Cell- Pabich said that the county joining in of Liberty Grove, and is an island resident, com was rejected by Madison, Door County Cellcom's grant application could work to said the underwater fiber optic cable would Administrator Ken Pabich said. the community's advantage. Installing an replace a microwaved service.

GULF OF MEXICO Fairfield Geo Completes Stampede OBN Survey

The field, operated by the Hess Corporation, is in approximately 1,067 meters of water. The 238 square kilometers survey was the second deployment of Fairfield Geotech- nologies’ ZXPLR system. ZXPLR is marketed by the company as the newest generation of ocean bottom node technology and features a compact de- sign, automated back deck systems, and powered and piloted subsea node deplo- yment and retrieval for safe and efficient operations. Charles (Chuck) Davison, Jr., president and CEO of Fairfield Geotechnologies, said: “Ocean bottom nodes are the only way to achieve the high quality, repeatable seismic data necessary to develop complex deep- water reservoirs. ZXPLR has proven, once Fairfield Geotechnologies has completed node survey, located in the Green Canyon again, that its innovative design can deliver the Stampede deepwater ocean bottom area of the Gulf of Mexico. that data safely and efficiently.”

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GULF OF MEXICO McDermott Wins Perdido Subsea Award

“This award strengthens McDermott’s rela- line end termination; installation of an um- tionship with Shell as we work together to bilical; installation of four electrical flying safely and competitively deliver this next- leads (EFLs) and pre-commissioning. generation deepwater energy project,” said Project management and engineering will Richard Heo, McDermott’s Senior Vice Presi- be performed in Houston, Texas, with off- dent for North, Central and South America. shore installation by McDermott’s North “Our proven track record of project execu- Ocean 102 targeted for completion in 2019. tion in the Gulf of Mexico, industry-leading subsea capabilities and integrated busi- The Perdido development is Shell’s pionee- ness model will help drive efficiency while ring deepwater oil and gas project that McDermott has secured a contract from maintaining our uncompromising commit- unlocked a new frontier of energy develop- Shell for subsea umbilical and flowline in- ment to safety and quality.” ment in the Gulf of Mexico’s Lower Tertiary stallation at the Perdido development, loca- The scope of work includes project ma- Paleogene. The Perdido production hub ted 230 miles south of Galveston, Texas, in nagement of engineering and installation produces oil and gas from the Silvertip, Gre- the Gulf of Mexico. of a flexible flowline from the well to a pipe- at White and Tobago fields.

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BARBADOS Barbados to Gauge (Floating) Offshore Wind Potential

The government of Barbados has invited to procure consulting services for which it Eligible consulting companies were invited expressions of interest for a wide range of issued this expression of interest call. to indicate their interest in providing the re- studies that would ultimately lead to the Barbados is looking to carry out a wide quired services by 25 July. construction of a large-scale offshore wind range of technical and environmental stu- The general objective of the Public Sector (bottom-fixed or floating) or ocean thermal dies, as well as related capacity building Smart Energy Program is to promote the energy conversion (OTEC) project. activities, to investigate the feasibility and use of renewable energy and energy ef- The government received financing from facilitate the construction of a large-scale ficiency measures in the public sector to the Inter-American Development Bank offshore renewable energy project. reduce Barbados’s fossil fuel dependence, (IDB) and the European Union (EU) towards The studies will be undertaken considering promote sustainable energy, and therefore the Public Sector Smart Energy Program the use of OTEC, offshore wind, and floating contribute to the country’s competitive- and intends to apply part of the proceeds offshore wind technologies. ness.

ST. THOMAS – ST. CROIX Application filed for submarine fibre optic cable Application filed by ATN Undersea Cable Thomas and St. Croix is currently largely ac- in the Viya central office locations in Naza- Corporation for a license to operate a non- complished via microwave facilities, which reth and Christiansted. Viya (or its affiliate) common carrier fiber-optic submarine tele- can be unreliable due to dish misalignment will lease or provide an indefeasible right of communications cable extending between in high winds. ATN Undersea Cable states use (IRU) over these facilities (i.e., the vaults, the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix in the that the VILink System will increase relia- backhaul facilities, and landing stations) to United States (USVI) - the VI- bility and redundancy for communication ATN Undersea Cable for a 25 year term. Link System. between USVI and the U.S. mainland in ATN Undersea Cable proposes to operate The VILink System will be a high-capacity the event that connectivity between eit- the VILink System on a non-common car- digital fiber-optic system landing in Naza- her island and the mainland is severed, by rier basis. ATN Undersea Cable intends to reth, St. Thomas and Christiansted, St. Croix. rerouting traffic through the U.S. mainland use the VILink System's capacity to provide It will have one non-repeatered, linear seg- connection of the other island. ATN Under- communications services to customers of ment composed of 24 fiber strands. The sea Cable is the only proposed owner of Viya, its affiliate. ATN Undersea Cable may cable's initial deployment will use 10 giga- the VILink System and will be the landing also sell excess capacity on a wholesale ba- bit/second wavelengths on a single fiber party in both St. Thomas and St. Croix. ATN sis to other carriers pursuant to individually pair, and may be upgraded to use 40 and/ Undersea Cable will exclusively control and tailored and negotiated terms and condi- or 100 gigabit/second technology in the operate the all aspects of the VILink System. tions. It also states that since other subma- future. ATN Undersea Cable states that the The Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation rine cable systems serve the St. Thomas-St. engineered life expectancy of the cable is d/b/a Viya (Viya), an affiliate of ATN Under- Croix route (such as viNGN and AT&T C-1) 25 years. ATN Undersea Cable states that sea Cable (both ATN Undersea Cable and and that competitive alternatives (e.g., satel- the VILink System will provide increased Viya are wholly-owned subsidiaries of ATN lite and microwave links) are also available, capacity, redundancy, resiliency, and relia- International, Inc.), will lease the land under it will not enable it exercise market power bility for communications between St. Tho- the beach manholes in both Nazareth and on the interisland route but that VILink will mas and St. Croix, the two most populous Christiansted for 25-year terms and Viya will instead increase competition and service islands in the USVI. ATN Undersea Cable sublet access to ATN Undersea Cable for the on the route. Consequently, ATN Undersea believes that USVI bandwidth needs will same term. ATN Undersea Cable further Cable argues that the Commission should "exponentially increase" as residents use states that Viya or one of its commonly con- not require it to operate the VILink system more Internet-based data technologies, trolled USVI affiliates will own both beach on a common carrier basis. and that the VILink System will provide the manhole vaults and the backhaul facilities ATN Cable is a wholly-owned subsidiary capacity to support them. ATN Undersea to the Nazareth and Christiansted landing of ATN International, Inc., a publicly traded Cable notes that connectivity between St. stations, which are expected to be located corporation organized in Delaware.

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MEXICO Islanders left to sweat it out when CFE power fails

in the submarine cable that supplies elec- Residents on Isla Mujeres went more than tricity to Isla Mujeres. Electricians worked nine hours without electricity after the Fe- throughout the day and evening to restore deral Electricity Commission announced a homes were left without air conditioning. service. failure in their submarine cable. During the power failure, Telcel was limiting Without giving details about the failure, Islanders were left in the dark as dusk arri- service to avoid completely discharging the they explained that personnel were wor- ved and CFE had yet to finalize repairs. The batteries that feed the signals. king on the problem saying they would electrical failure resulted in the closure of The Federal Electricity Commission confir- continue to work until electricity was resto- businesses as well as general discomfort as med that the failure was due to a problem red in its entirely and normalized.

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EUROPEAN SUBSEA CABLES ASSOCIATION PLENARY#51 12th/13th SEPTEMBER 2018, BATH, UK

CALL FOR PAPERS

The European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA) is a forum of over 60 national and international companies which own, operate or service submarine cables in European and surrounding waters. The principal goal of the European Subsea Cables Association is the promotion of marine safety and the safeguarding of submarine cables from man-made and natural hazards.

Serving as a vehicle for the exchange of technical and legal information pertaining to submarine systems without compromising the commercial and market aims of individual companies. Liaising with all relevant parties affected by the installation and operation of submarine cables in European and surrounding waters and funding of projects which are agreed to be beneficial for the protection of submarine cable systems and participation in relevant industry expositions, meetings and technical conferences.

The bi-annual ESCA Plenary session provides members with the opportunity to listen to speaker presentations on current industry affairs and items of interest on the Subsea Cable Sector from, but not limited to, an operational, environmental and legislatory perspective. The evening dinner also provides the opportunity for networking with colleagues and invited guests.

To this end ESCA now seeks abstracts on related topics, noting final papers must be technically correct and should be of interest to ESCA Members that will be attending the Plenary.

Guidelines

1. Abstracts must be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] 2. Presentations should ideally have a duration of no longer than 30 minutes, plus 5-10 minutes Q&A 3. The ESCA Executive Committee will evaluate all submissions based on content, relevance and quality. 4. Overt marketing presentations will not be accepted, although an overview of the presenter’s company and its activities may be included.

Cut-Off Dates

27th July 2018 Abstract Submission 3rd August 2018 Abstract Selection Completed 6th August 2018 Decision notification to Presenters 31st August 2018 Presentation files to ESCA

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GUYANA E-Networks given no licence to lay subsea cable in Guyana

a Notice to Mariners Number 15 (2018) by that does not hold a telecommunications the Maritime Administration Department licence, will be reviewed in accordance which said that maritime surveys would with the provisions of the Telecommunica- be carried out by two vessels "on behalf tions Act, 2016. of E-Networks Inc. as preparatory works for E-Networks is a Guyanese cable TV com- subsea cable laying … within the Guyana pany and 'leading triple play provider’. The Maritime Zone". company also has its own internet service According to a statement released by the called WiMAX and in 2013 it launched its Guyana’s Ministry of Public Telecommuni- Ministry, "while the interest of investors own domestic fibre-optic network to sup- cations, has refused to give E-Networks a in the sector, in general, is welcome, no port its high-speed internet service called licence to lay and land a subsea cable in the licence for the laying and landing of a sub- OnFiber, and its high-def television service country. sea cable system has been granted to E- called DreamTV. In addition, E-Networks, Guyana’s Ministry of Public Telecommuni- Networks Inc." through a partnership with O3b high speed cations, has refused to give E-Networks a The Ministry went on to say that any appli- satellite service, acquired the internet con- licence to lay and land a subsea cable in the cations for licences to lay and land subsea nection to its existing services. It is also pre- country. cable systems or any other major telecom- mier partner of Net2phone and IDT, and The news comes after the publication of munications activities by any company offers VoIP services to its customers.

ARGENTINA - BRAZIL Telecom Argentina’s landing station and backhaul are selected for ARBR submarine cable system between Argentina & Brazil ARBR + Seabras-1 to provide most di- rect route between & New York

Telecom Argentina S.A. ("Telecom Argen- tina") (BASE: TECO2, NYSE: TEO), one of Argentina’s leading telecommunications companies, Grupo Werthein, a preeminent Argentine investment holding company Argentina and Brazil (ARBR”) will be landing ARBR is a new fiber optic submarine cable with a track record of significant telecom- in Telecom Argentina’s cable landing stati- system developed by Seaborn and co-ow- munications holdings, and Seaborn Net- on in Las Toninas, Argentina. In addition, ned by Seaborn’s Seabras Group together works (“Seaborn”), a leading developer- Telecom Argentina shall provide ARBR with with The , a preeminent owner-operator of submarine fiber optic dark fiber on a backhaul route between Las Argentine investment holding company cable systems, announced today that the Toninas and Buenos Aires, as well as point with a track record of significant telecom- ARBR submarine cable system between of presence (POP) space in Buenos Aires. munications holdings. ARBR’s Brazil landing

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ARGENTINA - BRAZIL Telecom Argentina’s landing station and backhaul are selected for ARBR submarine cable system between Argentina & Brazil will be in Seaborn’s existing Seabras-1 cable leading telecommunication companies About Seaborn Networks landing station in Praia Grande, Brazil, there- that was born from the union of two large Seaborn Networks is a leading developer- by enabling direct onward connectivity to Argentine companies: Telecom and Cable- owner-operator of submarine fiber optic New York on the fully operational Seabras-1. visión. This new company keeps transfor- cable systems, including Seabras-1 bet- “The landing station, backhaul and POP to ming the digital experience of its customers ween São Paulo – New York, ARBR between be provided by Telecom Argentina are per- by offering a secure, flexible and dynamic São Paulo – Buenos Aires (RFS H1 2019) and fect complements to our ARBR and Seab- service, in different kind of devices, with SABR between Brazil – Cape Town, South ras-1 systems, enabling customers on ARBR fixed and mobile high-speed connections, Africa (RFS H1 2020). Seabras-1 is the only to benefit from the most modern and di- through an integrated content platform. direct POP-to- POP network between São rect route between Buenos Aires and New With a strategic plan focused on the deplo- Paulo and New York. For more information, York,” said Larry Schwartz, Chairman & CEO yment of state-of-the-art technology and please visitwww.seabornnetworks.com. of Seaborn Networks. unified systems, the Company is investing “ARBR represents an ideal combination of US$ 5,000 million between 2018 and 2020 About Grupo Werthein local ownership with an independent ope- to consolidate a better and more sustaina- Grupo Werthein is one of the largest busi- rator to open up Argentina’s telecommu- ble infrastructure. Through its commercial ness groups in Argentina, with investments nications market to the world,” said Dario brands, Telecom Argentina offers fixed and in numerous industries such as Telecom- Werthein of Grupo Werthein. mobile telephony, data transmission, pay munications, Insurance, Consumer Goods, Construction of the ARBR cable is sche- television and Internet services for individu- Agro-Industry, Energy and Wine. For 107 duled to commence in 2018 and to be als, companies and governments throug- years, Grupo Werthein have been building completed in 2019. hout the country. Telecom also offers mo- companies, contributing to Argentina's bile service in Paraguay and pay television development and working to build a bet- About Telecom Argentina in . ter future. For additional information, see Telecom Argentina is one of the Argentina´s www.grupowerthein.com.

BRAZIL - ARGENTINA New Brazilian subsea cable project to boost US-LATAM connectivity

GlobeNet expects the new subsea ca- boost Globenet's presence in the region, unparalleled capabilities when streaming ble system to be ready for service by working in tandem with its existing infra- content, accessing cloud services and inter- the middle of 2020 structure assets in Bermuda, Brazil, Colom- connecting with data centers all over the International connectivity and infrastruc- bia, Venezuela and the US. world”. ture specialist, GlobeNet, has announced “Our submarine cable, designed to satisfy The new subsea system will feature state plans to extend its telecommunications low latency and high capacity demands, of the art technology and will connect network in Latin America by deploying will be the first new route to provide direct Globenet's cable landing station in Rio De 2,500km submarine cable system linking connectivity from Argentina to Brazil and Janeiro with the Argentine capital, via a lan- in Brazil with the Argentinian the United States since 2001,” says Eduardo ding point in Las Toninas, to the southeast capital, Buenos Aires. The system will also Falzoni, CEO of GlobeNet. of Buenos Aires. provide onward connectivity to the US. “As a result, individuals and enterprises in The new cable system will significantly the Southern Cone will be able to enjoy

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US - EUROPE Delivering increased connectivity with our first private trans-Atlantic subsea cable

ble is expected to become available in late alphabetic theme. 2020. A common question we get with these pro- Dunant adds network capacity across the jects is why we’re building them privately. Atlantic, supplementing one of the busi- There are a few different ways to go about est routes on the internet, and supporting building a subsea cable. The first is to simp- the growth of Google Cloud. We’re working ly purchase capacity from an existing cable, with TE SubCom to design, manufacture or one being built by someone else. The se- and lay the cable for Dunant, which will cond is to create a consortium of partners bring well-provisioned, high-bandwidth, with similar needs and build a cable toge- low-latency, highly secure cloud connec- ther. The third is to build it yourself. tions between the U.S. and Europe. All of these options come with different 17th of July 2018 In keeping with the theme we established pros and cons, and we use a combination of all three methods to best serve our cu- stomers. When approaching a new cable project, and deciding on which of the three methods to use, we consider our needs, and the needs of our customers, in a few areas: Performance and latency: Cables are often built to serve a very specific route. When we build privately, we can choose this route based on what will provide the lowest la- tency for the largest segment of customers. In this case, we wanted connectivity across the Atlantic that was close to certain data centers, but the reasons could also include the ability to land in certain countries, or to connect two places that were previous- This year, we’ve announced major expan- with Curie, Dunant is also named after an ly underserved, such as was the case with sions to our global cloud infrastructure, influential innovator, Henri Dunant, the first Curie. which helps us provide high quality ser- Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Capacity: The bandwidth that we want to vices to our customers. We introduced new the Red Cross. Like Curie and Dunant, futu- deliver can vary widely, depending on what cloud regions in the Netherlands, , re Google private cables will follow a similar already exists and where our customers , and opening just yesterday, Los An- geles. We invested in three consortium sub- sea cables--Havfrue, HK-G, and JGA-S. And we we became the first major non-telecom company to build a private intercontinen- tal cable with our investment in the Curie cable. Today, we’re announcing our newest pri- vate subsea cable project: Dunant. This cable crosses the from Virgi- nia Beach in the U.S. to the French Atlantic coast, and will expand our network--already the world’s largest--to help us better serve our users and customers. The Dunant ca-

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need more, now and in the future. Our capacity planning includes estimates of Google’s and our customers’ needs for years to come. Guaranteed bandwidth for the lifetime of the cable: The life of a cable can vary from 15 to 25 years, but as with many infrastruc- ture projects, they sometimes continue to serve the route beyond their initial pro- jected lifespan. Our ability to guarantee our customers a certain level of connectivity helps them confidently plan for their busi- nesses going forward. We started off with two private cable pro- Havfrue, HK-G and JGA-S--and will continue ve and expand our network, and will share jects that run over relatively short distances. to invest in consortium cables in the future. more on this work in the coming months. These were our Alpha and Beta cables (a Our investments in both private and con- In the meantime, you can learn more about nod to how we name software releases), sortium cables meet the same objectives: our network on our website, or try our and their success led us to build both Curie helping people and businesses can take demo to see how our infrastructure looks and Dunant privately. We’ve worked with advantage of all the cloud has to offer. We’ll today. consortia on other new cables—including continue to look for more ways to impro-

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US - EUROPE Google selects TE SubCom to design and deploy Dunant cable system

Dunant submarine cable system will look forward to continuing to work with tific research applications. SubCom brings link the East Coast of the United States our global partners to create more accessi- end-to-end network knowledge and global to Europe ble and faster internet access.” experience to support on-time delivery and Named in honor of Henry Dunant, a Swiss the needs of customers worldwide. To date, TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company businessman, social activist, first recipient the company has deployed enough subsea and an industry pioneer in undersea com- of the Nobel Peace Prize, and founder of the communication cable to circle the Earth 15 munications technology, today announced Red Cross, the Dunant cable system honors times at the equator. For more information, that Google has selected the company as his memory and commitment to humani- visit www.SubCom.com. the supplier of its Dunant submarine cable tarian ideals. The cable will improve global system. The four-fiber pair cable system will connectivity and further improve Google About TE Connectivity span over 6,400km and will connect the Cloud’s network. TE Connectivity Ltd. is a $13 billion global East Coast of the United States to Europe. technology and manufacturing leader cre- The cable will add dedicated capacity to About TE SubCom ating a safer, sustainable, productive, and Google’s global network and will enable TE SubCom (SubCom), a TE Connectivi- connected future. For more than 75 years, interconnection to other subsea infrastruc- ty Ltd. company, is an industry pioneer in our connectivity and sensor solutions, pro- ture in the region. undersea communications technology ven in the harshest environments, have “We are proud to be working with Google and marine services, and a leading global enabled advancements in transportation, on this important cable system and to be supplier for today’s undersea communica- industrial applications, medical technolo- helping to increase internet performance tions requirements. As a vertically integra- gy, energy, data communications, and the for all,” said Sanjay Chowbey, president of TE ted supplier, SubCom designs, manufac- home. With 78,000 employees, including SubCom. “The Dunant cable system will be tures, deploys, and maintains the industry’s more than 7,000 engineers, working along- built using SubCom’s industry-leading A1 most reliable fiber optic cable systems. Its side customers in nearly 150 countries, TE cable family, which is optimized for projects solutions include long-haul and regional ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. compatible with higher DCR. As a leading systems, repeaterless networks, capacity Learn more at www.te.com. supplier of submarine cable systems, we upgrades, offshore oil and gas, and scien-

US - EUROPE RUMOURS: FACEBOOK TO ANNOUNCE NEXT TRANSATLANTIC CABLE? THERE ARE RUMOURS IN THE INDUSTRY THAT FACEBOOK IS IN THE PROCESS TO ANNOUNCE A TRANSATLANTIC CABLE, FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND GOOGLE’S DU- NANT CABLE. THE RUMOURS ARE THAT THIS CABLE WOULD CONNECT BOSTON IN THE US WITH BORDEAUX IN FRANCE.

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BRAZIL – CABO VERDE – MADEIRA – PORTUGAL – SPAIN - FRANCE GÉANT and RedCLARA announce signature of BELLA contract for 25-year direct transatlantic connectivity

cond (Mbps) to the current 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps). However, there is no direct submarine cable capable of supporting re- search and education data needs between Europe and Latin America, limiting capacity and cost-effectiveness. With spectrum on the EllaLink cable ho- wever, research and education traffic will flow directly between the two continents, not only reducing latency by up to 60% and improving data protection, but also providing cost-effective and – importantly – scalable connectivity at significantly higher speeds than have previously been possible. The need to scale connectivity was high- lighted recently by exciting discoveries in the area of astronomy – an important part of the Latin American research community – such as the merger of two neutron stars (known as a ‘Kilonova’) and the detection of ‘Oumuamua’, the most elongated asteroid known to science, that required collaborati- on involving infrastructure and scientists in Europe and Latin America. Such collaborations between the two con- tinents are set to expand significantly in the coming years, and with programmes such as Copernicus – the EU’s earth observation programme – the importance of the BELLA connectivity will only increase. Erik Huizer, GÉANT CEO said, “I am delighted to see the culmination of work with our BEL- LA Consortium colleagues leading to the si- gnature of the BELLA contract with EllaLink. GÉANT, Europe’s leading collaboration on quarter of a century, in areas such as astrono- Obtaining spectrum on an intercontinental e-infrastructure and services for research my, particle physics, and earth observation. submarine cable, which we can deploy and and education, and RedCLARA, the Latin With funding from the European Union (EU) upgrade with our Latin American partners in American Research and Education Network, and the Latin American NREN community, line with research and education connectivi- announced the signing of an Indefeasible the IRU represents a key financial element ty requirements, is a completely new model Right of Use (IRU) contract with EllaLink, for in the building of the EllaLink cable, which is for our international connections, and will spectrum on a direct submarine cable con- expected to be operational in late 2020. provide us with the flexibility and cost effi- necting Europe and Latin America. GÉANT and RedCLARA were first intercon- ciencies we need to meet our users’ needs. Procured on behalf of the BELLA Consortium, nected in 2003 under the EU-funded ALICE It will be exciting to watch the deployment the BELLA IRU will provide for the transatlan- project to support scientific and academic of a submarine cable at close hand and we tic data-sharing and collaboration needs of collaboration between the two continents. look forward to seeing bits between GÉANT the European and Latin American research Since then connections speeds have grown and RedCLARA being exchanged for the first and education communities for the next by over 1,600% from 622 Megabits per se- time on a physically direct path between the

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growth and competitiveness. The organi- sation develops, delivers and promotes ad- vanced network and associated e-infrastruc- ture services, and supports innovation and knowledge-sharing amongst its members, partners and the wider research and educa- tion networking community. For more information, visit www.geant.org

About RedCLARA RedCLARA is the Latin American Research and Education Network, regional leader and promotor of collaboration and develop- ment in education, science and innovation, by means of its e-infrastructure and services tailored for its community needs. RedCLARA two continents in 2020”. objective is to overcome the digital divide provides regional interconnections and con- Luis Eliécer Cadenas, Executive Director of between these two regions”. nections to the world through its internatio- RedCLARA, and co-chair of the BELLA Con- nal links and promotes the development of sortium, said, “This milestone is a key achie- About BELLA tools, services and research projects to em- vement for the Latin American research and BELLA (Building the Europe Link with Latin power regional scientific and educational education community. We are opening a America) provides for the long-term inter- development and the collaboration within direct collaboration channel with Europe, connectivity needs of European and Latin Latin American R&E institutions and of Latin guaranteeing security and quality of service American research and education commu- America and the rest of the world with an for the many scientific and educational ap- nities by procuring and deploying a long- important focus on less developed regions. plications that we expect to offer. RedCLARA term Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) for spec- For more information, please visit: www.red- is engaged in building the data communi- trum on a direct submarine cable between clara.net cations infrastructure for research and edu- the two regions, and deploying a 100Gbps- cation that will foster regional development. capable research and education network About EllaLink The BELLA subsea cable is a first stone in across Latin America. BELLA is implemented EllaLink is an advanced subsea cable system building this capacity”. by a Consortium of the Regional Research offering secure high capacity connectivity Fernando Liello of the Italian NREN, GARR, and Education Networks GÉANT (Europe) on a unique low latency transatlantic rou- co-chair of the BELLA Consortium and co- and RedCLARA (Latin America) and the Na- te, serving the growing needs of the Latin ordinator of the feasibility study that led to tional Research and Education Networks American and European markets. The state- the BELLA programme, said: “This milestone of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, of-the art system directly connects Brazil and is the first major step towards the completi- Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Funding Europe, linking the major hubs of São Paulo on of efforts of several years by a large group for BELLA is provided by the European Com- and with Lisbon, and Mar- of people brought together by the vision mission (DG-CONNECT, DG-DEVCO and DG- seille. of a closer and more efficient interaction GROWTH) and Latin America NRENs. The EllaLink System is being built by Alca- between European and Latin American re- For more information, visit www.bella-pro- tel Submarine Networks with state-of-the- search communities. This link will strengthen gramme.eu art coherent technology, initially offering the many historic, social and scientific re- 72Tbps of capacity over four fibre pairs. The search links that already exist between the About GÉANT landing sites in Praia Grande (Brazil), Fortale- European and Latin American communities. GÉANT is Europe’s leading collaboration za (Brazil) and Sines (Portugal) have been se- Notwithstanding its importance, this achie- on network and related infrastructure and cured, and EllaLink is scheduled to be Ready vement is only the first step on the strategic services for the benefit of research and ed- for Service in 2020. To learn more visit www. path of the BELLA programme whose final ucation, contributing to Europe’s economic ella.link or contact [email protected]

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BRAZIL – CABO VERDE – MADEIRA – PORTUGAL – SPAIN - FRANCE Portugal's FCT joins submarine cable project

Portugal's Foundation for Science and Tech- and Europe from 10 Gbps to 100 Gbps, is the cable will have terminations in Praia nology (FCT) has joined the consortium called EllaLink and should be operational Grande (state of Sao Paulo) and Fortaleza BELLA, which will install a new submarine by the end of 2020. (Ceara). The first links should be establis- optical cable between Brazil and Portugal. The submarine cable will foster the sharing hed with the islands of and the The submarine cable, which will increase of information between scientific commu- Canary Islands. In Portugal, terminations in data traffic capacity between Latin America nities on both sides of the ocean. In Brazil, Madeira and Sines are planned.

BRAZIL - US MONET fully operational

Angola Cables is proud to confirm that Mo- net submarine cable is fully operational. With more than 10.000 km, it connects the United States and Brazil and provides tele- communications services with high capaci- ty and speed. Monet is a result of a partner- ship between our company, Google, Algar Telecom and Antel.

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SOUTH AFRICA – BRAZIL – US & SOUTH AFRICA – INDIA - SINGAPORE SAEx1 & SAEx2 Status

SAEx1 - South Atlantic Express designed to minimise the time between SAEx1 is a phased development project construction and revenue service, the sys- tem will run initially from Cape Town to a

branching unit near to Fortaleza in Bra- zil where it will interconnect to a partner system providing onward access at RFS of this section to an established landing and interface point on the US west coast. Once FCC approvals have been obtained, this will be followed up with a new segment direct to the USA from the branching unit as traf- fic grows providing customers with path and landing station diversity on the nort- hern section of the route, at Virginia Beach. SAEx1 will therefore provide both capacity and redundancy to meet the ever-increa- sing demand for bandwidth-hungry mar- kets with ultra-broadband access around the Atlantic, as well as enhance the role of

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SOUTH AFRICA – BRAZIL – US & SOUTH AFRICA – INDIA - SINGAPORE SAEx1 & SAEx2 Status

build to the East, via a 6 fibre-pair interna- tional system — offering a minimum initial system design capacity of 72 Tbps - a route of about 13,900km extending an express system between Cape Town, Singapore and India, and with two further fibre pairs between Cape Town and . SAEx2 will feature four branching units facing Mtunzini, Mauritius, Madagascar and Chen- nai, India. Once interconnected SAEx2 together with SAEx1 will establish a truly global digital su- perhighway, providing both a unique rou-

digital connectivity in regional economic taleza, will offer a truly diverse trans-Atlantic te from Asia to the and creating development. network, which will then connect to the In- a secure new link on the cable map of the SAEx1 will feature six fibre pairs with a mi- dian Ocean Rim market, via a second phase world, one which avoids all the common nimum combined capacity of 72 Tbps and from South Africa to Asia (SAEx2). choke points, such as the Med- rou- will be the only system connecting South te and the Pacific Ring of Fire. Africa directly to the USA, and added with SAEx2 - South Asia Express the partner system’s fibre pair link from For- In phase 2 the SAEx system will extend its

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SOUTH AFRICA – LA REUNION – MAURITIUS – RODRIGUES – INDIA First link to go live in second half of 2019

IOX Cable, a subsidiary of INDOI Group, has revealed that the first section of the IOX Ca- ble System aiming to link South Africa with India is scheduled to go live in the second half of 2019. One portion of the cable will connect La Cambuse in Mauritius and Grand Baie in autonomous outer island of Rodrigues to Puducherry (India), with a potential link to . Another section will link La Cambuse with East London (South Africa), with potenti- al landings in Madagascar and the French overseas territory of Reunion. Future plans include a cable system from Mauritius to Seychelles and Mombasa (Ke- nya), and a cable system to Egypt with on- ward connectivity to Europe. The underwater route survey operations – which will access the seabed conditions, cable design and cable installation pro- gramme – began in Mauritius in April 2018, with Rodrigues and South Africa to follow. The 8,850km cable – which is being built by ASN – will have a design capacity of 13Tbps per fibre pair and will deliver an ultimate design capacity of over 52Tbps.

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AUSTRALIA - SINGAPORE The Australia Singapore Cable Lay is Complete

The cable laying phase of the Australia very positive and cohesive relationships Singapore Cable (ASC) system is comple- between our project team and the team te, with the final splice having been com- from Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN),” pleted south-east of Singapore. said Kevin. Vocus Group Managing Director and Chief Kevin highlighted that the overall project Executive Officer Kevin Russell recognised was progressing at an excellent pace with the significance of the milestone. very pleasing results. “I’m thrilled to have reached this very im- portant point which is a testament to the

AUSTRALIA - SINGAPORE Optic Marine Group charters PLIB vessel

Optic Marine Group, charters the OSV ' Win- posh Resolve ' from Wintermar Offshore Marine Group, to conduct PLIB, Post Lay In- spection and Burial, work on the newly in- stalled ASC, Australia Singapore Cable. The conversion work was carried out at the ASL shipyard in Singapore.

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AUSTRALIA – NEW ZEALAND – HAWAII - US Hawaiki transpacific cable ready for service – to reshape communications in the Pacific

43 terabits of new capacity available in gnificantly enhance our connectivity to the for us connecting researchers, educators the Pacific region Greater connectivity, rest of the world and, ultimately, improve and innovators, nationally and globally,” diversity and price competition in the the everyday life of our communities.” said REANNZ CEO Nicole Fergusson, ad- market Since its inception, the project has attracted ding that this new high-speed, high-perfor- strong support from government and in- mance connectivity removes the “tyranny dustry with anchor customers including of distance” allowing for the easy transfer Amazon Web Services, Vodafone, Ameri- of data-intensive research anywhere in the can Samoa Telecommunications Authority world. Hawaiki also provides more security to the market through new and diverse paths on both trans-Tasman and trans-Pacific links. This enables its customers to build fully- redundant networks, including multiple routes, as well as an array of always-on ser- vices. Vodafone’s Chief Executive Russell Stanners said, “We wish to congratulate the team at Hawaiki for their immense effort and persi- stence in getting to this stage. As an anchor tenant of the Hawaiki cable system, Voda- fone can now offer our customers triversity across the international cable systems that connect New Zealand to the world. In ad- dition to greater levels of resiliency, the Ha- waiki cable system brings greater competi- tion to the New Zealand market, meaning Independent telecommunications chal- (ASTCA) and Research and Education Ad- we now have more choice and flexibility lenger, Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP com- vanced Network New Zealand (REANNZ). when it comes to designing connectivity menced commercial operations for its Completion of the project is especially time- solutions that meet the diverse needs of 15,000 km fibre optic deep-sea cable lin- ly for South Pacific nations, which are see- New Zealand consumers and businesses king Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and ing demand for capacity growing by 45% alike.” United States. year-on-year. Hawaiki has been specifically- Hawaiki has included several stubbed bran- The $US300 million Hawaiki Submarine designed to meet these expanding require- ching units to enable the future connection Cable System represents a new dawn for ments, providing infrastructure to support of New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. American digital communications in the region, de- critical applications such as business-grade Samoa will be connected from day one, af- livering 43 terabits of additional capacity - cloud services, real-time content delivery several times the current levels of Australia and ultra-low latency networks. and New Zealand combined - on a fully di- New Zealand’s leading university and re- verse subsea route. search collaboration body, REANNZ has se- “This 25-year transoceanic infrastructure cured a 25-year anchor tenancy on behalf opens the door for unprecedented levels of the NZ Government, providing a major of economic, social and research collabo- boon for the organisation as it seeks greater ration right across the Pacific,” said Hawaiki collaboration in solving some of the world’s Chief Executive Officer, Remi Galasso. biggest challenges. “Hawaiki is the fastest and largest cross- “REANNZ and Hawaiki share a goal of incre- ter celebrating the cable’s final landing in sectional capacity link between the U.S. asing access to research and educational April this year. and Australia and New Zealand. It will si- opportunities - for them in the Pacific and “Our connection to the Hawaiki cable has

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WORLD (continued) AUSTRALIA – NEW ZEALAND – HAWAII - US Hawaiki transpacific cable ready for service – to reshape communications in the Pacific profound social and economic implica- boring countries throughout the Pacific Is- since the creation of the company,” Galas- tions. It is a game changer for the digital lands region,” said Lolo M. Moliga, Governor so concluded. “My partners, Sir Eion Edgar, landscape in American Samoa. The deve- of American Samoa. Malcolm Dick, Greg Tomlinson, and I would lopment of e-health and e-learning oppor- The construction of Hawaiki cable sys- like to express our deep gratitude and re- tunities are now actionable items, which tem, including the marine survey, design, spect to Hawaiki’s employees, whose de- will overwhelmingly supply educational manufacturing and cable laying, took 27 dication, commitment and fighting-spirit options and substantially improve the qua- months and was undertaken by world lea- made this idea a reality”, concluded Remi lity of healthcare services delivered to the ding supplier TE SubCom. Galasso. people of American Samoa as we now have Sanjay Chowbey, President, TE SubCom the required capacity to deliver true broad- said, “The Hawaiki Cable System is a great About Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP band access to all members of our commu- endeavor, achieved by a culmination of ex- Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP, headquar- nity. We are already receiving and reviewing traordinary effort and strong relationships. tered in Auckland, New Zealand, is the proposals from companies locally and from TE SubCom is pleased to play an important owner and developer of the Hawaiki sub- offisland for the establishment of business role in the success of this system which will marine cable system (Hawaiki). Hawaiki is a activities dependent on reliable, affordable, add value to local economies and commu- carrier-neutral submarine cable linking Aus- and high-speed internet connectivity. We nities.” tralia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Oregon, on are also in a perfect position to propose “We are very grateful to all of our partners, the U.S. west coast. For more information, state-of-the-art connectivity, including a di- including our customers, suppliers and fi- visit www.hawaikicable.co.nz. rect link to the US West coast, to our neigh- nanciers, who have been supporting us

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INTERVIEW WITH MIKE HOLLAND, CONNECTIVITY SEGMENT DIRECTOR, INTERXION At the recent Subsea EMEA event in Marseil- network – will data centres in the future le, France, SubCableNews interviewed Mike dictate the landing points for subsea ca- Interxion: Holland, Connectivity Segment Director bles? For owners of capacity on a subsea system, from Interxion. terminating the cable in a carrier-neutral Interxion: data centre means a much-reduced cost for This depends on the purpose of the subsea interconnecting with backhaul providers. cable. If the subsea cable is being built by Of course, the benefit of being able to inter- an OTT for transporting its own data bet- connect with backhaul providers in a cost- ween its hyperscale data centres and target effective matter is only maximized if there is SCN: markets, then what tends to be the stron- a competitive market place within the data Interxion has 50 data centres in 13 cities gest driver for the landing point is diversi- centre itself. In Marseille for example, there in Europe, but as far as we know there ty. The OTTs want their subsea systems to are over 30 backhaul networks offering a are only a few placed close to submarine land at new locations that avoid one single choice or products, routes and competitive cable landing points. Has the focus just point of failure. However, if the subsea cable price levels. recently changed, to open data centres is being built by a wholesale operator that The landing party of the subsea cable sys- closer to the incoming subsea networks? is looking to sell capacity to other networks, tem can also gain significant operational sa- then the key driver for the landing point is vings by locating both PFEs and SLTEs in the Interxion: a vibrant market place. Therefore, Marseille data centre. With all the key infrastructure in Interxion purchased the facility previously is a popular location for such cables. The one place, it is easier to manage technically, known as SFR Netcentre in Marseille in Au- financial success of recent cables such as and enhance the level of physical security gust 2014. There are now 13 submarine ca- AAE-1 and SeaMeWe5 are testament to the for this critical equipment. bles landing in the city, and the expectation benefit of landing a cable in a location that is for this number to rise to 18 by 2020. But has many potential customers already pre- SCN: Marseille is unique. There is no other city sent. Data centres have a high energy con- in the Mediterranean where you have the combination of submarine cable density, as well as a large community of interest (com- prising of networks, CDNs, cloud service providers and internet exchanges). Interxi- on opened our second facility in Marseille in May 2018, and we intend to establish a large data centre cluster in the facility. We do all this in an environment where the French Authorities have an integrated plan to make Marseille one of Europe’s largest content hubs.

Interxion Cable Map sumption – is this not the main criteria Interxion’s AMS8 centre in The Netherlands for choosing a site within reach of large SCN: power supply? What is the cost benefit of terminating in SCN: data centres over traditional cable lan- Interxion: Which will be first - data centre or subsea ding stations? Power supply is indeed an important criteri-

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INTERVIEW WITH MIKE HOLLAND, CONNECTIVITY SEGMENT DIRECTOR, INTERXION (continued) for the distribution of their content to con- sumers. In this instance, OTTs will deploy edge network nodes in connectivity dense on, but Interxion’s data centres are success- data centres such as those operated by In- ful for additional reasons too. The facilities terxion. For example, an OTT deploying in we build are located on the highways of the Interxion’s Frankfurt campus can intercon- internet and become the location where nect with over 300 networks. OTTs may also hundreds of networks exchange traffic bet- consider the use of third party data centers ween themselves, as well as serve the huge when in need of large data centre space traffic demands of cloud and content pro- in a location that is strategic from the per- viders. For us, the most important criteria is spective of diversity or proximity to target for the site to have the potential to become markets, but options for finding land and a connectivity and content hub, around power are limited. which a large community of interest can develop. SCN: Biography Is the future for developing regions to di- SCN: rectly connect the submarine cables into Mike Holland Connectivity Segment Di- Will OTT’s not operate or build their own the data centres? rector, Interxion data centres – or will they always out- Mike directs Interxion’s strategy, marke- source this to companies like Interxion? Interxion: ting and business development. Developing regions need to have an in- With over 20 years’ experience in the Interxion: tegrated IT plan with data centre compa- communications sector, Mike has held OTTs have needs for different types of data nies, network operators, and OTTs who will a variety of marketing and business centres, and their choice of whether to work together to build an optimal internet development roles at Colt Technology build their own or use third-party facilities infrastructure. This integrated plan needs Services, Cable & Wireless and Mercury will depend on the specific need. When to avoid the pitfalls that more developed Communications. the need is for a hyperscale data centre for markets encountered in the early days of Prior to joining Interxion, he was Director storing large volumes of data, we see OTTs the industry’s development. A key part of of Solution Marketing, Europe for Colt. often building their own facilities in loca- this strategy will be ensuring carrier-neutral Mike has a BSc in Business Studies with tions where land and power costs are che- data centres are strategically located to a specialization in Marketing from the ap. However, OTTs also have a need to in- enable submarine cables to directly con- CASS Business School in London. terconnect with internet service providers nect into them.

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ACE CONNECT BY MIKE CONRADI, PARTNER AT DLA PIPER UK LLP

a tax efficient manner, compliant with local telecoms regulations and competition law in 15+ countries and without forcing any members who do not wish to participate to join or even disadvantage them in any way.

Rationale: As presently structured, the consortium model used to build the cable means that each member has an allocated share of the capacity, which it can only use in respect of landings where it is a designated „landing party“ (meaning that it is given rights under the consortium agreement to offer connec- ACE cable system tions to that location). The ACE consortium is not set up to exploit the spare capacity ef- The team at DLA Piper worked recently on ficiently for sales to large scale international an innovative project for the ACE consorti- Description of the innovation: wholesale customers. In order to establish a um. It involved setting up an entirely new We outlined several possible solutions from circuit between, say, three points on the ca- sales channel for a consortium system. We a tax and corporate structuring perspective ble, a customer must, at present, enter into were awarded TMT Firm of the Year at the as well as looking at commercial points like three different contracts with up to three African Legal Awards for our role here. De- flexibility of operation. We recommended different ACE Members as shown in the di- tails are set out below. that those consortium members wishing agram below (which we used as part of our to participate should establish a separate work with this client). The challenge: entity, ACE Connect, to engage its own This is clearly inefficient and results in a The ACE consortium members have built international sales force and draw on the great many missed sales opportunities for many thousands of km of fibreoptic tele- rights to capacity in the cable held by the the ACE Members. We arrived at our recom- coms cable extending through the waters participating members. We worked subse- mended solution by analysing this problem of 15 different West African countries. Ho- quently to design the details of how ACE and considering the benefits and disad- wever the technology means that the cable Connect will operate. The result should vantages of a number of different options has a large amount of unused spare capaci- enable the ACE members to continue with including various different corporate struc- ty which the constituent members, mostly their current ownership arrangements in tures, commercial and tax arrangements. telecoms operators from emerging mar- respect of the underlying infrastructure The result is the best balance of all of the kets, do not have the expertise or contacts (the cable) but will also allow those mem- competing requirements that the consorti- to sell into the international market. DLA bers that wish to participate to benefit from um members have and should allow for a Piper assisted with the design of an entirely significantly greater professionalism in their significant improvement in sales efficienci- new way to exploit this. sales operations. All this will be achieved in es in the future. Page 94 SCN COMPANY NEWS SubCableNews.com

ABPMER ABPmer Strengthens Metocean Division

service. grapher (Metocean Modelling and Analysis Robin Stephens, Head of Metocean Consul- Division). She will be based at ABPmer’s of- ting, joins ABPmer from BMT Argoss where fices in Southampton. he was Head of Metocean Consulting and “Robin, Ian and Sarah bring tremendous ex- will be based at ABPmer’s Southampton perience and knowledge to our Metocean office. Team. We couldn’t be more excited to wel- Dr Ian Wade, Principal Metocean Consul- come this wealth of new talent to ABPmer,” Marine consultancy, ABPmer, has welco- tant, joins ABPmer from BMT Argoss where said Damon O’Brien, managing director med Robin Stephens, Dr Ian Wade and Dr he was Principal Metocean Specialist and at ABPmer. “They will be instrumental in Sarah Taws to its Metocean Team. will be based in Aberdeen. achieving our long-term goal of providing The appointment of these metocean speci- Dr Sarah Taws, Senior Metocean Consultant, the highest standard of metocean data and alists is said to reflect the company’s focus joins ABPmer from Fugro Mari- consultancy services to all marine sectors.” on broadening its metocean consultancy ne Limited where she was a Senior Oceano-

ALLSPEEDS Allspeeds Boosts Manufacturing Capabilities

cashire. plications the cutters are a key feature of The Hartford Plug & Play Series MVP-16 will winch and towline emergency cutting sys- streamline production of larger Webtool tems. cutting tools, significantly reducing ma- “The MVP-16 is a step-change in our pro- nufacturing lead times, the company ex- duction capability for handling large cut- plained. ting tool projects,” says Keith Elliot, ma- Webtool hydraulic cutting tools are used naging director, Allspeeds. “In addition by ROVs, as well as in integrated systems to its increased machining capacity, the for IWOCS emergency disconnection and Intelligent Machining Centre will allow us other applications. Webtool is one of the to reduce product development times by Accrington-based, hydraulic tools specia- few cutters capable of providing rapid si- integrating it with our design software to list, Allspeeds, has invested over £150,000 multaneous cutting of umbilical multiple provide a completely integrated CAM en- in a new vertical machining centre at its fluid transfer jumpers, electrical lines and vironment.” Accrington manufacturing facility in Lan- tension wire assemblies. In maritime ap-

AQUIND INTERCONNECTOR AQUIND Interconnector to be considered as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project The Department for Business, Energy electric power transmission link between plication for development consent will be and Industrial Strategy (‘BEIS’) has today the South Coast of England and Normandy submitted in 2019, after it has carried out (Monday 30th July 2018) announced that in France – to be treated as development further technical studies together with AQUIND Interconnector is to be treated as a for which development consent is required. pre-application consultation with the local Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. To build the project, AQUIND will apply to community, affected landowners and other The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, the Secretary the Secretary of State via the Planning In- relevant stakeholders. of State for Business, Energy and Industrial spectorate (‘PINS’) for a Development Con- Once submitted, the Planning Inspectorate Strategy, issued the direction for AQUIND sent Order (‘DCO’) under the Planning Act will examine AQUIND’s DCO application be- Interconnector – a new subsea and under- 2008. fore the Secretary of State makes a decision ground High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) AQUIND has said that it anticipates an ap- on whether authorisation should be given

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AQUIND INTERCONNECTOR (continued) AQUIND Interconnector to be considered as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project

to 16,000,000 MWh of electricity annually between GB and France, accounting for ap- proximately 5% and 3% of their respective total electricity consumption and enough to keep the lights on in up to four million British households. AQUIND Interconnector will make a signifi- cant contribution to improving GB’s securi- ty of electricity supply and achieving grea- ter affordability by improving competition, making the GB energy market more effici- ent and enabling greater energy flexibility. This should ultimately benefit consumers via increased access to lower prices due to competitive pressures on domestic energy generators. AQUIND Interconnector will help to inte- grate a greater proportion of nonfossil fuel energy sources and intermittent renew- for the project. “Having built on the feedback received du- ables generation into the GB energy mix. Responding to the news, a spokesperson ring our consultation in early 2018, AQUIND It is also expected that electricity imported for AQUIND said: is looking forward to continued engage- from France will have much lower CO2 in- “The DCO planning process is well-suited to ment with the local community and all rele- tensity. This will reduce reliance on fossil the development of AQUIND Interconnec- vant stakeholders in shaping the proposals.” fuel power generation plants and in turn tor given the project’s potential to deliver Earlier in 2018, AQUIND Interconnector reduce GB’s CO2 emissions from the bur- significant national benefits for Great Bri- was awarded Project of Common Interest ning of such fuels. AQUIND Interconnector tain, including more competition in energy (PCI) status by the European Commission. will therefore make a significant contributi- markets, lower carbon dioxide emissions, PCIs are key European energy infrastructure on to the decarbonisation of the GB elec- greater integration of renewable energy projects that address the three challenges tricity grid and meeting the net UK carbon sources and greater security of supply. It of the European energy policy: affordability, reduction targets by the year 2050, set in can also provide valuable ancillary services security of supply and decarbonisation. accordance with Section 1 of the Climate to the electric power grid. Further information about AQUIND Inter- Change Act 2008. “AQUIND would like to stress that the key connector is available at www.aquind.co.uk The project is being developed and pro- parameters of the proposal remain un- and www.aquindconsultation.co.uk. moted by AQUIND Limited, a UK-registered changed, irrespective of the consenting About AQUIND Interconnector company with the sole business of deve- regime – the onshore cable will be fully un- AQUIND Interconnector is a proposed High loping AQUIND Interconnector. AQUIND derground, whilst the converter station will Voltage Direct Current (‘HVDC’) subsea and is not associated with any UK or European remain as the only planned visible element. underground electric power transmission utilities or national electricity transmission “It is important to AQUIND that its scheme link between the south of England and system operators. AQUIND Interconnector is shaped by local feedback. The develop- Normandy in France, with the capacity to is being developed as a private project wit- ment consent process places significant transmit up to 2,000 MW of electricity bet- hout government subsidies. weight on the role of pre-application con- ween the France and Great Britain (‘GB’) net More information about the Planning In- sultation, which will ensure all relevant sta- of transmission losses. spectorate and the is keholders remain involved throughout the It is estimated that AQUIND Interconnector available online at https://infrastructure. consultation process. will have sufficient capacity to transmit up planninginspectorate.gov.uk

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ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY Ashtead Technology Boosts Multibeam Echosounders Fleet

Ashtead Technology, an independent sub- our customers require. This latest deal for sea equipment rental company, has spent 12 systems, allows us to better support our USD 2 million to bolster its fleet of multibe- customers as their requirements grow.” am echosounders. Jens Steenstrup, president of R2Sonic ad- The company made a deal with R2Sonic for ded: “Our mission is to deliver a high quality 12 systems, to support customer’s require- product that responds to surveyors needs ments. and ensures a second to none experience David Mair, business development director during the installation, operation and data of Ashtead Technology, said: “Over the past processing. We are pleased to see that in year we have seen a growing demand for conjunction with Ashtead Technology we R2Sonic systems which have proven very are responding to end-users needs.” reliable, delivering the high quality data

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT Australia, US and Japan announce trilateral partnership for infrastructure investment in the Indo- Pacific Australia, the United States and Japan have “The United States, Japan, and Australia this trilateral partnership, we are currently announced a trilateral partnership to invest have formed a trilateral partnership to mo- developing a framework for cooperation. in projects in the Indo-Pacific region that bilise investment in projects that drive eco- OPIC is also placing a representative in the would build infrastructure, address deve- nomic growth, create opportunities, and U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. lopment challenges, increase connectivity, foster a free, open, inclusive and prosperous “As we look to the future, this partnership and promote economic growth. Indo-Pacific. We share the belief that good represents our commitment to an Indo- This trilateral partnership is in recognition investments stem from transparency, open Pacific region that is free, open and pro- that more support is needed to enhance competition, sustainability, adhering to ro- sperous. By working together, we can at- peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific bust global standards, employing the lo- tract more private capital to achieve greater region. cal workforce, and avoiding unsustainable results.” The Australian Government through the debt burdens. The partnership builds on the MOU to sup- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, “We will uphold these principles as we mo- port infrastructure investment in the Indo- the United States Overseas Private Invest- bilise investment in infrastructure, such as Pacific signed between DFAT and OPIC du- ment Corporation (OPIC), and the Japanese energy, transportation, tourism, and tech- ring the visit to Washington DC of the Prime Bank for International Cooperation issued nology that will help stabilize economies, Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, in the following statement on the trilateral enhance connectivity, and provide lasting February this year. partnership on 30 July 2018: benefits throughout the region. To deepen

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BHARTI AIRTEL Airtel and Telecom Egypt announce strategic partnership for global submarine cable systems

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading global tele- com services provider, and Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator, announced a strategic partnership, whe- rein, Airtel will get IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use) on Middle East North Africa Sub- marine Cable (MENA Cable) and TE North Cable Systems. In addition, Airtel will also take large capacities on a long-term basis on two new state-of-the-art Cable Systems (SEA-ME-WE 5 & AAE1). The transactions aim to be concluded after the fulfilment of all conditions precedents. AAE-1 Cable System OTMT to acquire MENA Cable with the aim With this, Airtel will be able to further diver- of capitalizing on the growing traffic from sify its global network to serve the massive India and to Europe and to ob- growth in demand for data services, parti- tain a new gateway to Europe through Italy. cularly in emerging markets across South We are pleased to be able to sign the MoU Asia, Africa and Middle East, while also be- with Airtel as well as to be able to bundle nefitting from the favourable economics MENA’s assets with existing assets of the TE of Telecom Egypt’s existing wide cable sys- network. We aim to come back to the mar- MENA Cable tems network. ket with more details on the MoU and its Ajay Chitkara, Director and CEO – Airtel financial impact once the deal is closed.” Business said, “The partnership with Tele- Egypt’s distinctive geographic location com Egypt underlines our commitment to on the Red and Mediterranean has provide world-class service experience to enabled Telecom Egypt to connect more our customers. The partnership including than 11 cable systems from the East and MENA Cable and TE’s network will be a good 13 from the West linked with the Red-Med addition to our global network portfolio Corridor consisting of 7 diversified routes and provide us with a high quality and di- across Egypt. Telecom Egypt’s global net- versified new route to Western Europe and work was built over the years through the rest of the world. With the explosion of investments in international submarine TE North Cable System data usage in emerging markets, including cable systems, namely: TE North, ALETAR, The partnership grants Airtel the right to India and Africa, this asset will provide us a SEA-ME-WE-3, SEA-ME-WE-4, SEA-ME-WE-5, use fibre pairs of MENA Cable from Egypt scalable and diverse high capacity highway IMEWE, EIG, and AAE-1. to India with access to Saudi Arabia and to serve our customers. In particular, it will Airtel’s global network portfolio includes Oman, and other fibre pairs from Egypt to- provide impetus to India’s emergence as a ownership of i2i submarine cable system wards Italy. It also extends beyond MENA major regional internet hub serving custo- connecting Chennai to Singapore, consor- Cable, where Airtel will get the right to mers across SAARC region, with seamless tium ownership of SMW4 submarine cable use a fibre pair from Egypt to France on TE global connectivity.” system connecting Chennai and Mumbai to North along with capacities on SEA-ME-WE Ahmed El Beheiry, Chief Executive Officer Singapore and Europe, and new cable sys- 5 and AAE1 cable systems. of Telecom Egypt commented, “Telecom tem investments like Asia America Gateway Egypt’s global network was built over the (AAG), India Middle East & Western Europe years through investments in consortiums (IMEWE), Unity, EIG (Europe India Gateway) as well as private international submarine and East Africa Submarine System (EASSy). cable systems. Our reach and position as an It also has terrestrial express connectivity to international hub with tens of Tbps lit ca- neighbouring countries including Nepal, pacity, makes us the partner of choice for Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh and China. Euro-Asian and Euro-African transit traffic. Telecom Egypt signed the agreement with About Bharti Airtel Limited: SEA-ME-WE 5 (continues on p. 99) Page 98 SCN project updates SubCableNews.com SCN COMPANY NEWS SubCableNews.com World BHARTI AIRTEL AirtelaNG andola Telecom - Bra EgyptZIl announce strategic partnership for global submarine cable systems aBhartingola Airtel c ablesLimited starts is a leading installation global tele- ofless Sac servicesS cable and mobile commerce. Bharti offering its enterprise and consumer custo- communications company with operations Airtel had over 456 million customers across mers the most advanced technology, relia- in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. Head- its operations at the end of June 2018. To Angolable infrastructure Cables' Executive solutions Committee, and the widest the quartered in New Delhi, India, the compa- know more please visit, www.airtel.com. resultsnetwork of ofthe submarine construction cables. of SACS Aside are from sa- ny ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service tisfactory.its mobile When operation the entire "WE", network the company is com- providers globally in terms of subscribers. About Telecom Egypt pleted,owns a along45% stake with thein Vodafone necessary Egypt. infrastruc Tele- In India, the company's product offerings Telecom Egypt is the first total telecom ope- ture,com Egypt’susers will shares need and five GDRs times (Ticker: less time ETEL. to include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, rator in Egypt providing all telecom services accessCA; TEEG.LN) content are in thetraded US. on The Egyptian mobile commerce, fixed line services, high to its customers including fixed and mobile NunesExchange noted and that the Londonthe installation Stock Exchange. phase of speed home broadband, DTH, enterprise voice and data services. Telecom Egypt has thePlease cable refer in to shallow Telecom water Egypt’s is the full most financial im- services including national & international a long history serving Egyptian customers portantdisclosure part on of ir.te.eg the project, not only becau- long distance services to carriers. In the rest for over 160 years maintaining a leadership se it is the final phase, but also because it is of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G, 4G wire- position in the Egyptian telecom market by the part where several levels of interaction and activity are required with several enti- ties simultaneously. SACS is a 40Tbps cable – 6,165km in length – with four fibre pairs that will connect An- Angolan telecommunications multinati- municipality, reports Jornal de . The gola to Brazil, linking Africa and the Ame- onal Angola Cables will start installation SACS will be the first direct link between ricas; the cable is expected to be ready for of the SACS submarine cable on 9 August the African and South American continents. service (RFS) by mid-2018. in the coastal area of Sangano, Quissama According to Antonio Nunes, chairman of

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BHARTI AIRTEL Airtel launches Bandwidth on Demand platform

India's top operator Bharti Airtel has laun- bandwidth where and when they need it. “In today’s fast paced market, agile products ched a new Bandwidth and Demand plat- Customers will be able to opt for band- and services are imperative to drive greater form for enterprise customers worldwide. width on an hourly, daily or monthly basis operational efficiencies,” Airtel Business di- The new platform will be at 19 locations depending on their needs. rector and CEO Ajay Chitkara said. including Los Angeles, New York, London, The service will take advantage of Airtel's “With Bandwidth-on-Demand we want to Marseilles, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapo- global network, which spans 250,000 route empower our businesses to be able to se- re globally, as well as Airtel’s data centers kilometers across 50 countries in five con- amlessly opt for flexible network solutions and landing stations in Delhi, Mumbai and tinents, and carriers 10Tbps of lit capacity. that will not only help them manage their Chennai in India. Airtel recently further strengthened it back- unpredictable bandwidth requirements It will offer businesses the ability to quickly bone with the acquisition of the India leg but also accelerate the adoption of newer access, configure and monitor bandwidth of GBI’s India–Middle East–Europe subsea technologies and help them move faster in requirements and provision additional cable. their cloud and digital journey.”

THE BRATTLE GROUP Study Highlights Strategic Value of Offshore Grids

A new, independent study of offshore wind – so-called “gen-ties” transmission develo- more cost-effective development for energy generation and transmission initiati- ped by wind farm developers that connect wind farms that are farther offshore. ves in the Northeast U.S. has been released directly to shore – with a shared grid that “As the Northeastern states move to procure by The Brattle Group. provides multiple connection points to a large quantities of offshore wind, the Brattle The report reinforces the strategic im- larger transmission system. According to Group study provides a timely roadmap for portance of developing a planned offshore the study, the advantages of an expanded how carefully planned transmission can grid to efficiently deliver wind farm electri- offshore grid include: yield the best results for energy consumers, city at the lowest cost and least disruption An ocean grid reduces the risk that genera- commercial fishing and shipping, and the to the environment. tor connections (gen-ties) of the first wind marine environment,” said Kevin Knobloch, The study, released on May 30, notes that farms inefficiently use up available rights- an executive with Anbaric Development with 8,000 megawatts of combined off- of-ways, blocking subsequent develop- Partners. “The study affirms why an ocean shore generation under consideration for ments; grid is a vital component of a long-term off- Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey, • The study notes that connecting shore wind energy initiative – and why we “the development of offshore transmission 8,000MW with gen-ties would require should be incorporating planned transmis- grids that can interconnect multiple wind 20 onshore landing points; sion from the outset as we build this new plants can offer significant advantages over • An ocean grid provides open access domestic offshore wind industry.” reliance on individual generation tie lines.” to enable more competition between The full study is available on The Brattle Such offshore grids that integrate multiple wind developers; Group website: http://www.brattle.com/ wind plants “would create scale econo- • An ocean grid would also enhance news-and-knowledge/news/brattle-ana- mies and reduce the number of necessary competition between experienced lysis-8000-mw-to-24000-mw-of-us-off- landing points.” The study compares the transmission developers; shore-wind-proposals-will-require-up-to- relative advantages of generator lead lines • An ocean grid would also provide 3000-miles-of-offshore-transmission

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BUNDESVERBAND WINDENERGIE E.V. German Govt’s 2030 Target Achievable Only with More Offshore Wind

German offshore wind industry has urged cannot be achieved,” explained the industry case of offshore wind energy, the course the country’s government to ramp up representatives. “The industry also agrees should be set quickly to introduce additio- its offshore wind energy game if it wants with the transmission system operators on nal tenders in 2019 and 2020. This should to achieve the goal of covering 65% of this point.” include a total volume of at least 1.5GW in Germany’s power generation with renew- The expansion of offshore wind energy is the North Sea and . These should able energies by 2030. currently proceeding according to plan un- be feasible through the use of free grid con- Several German offshore wind industry or- til 2020 and the German government must nection capacities. ganisations issued a join press release, sta- act now if it takes the 65% target seriously, A higher expansion volume in the offshore ting that the German government is doing the industry said, adding that this is also in wind industry is also of great importance too little to achieve the 2030 goal, with no line with recent decisions at European level for employment security and value creati- concrete steps taken since the formation of that renewable energies should account for on in Germany, the industry representatives government in March 2018. 32% of the EU’s total energy consumption emphasised. As stipulated in the coalition agreement, by 2030. Furthermore, the Federal Government additional tenders for offshore wind ener- The expansion targets must be raised across should give priority to the expansion of the gy and an increase in the offshore expan- all renewable technologies, with an expan- large transmission grids and embody the sion paths are needed as soon as possible, sion of at least 20GW required for offshore many existing proposals for grid optimisa- alongside a rapid increase of the expansion wind energy in Germany by 2030, since the tion in law, according to the offshore wind paths for all renewables. The 65% target existing expansion target of 15GW by 2030 industry, which further said that regulatory must be credibly supported by a quantity does not meet the Federal Government’s hurdles for further coupling of the sectors structure for the expansion, the industry new targets. should be removed as soon as possible. said. By 2035, at least 30GW of offshore wind ca- The government has been called to take “The standstill in energy policy of the re- pacity must be installed, the organisations action on the aforementioned matters by cent months must be stopped. We call on pointed out. AGOW (Offshore Wind Energy Working the Federal Government to decide on the The additional calls for tenders for renew- Group), Bundesverband Windenergie e.V. special contribution for offshore wind en- able energies decided in the coalition ag- (BWE), Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE ergy immediately after the summer break. reement and originally planned before the (German Offshore Wind Energy Foundati- Otherwise, the self-defined climate targets summer must also be implemented. In the on), VDMA Power Systems, and WAB.

CARNEGIE CLEAN ENERGY Carnegie Forms Wave Energy Pact with Enel Green Power

the Wave Energy Research Centre run by able energy such as Enel Green Power. Their the University of Western Australia with deep experience of the renewables market support from the WA State Government. globally will help Carnegie to tailor its CETO Carnegie and EGP will collaborate on the technology to the needs of its future utility development and testing of the CETO tech- customers.” nology, the Albany Wave Energy Project “Our belief in the potential of CETO remains and future CETO projects. undiminished. Wave energy remains the EGP will invest into the development of last great untapped renewable resource Carnegie Clean Energy has signed of a col- CETO across a number of milestones. Car- globally. Like all power technologies, its laboration agreement with renewables pla- negie and EGP will also work together to commercialisation yer Enel Green Power (EGP) which will see identify, develop and invest in opportuni- requires the collaboration and consistent EGP invest €1 million (AU$1.6 million) in the ties for CETO across Australia, Europe and commitment of innovators, governments, research, development and deployment of internationally. research and industry leaders of the likes of the CETO wave energy technology. Carnegie’s managing director, Dr Micha- Enel Green Power.” EGP will also become a technical advisory el Ottaviano, said: “We are delighted to be committee member of both Carnegie and collaborating with a global leader in renew-

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CEFAS Scientists Explore New Platforms for Marine Surveys

away and covered over 1700 km at sea. temperature, oxygen, fluorescence, turbidi- For this mission, Cefas’ Lyra was fitted with ty and solar irradiance data at five-minute the new Simrad EK80 broadband echo- intervals. These data will be used to study sounder with two transducers (200kHz and the oceanographic features of this dynamic 70kHz), utilizing a version of the electronics area. Lyra was also fitted with a meteoro- that has been specifically designed for au- logical sensor recording wind speed and tonomous surface vehicles called the WBT direction, air temperature and barometric Mini. The system was self-contained with its pressure, which will be used to estimate own dedicated battery and used in standa- sea state and thus the performance of the Cefas and Liquid Robotics have recently de- lone mode. acoustic system under different weather ployed, tested and recovered a remotely- Lyra collected acoustic data continuously conditions. piloted Wave Glider, which was adapted to for 23 days on the organisms in the water- Preliminary results suggest that evidence allow scientists to collect broadband fishe- column at very high resolution, which sci- has been captured of diurnal (day-night) ries acoustics data. entists are now using to learn more about vertical migrations of zooplankton and As part of a multi-vehicle mission under the zooplankton and fish populations around other organisms in the water column, as UK NERC/Defra funded AlterEco project, the UK. well as schools of fish. At the start of the the Wave Glider called Lyra was deployed in Traditionally, such techniques have required deployment, net samples of zooplankton the central North Sea about 270 km north- the use of survey vessels, but Cefas techno- were collected aboard the RV Cefas Endea- east of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK by RV Ce- logists have integrated equipment on to vour, which will be used to help identify the fas Endeavour. the Wave Glider to explore the possibility of organisms that are acoustically detected. The glider spent 41 days at sea, repeated- using new platforms to complement ship- A second AlterEco mission is planned to ly covering a 64 km long transect along based monitoring. According to Cefas this start in mid-August. For this, Cefas engi- which valuable data were collected under could, in a long-run, offer value for money neers are assessing the feasibility of integra- different conditions, before finally being re- and more comprehensive measurements ting the echosounder into Lyra’s computer covered 20km off Lowestoft. to understand the marine environment. system so she can transmit summary data While deployed, the Wave Glider was re- As with previous missions, Lyra was also fit- over the satellite communications link and motely piloted 24/7 by the Liquid Robotics’ ted with a Cefas ESM2 data logger, which offer the ability to change pre-planned mis- operations team from their California head- collected information on the physical pro- sion setups when required by Cefas scien- quarters in Silicon Valley almost 9000 km perties of the sea surface including salinity, tists.

C-KORE SYSTEMS C-Kore Deploys Subsea Tools for PTTEP Australasia

C-Kore Systems has completed the deplo- Tony Suphawat, electrical & instrument en- ded, “We love to hear such great reactions yment of its subsea testing units for PTTEP gineer at PTTEP said, “The C-Kore units wor- from our customers. The C-Kore units are Australasia. ked great. These excellent devices quickly designed to simplify subsea testing, so it is C-Kore’s subsea testing tools are used to located our fault, optimizing our offshore very satisfying to hear how the units save monitor the health of electrical systems by operation. We now have our subsea system so much time and money on offshore ope- measuring the insulation resistance and back online.” rations.” continuity directly onto assets subsea. Greg Smith, general manager of C-Kore ad-

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CYRUSONE CyrusOne acquires new site in North Virginia

CyrusOne has purchased a new site to ex- which a growing number of data centre Demand for data centres in North Virginia pand its data centre portfolio in the North companies have been doing to ensure that is being driven by hyperscale providers: Virginia, making it the company's fourth they can secure capacity for customers Facebook, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and campus in the region. wanting space in such a strategic market. Apple, who have been joined by major The new property includes an existing po- "Our land acquisition, development, Chinese cloud companies who are actively wered shell building allowing the company construction, and capital markets teams looking for space in Data Center Alley. Se- to complete the first phase of the build by continue to execute at a level unmatched cond-tier hyperscale players like Salesforce, early 2019. in the industry to produce the inventory Uber, Dropbox and Lyft all began seeking "Hyperscalers demand warp speed, and necessary to meet the ongoing need for larger portions of space throughout 2018. we’re proud to be accelerating from zero to new capacity in Northern Virginia and other CyrusOne has been active in the North Vir- 160 in Northern Virginia, driven by demand key markets." added Durvasula. ginia market since 2015 with the launch of from cloud and enterprise customers," said The new expansion campus will be located its Sterling I facility. In 2016 the company Tesh Durvasula, chief commercial officer at near one of the company’s existing cam- opened its doors to its Sterling II facility CyrusOne. puses and will add 33 megawatts of capa- just up the road from Sterling V in only six According to Data Center Frontier, Cyru- city for CyrusOne, bringing the company’s months. Sterling V launched in mid-2017 sOne has been actively scouting land to total power capacity in Northern Virginia to making it’s the company’s largest project acquiring in a practice called land banking, more than 160MW. to date.

DANISH ENERGY BOARD OF APPEAL Denmark OKs Norwegian Interconnection Capacity Reservation The Danish Energy Board of Appeal has between the TSOs,” says Executive Vice Pre- ped. The TSOs brought the decision to the ruled that Norwegian and Danish TSOs sident Øivind Rue of . complaints board, who has now ruled that Statnett and may continue to re- Since the fourth interconnector (SK4) bet- the TSOs may reserve capacity until the ag- serve capacity for exchange of reserves on ween Norway and Denmark was commissi- reements ends at the end of 2019. an interconnector between the countries oned, 100 MW of the total capacity of 1700 Reservation of capacity for reserves was an until the end of 2019. MW has been reserved for automatic reser- important prerequisite for Statnett’s invest- “This is good news and in line with the ves. These are important for maintaining ment in the fourth interconnector between prerequisites for building the interconnec- operations of the power system in cases of the countries. The added value of such re- tor. We brought the previous ruling from faults and quick changes in power flow. servation for Denmark and Norway com- the Danish Energy Regulatory Authority not The Danish regulator approved the reser- bined has been estimated by Energinet to to allow capacity reservation to the Board vation before commissioning and said it be at least 60 million Danish Crowns, or ap- of Appeal, and we are happy that the ruling would evaluate after one year. It then de- proximately 8 miilion Euros. now allows us to uphold the agreement cided that the reservation should be stop-

EUROPEAN COMMISSION EU’s Baltic member states to synchronise energy grids by 2025

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have reached still synchronised with Russia and Belarus, become increasingly concerned about a political agreement with to syn- thanks to a legacy ‘unified energy system’ their dependence on Russia for energy, par- chronise their energy grids with the conti- from the time of the Soviet Union, which ticularly as the latter country continues to nental European network by 2025. proved too complicated to dismantle when make aggressive territorial moves like the The three countries joined the EU in 2004 the union collapsed in 1992, for a variety of illegal annexation of in 2014. These but have yet to synchronise energy grids reasons. countries’ power systems are tightly inter- with the bloc. Instead, all three countries are However, Estonia, Latvia and have connected with Russia’s, and new develop-

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION (continued) EU’s Baltic member states to synchronise energy grids by 2025 ments where needed to make synchronis- synchronise energy grids, the countries cur- which would allow the free flow of energy ing the energy systems possible. rently maintain only one link to mainland between member states. At LitPol’s inaugu- How will the countries synchronise energy Europe in the form of LitPol, and experts ex- ration ceremony, Commissioner for Energy grids? pect at least one additional cable would be Miguel Arias Cañete, said: “In a true ‘Energy Beginning in 2006, a number of projects needed to properly manage the transition Union’ there is no room for energy islands sought to create new power lines between away from the Russian energy system. This, and electricity has to be able to flow freely the relatively isolated Baltic states and the in turn, could require significant funding, across borders. Today we are taking a signi- rest of the EU. Since 2016 Lithuania has as more than €1.4bn has been invested in ficant step forward in bringing more securi- maintained two high-voltage underwater building the existing pipelines. ty of supply for electricity consumers in the cables with Finland, while Lithuania has How will the European Commission sup- region.” one 700MW cable with Sweden, and a ca- port this transition? The ambition of Lithuania, Latvia and Esto- ble with 500MW of capacity with Poland, Despite the cost, this synchronisation is of nia to fully join the Energy Union by 2025 called ‘LitPol’. While these existing cables vital importance for the European Commis- will be a vital step towards implementing will be valuable in the Baltic states’ efforts to sion, which aims to create an Energy Union this vital EU strategy.

ELIA Public consultation regarding the proposal for Compensation Rules between Elia and Nemo Link Ltd

Today, July 20th 2018, Elia launches a public Compensation Rules between Elia and the Article 23 §2 39° and 40° of the Electri- consultation regarding the joint proposal Nemo Link Ltd were developed in line with city Act and will be submitted for approval of Elia and Nemo Link Ltd for the compen- principles agreed with CREG in the context to CREG. sation mechanism to be applied in case of of the cap & floor tariff methodology appli- The consultation is launched from July 20th a reduction of commercial capacity of the cable to Nemo Link Ltd. until August 20th 2018 and is available on Nemo Link Interconnector by Elia. These The proposal is consulted on the basis of the website of Elia.

ENIMBOS Sparkle Partners with Enimbos to Provide Cloud Solutions and Professional Services to GÉANT in Spain Through this partnership Sparkle will for research and education. accelerate the move to the cloud of the As part of the agreement, Enimbos will sup- About Enimbos pan-European research and education port Sparkle in providing professional ser- Enimbos is a company expert in the trans- community in Spain vices to the pan-European research and ed- formation of companies for the use of infra- Sparkle, the International Services arm of ucation community in Spain, while Sparkle structure in the cloud environment. Enim- TIM Group and among the top ten global will offer cloud services together with TIM bos actively supports migration, assurance, operators, announces the agreement with Cloud Solutions and Amazon Web Services information management and systems mo- Enimbos, company focusing on the mi- (AWS). nitoring in hybrid environments, providing gration and exploitation of the Cloud, to The deal confirms Sparkle’s commitment to complete control of infrastructure and opti- provide cloud solutions and professional provide the best cloud solutions to GÉANT mization of resources. enimbos.com services to GÉANT, Europe’s leading colla- and reduce the costs and complexity of the boration on e-infrastructure and services transition to the Cloud.

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ENTEL BOLIVIA Entel Bolivia to complete Pacific fibre connection by May 2019

Bolivian state-owned operator Entel will Coca. The project is 40 percent completed earlier announcing a USD 60 million to set complete its plan to connect the landlo- and will lead to improved services and a up as a private operator within Peruvian ter- cked country to a Pacific underwater fibre 40 percent reduction in rates, said Coca. ritory. cable in southern Peru by May 2019, reports In April Entel said it had acquired 1,400 ki- La Razon, citing the company’s CEO Oscar lometres of Pacific fibre-optic cable after

EUNETWORKS euNetworks invests in Dublin & Hilversum, enabling dc connect euNetworks announced the completion of delivers simple and seamless connectivity strong growth since we first rolled it out,” network investment projects in both Ireland to customers, with a 20 day working day said Brady Rafuse, Chief Executive Officer and the Netherlands. euNetworks’ dc con- delivery SLA commitment between data of euNetworks. “We carefully select the data nect solution is now enabled in Dublin, gi- centres in these locations. centres we enable with this solution, wor- ving customers access to an interconnected “We invest in our network and deploy ca- king closely with our customers and data network of near instant capacity between pital to provide high bandwidth scalable centre operators. With the capability to ra- 15 data centres in the city. Hilversum in the connections in the markets in which we pidly deliver capacity from 1Gb Ethernet to Netherlands has also been enabled with dc operate,” said Jennifer Smith, Chief Financi- 100G Metro Wavelengths, we offer further connect, supporting existing media clients al Officer of euNetworks. “We have owned differentiation in our dc connect enabled in the region. euNetworks’ dc connect solu- and operated a fibre network in Dublin for markets. “We will continue to invest in the tion is available across the Netherlands, in a number of years. The acquisition of Inland solution across our footprint through 2018 Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and now Fibre in 2015 added a number of unique to meet the demands of our customers.” Hilversum, with pre-deployed capacity to features to our footprint, with routes along euNetworks directly connects into more 34 data centres in-country. canalways, diversity options to key data than 350 data centres across Europe today euNetworks first rolled out dc connect in centres as well as access to business parks. with fibre, with a subset of these data cen- London in 2014. Since then, the solution Enabling dc connect in Dublin for our cu- tres pre-spliced with fibre when they are dc has been added to 8 of the company’s 14 stomers offers further service differentia- connect enabled. For more information on fibre based city networks including Frank- tion and support as the demand for rapid the dc connect data centres in Dublin and furt, Paris, Manchester, Amsterdam, Utrecht, turn up of high bandwidth services bet- other markets go to https://www.eunet- Rotterdam, and through key sites in Swit- ween data centres, including hyperscale works.com/dcconnect/. zerland. Further euNetworks cities will fol- facilities, continues.” low as dc connect’s pre-deployed capacity “Our dc connect solution has delivered

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FLEXENCLOSURE Flexenclosure rapidly expanding presence in Latin America

Prefabricated data centre specialist Flexen- bance. fully integrated, modular, factory tested for closure is further expanding its footprint “In the last two years, we have gone from reliability, adaptable to local conditions and in Latin America with two new orders for having no presence at all in Latin America quick to install. eCentre data centres in Nicaragua and Hon- to building data centres in seven countries eCentre is a state-of-the art, custom-de- duras. This follows recent projects in Para- across the continent,” said David King, CEO, signed, prefabricated and pre-integrated guay, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile. Flexenclosure. “We are fully committed to data centre building that is fast to deploy, The first to be built will be in Nicaragua’s the region and our eCentre facilities have energy efficient and fully future proofed. capital, Managua. Construction has com- proven to be the ideal solution for the LA- eCentre technical facilities provide flexible menced at Flexenclosure’s manufacturing TAM market.” and easily expandable white space and plant in Sweden and final deployment in eCentre is a state-of-the art, custom-de- have been certified up to Tier IV level. Nicaragua is expected to be completed signed, prefabricated and pre-integrated eSite x10 is the world’s first power system early in the third quarter of this year – an data centre building that is fast to deploy, purpose-built for outdoor telecom sites and extremely fast deployment. This will be fol- energy efficient and fully future proofed. to outdoor telecom standards. It is a paten- lowed by the new data centre in the Hon- With its flexible and easily expandable ted, sealed, tamper-proof unit with passive duran capital, Tegucigalpa, which is due to white space, eCentre enables highly capital convection cooling, no filters, no moving be fully commissioned by the end of the efficient data centre deployments and has parts and it requires no maintenance. eSite first quarter of 2019. been certified up to Tier IV level. x10 is the future of telecom site power. The prefabricated data centres will be Up- Flexenclosure was founded in 1989. The time Institute Tier III certified – the first of About Flexenclosure company is based in Vara, Sweden, head- their kind in both countries – and they will Flexenclosure provides sustainable Internet quartered in Stockholm and has additio- have the ability to be easily and quickly infrastructure for emerging markets – de- nal offices in Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, expanded whenever necessary. And with signing and manufacturing prefabricated Nigeria and South Africa. Customers inclu- both locations known for earthquake risk, data centre buildings and intelligent power de ACS, Airtel, Towers, CenturyLink, the eCentres have been custom designed management systems for the ICT industry. Globe Telecom, IHS Towers, Millicom, MTN, and reinforced to withstand seismic distur- The company provides systems that are Vodacom and Zain.

FUGRO Fugro Mercator Makes Pit Stop at Damen geophysical surveys, cable and pipeline near shore geophysical industry. route surveys. “Due to the extensive scope of the project, The vessel’s visit to DSHL was a scheduled triggered by the modifications to the hull, a docking for maintenance and repair works. new delivery date of the vessel to the ow- The yard’s planned work sheet included ner was agreed to both Damen and Fugro’s overhauling most of the vessel’s equip- satisfaction,” said Arjan Sebel, project mana- ment as well as upgrading its accommo- ger at DSHL. “But due to the excellent coo- dation areas. This consisted of work on the peration with Fugro and the commitment main and auxiliary engines, thrusters and of the yard personnel, the works were com- winches, and refitting the kitchen and di- pleted within the newly agreed timeframe.” ning areas. “DSHL has proven to be a flexible and trust- Damen Shiprepair Harlingen (DSHL) has During the docking it was decided to up- worthy partner. Their ability to incorporate completed maintenance and repair works grade the hull in order to extend the life of the hull upgrade in a timely manner re- on the Fugro Mercator, a twin-hulled survey the vessel for the time to come. The moti- sulted in a successful project,” states Chris vessel operated by Fugro. vation for this decision was based on the de Bruin, vessel superintendent at Fugro. Fugro Mercator is a 42.35-metre survey ves- fact that the Fugro Mercator is considered a sel deployed by Fugro for bathymetric and ‘one- off’ vessel in meeting the needs of the

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FUGRO Fugro Rolls Out New Mapping System

“Traditional bathymetric lidar technology lidar experience for nautical charting. requires customers to compromise bet- “We believe RAMMS will bring significant ween price, depth penetration and data value to hydrographic organisations, coa- density,” said Ed Saade, president of Fugro stal zone/floodplain managers and engi- USA and regional director for Fugro’s Mari- neers,” Saade said, noting a successful hy- ne Division in the Americas. “With RAMMS, drographic charting demonstration project there’s no trade-off. It can achieve 3-Secchi recently performed in Belize, covering 165 disk depth penetration at a higher observa- square kilometres. Fugro is currently using tion density than any comparable system RAMMS to complete several large-scale on the market – and we’ve recorded seaf- surveys in the Americas with projects in loor depths as deep as 42 metres during a other regions expected to follow. Fugro has introduced a new bathymetric recent survey.” RAMMS is the second major technology lidar system that reportedly delivers indus- Described as a first-of-its-kind multibeam li- innovation offered by Fugro in partnership try-leading depth penetration and point dar system, RAMMS was developed in part- with Areté Associates. In 2015 the compa- densities for nearshore and coastal map- nership with Areté Associates. The system nies launched the pioneering aerial survey ping. utilises push-broom laser technology and is platform known as ROCIS (Rapid Ocean Known as RAMMS (Rapid Airborne Multibe- based on 20 years of cutting-edge military Current Imaging System) to measure sur- am Mapping System), the promises to deli- technology for mine detection, developed face ocean currents. Since then, Fugro has ver an efficient and cost-effective solution, via the U.S. Navy Small Business Innovated collected more than 168,000 nautical miles dramatically improving upon other bathy- Research (SBIR) programme. It is also un- of ROCIS data in the US Gulf of Mexico to metric lidar mapping capabilities. derpinned by over 25 years of bathymetric support offshore oil and gas operations.

GLOBAL MARINE GROUP Global Marine Group strengthens board with appointment of three directors

Ian Douglas Chief Executive Officer, Richard CWind in 2017. He has built a solid reputa- Fraser-Smith Chief Financial Officer and tion for delivering complex, high value pro- Bruce Neilson-Watts Managing Director, jects, having formerly served as Executive Global Marine to seven directors, that share Vice Chairman at PDi Ltd, CEO of CEONA a combined wealth of industry and busi- Offshore and CEO of Reef Subsea. ness transformation experience ensuring Mr. Ian Douglas, Chief Executive Officer of successful onward stewardship. Global Marine Group said “Following the Mr. Bryan, has been working for the Group Group’s recent successes, in particular the since August 2016, and brings a compre- acquisition and subsequent integration of hensive background in marine engineering the Global Offshore team and the formati- Global Marine Systems Limited (GMSL) tra- and renewable energy. Mr. Bryan is a Char- on of CWind , it is now the right time ding as the Global Marine Group (GMG), a tered Engineer, and has successfully deli- to add strength to our Board to further ena- market leader in offshore engineering ser- vered major capital projects and launched ble our future growth.” vices to the telecommunications, renew- new service lines in multiple sectors. Mr. Douglas added, “We have a robust ables and oil & gas industries, announced Mr. Daniel, has led Global Offshore since business model which brings innovative today that it has appointed Ian Bryan, Ma- the acquisition in 2017 and is an industry offshore engineering capabilities to multi- naging Director of Group Operations; Mike veteran with over 35 years’ experience. He ple sectors. I’m delighted that we’ve added Daniel, Managing Director of Global Off- directs a proven team that has an exempla- these three accomplished business leaders shore and Mark Preece, Managing Director ry track record in successful operational de- to the Board, I am confident that they will of CWind to its Board of Directors effective livery for major global companies such as add great value and that the business will from July 2nd 2018. These appointments E.ON, Shell and BP. benefit from their insights, commercial acu- expands the Board from four members Mr. Preece, who has worked extensively in men and governance.” which include; Dick Fagerstal Chairman, the offshore and maritime sectors, joined

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GOOGLE Google to build a third data centre in Singapore

number of businesses in the country are ciples. Though no completion date or cost going online too so demand for its Google of construction has been given, one com- Cloud Platform (GCP) is also growing. Since plete this last expansion will bring Google’s going live with the offering in 2017 the likes long-term investment in Singapore data of Singapore Airlines, Ninjavan and Wego centres to a total of $850 million. have joined the likes of GO-JEK and Carou- As for the newly announced third data cen- sell, using GCP to serve their customers. As tre, this will also be located in Jurong West, result the company is starting work on a down the road from the existing two sites. Google has announced plans to build a third facility. The multi-storey facility will stay in keeping third data centre in Singapore in order to Google opened its first data centre in Singa- with Google’s other efficient and environ- keep up with the growing amount of users pore back in 2011, opening the doors to its mentally friendly buildings. It will feature and data usage in the region. second facility in 2015. The first one located the latest machine learning technology to The news was announced by Joe Kava, in Jurong West sits on 2.45 hectares of land reduce energy use, as well as recycled wa- vice president of data centers at Googe, in and has been described by the company ter diverting 100% of the site’s waste away a blog post on the company’s website. In as “one of the most efficient and environ- from the landfill. the post Kava said: “In the three years since mentally friendly in Asia”. Its cooling system Kava says that Google is hoping to grow its our last update, more than 70 million peo- uses recycled water, with each element of small team at the data centres in Singapo- ple in Southeast Asia have gotten online for the facility custom designed to operate at re and encourages non-profits with good the first time, bringing the region's total to optimal efficiency. ideas that benefit the local community to more than 330 million–that’s more than the The second facility sits on a plot of land come forward for their annual grants pro- population of the United States.” roughly the same size and right next to the gram. In addition Kava says that an increasing first, with much of the same operating prin-

GTT COMMUNICATIONS INC. GTT Announces New UK and Europe Divisions GTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE: GTT), the Network in Denmark. ding service to our clients as we deliver on leading global cloud networking provider The new division structure aligns with GTT’s our purpose of connecting people across to multinational clients, announced today expanded presence in Europe following its organizations, around the world and to eve- an updated division structure following the May 31 acquisition of Interoute, one of the ry application in the cloud.” acquisition of Interoute. region’s largest independent network ope- About GTT GTT appointed Martin Ford as UK division rators. GTT’s divisions have responsibility for GTT is redefining global communications president, with responsibility for clients in key functions driving organic growth and to serve a cloud-based future, connecting the UK and Ireland in addition to the Middle the client experience, including sales, quo- people across organizations, around the East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Mr. Ford previ- ting, ordering, service delivery, billing and world and to every application in the cloud. ously served as GTT’s EMEA division pre- overall client account management. Our clients benefit from an outstanding sident. Prior to GTT, Mr. Ford held a broad The new divisions complement the Ameri- service experience built on our core values range of leadership roles with Hibernia Net- cas division led by Eric Warren and the Car- of simplicity, speed and agility. A Fortune works and Level 3. rier division led by Jeff Beer. Future 50 company, GTT owns and ope- GTT announced Jesper Aagaard as Europe “We have a tremendous opportunity to rates a global Tier 1 internet network and division president, with responsibility for cli- serve the expanding requirements of mul- provides a comprehensive suite of cloud ents in continental Europe. Mr. Aagaard was tinationals for cloud networking services,” networking services to any location in the formerly managing director of Interoute in stated Rick Calder, GTT president and CEO. world. For more information on GTT, please the Nordics and Netherlands. Prior to Inte- “Our new division structure and talented visit www.gtt.net. route, Mr. Aagaard was CEO of Comendo leadership enable us to provide outstan-

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INFINERA Infinera Scales for Next Wave of Global Network Spending – Announces Intent to Acquire Coriant

Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport and expands the company’s customer rity owner, Oaktree Capital Management Networks, announced its intent to acquire base to serve nine of the top 10 global (“Oaktree”), expressed an interest in being Coriant, a privately held global supplier of network operators (five new to Infinera) compensated for this transaction largely open, hyperscale network solutions. The ac- and the top six global internet content in stock. Post-transaction, Oaktree will own quisition significantly scales the company providers (three new to Infinera). approximately 12 percent of the combined as the next wave of global network spen- • Financially attractive: The acquisition company on a fully diluted basis. Pursuant ding begins, creating one of the world’s lar- is expected to be substantially accretive to the terms of the definitive purchase ag- gest optical network equipment providers. in 2019. This accretion will come from reement, Oaktree has agreed to lock up 50 The combination positions Infinera to capi- $100 million of identified cost savings percent of its shares for six months post- talize on the next wave of global network in both cost of goods sold and ope- close and the remaining 50 percent of its spending as network operators transform rating expenses. Total cost synergies shares for 12 months post-close. their networks to transition from 4G to 5G, of $250 million are expected through To fund the cash requirements of this trans- from Optical Transport Network (OTN) to 2021, with the continuation of opera- action, and to support future working capi- packet and from closed to open network ting synergies and the introduction of tal requirements, Infinera plans to pursue architectures. Infinera’s vertically integrated vertical integration into the Coriant pro- debt financing. Morgan Stanley Senior Fun- business model provides the unique ability duct line, resulting in a step-function in- ding, Inc. has committed to provide debt to unleash value for customers and inve- crease in Coriant’s margins. Infinera will financing for the transaction, subject to cu- stors as the company’s combined network be acquiring a debt-free balance sheet stomary conditions. solutions power the world’s largest network and expects cash flows to pay back The acquisition is expected to close in the operators. Ovum forecasts optical network transaction consideration within three third quarter of 2018, subject to customary spending to reach $17.8 billion in 2022. years. closing conditions. The board of directors “Acquiring Coriant is a fantastic opportu- • Innovation to benefit customer net- of Infinera has unanimously approved the nity, strengthening our ability to serve the works: Coriant invested nearly $1 billi- transaction. world’s largest network operators, accelera- on in research and development over Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC served as finan- ting our ability to leverage vertical integrati- the last five years to significantly advan- cial advisor and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & on and reinforcing our commitment to our ce its portfolio to address the growing Rosati, P.C. served as legal counsel to Infine- long-term business model,” said Tom Fallon, demand for software automation and ra on this transaction. Moelis & Company Infinera CEO. “This powerful combination open, disaggregated platforms. Infinera served as financial advisor and Kirkland & immediately benefits our combined custo- recently upgraded its portfolio based Ellis served as legal counsel to Coriant. mers by delivering the innovative techno- on the innovative Infinite Capacity En- logy required for the next wave of network gine (ICE4). Combining the strengths About Infinera spending.” of both companies creates a powerful Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) provides Intelli- “Joining forces with Infinera accelerates our new portfolio to support our customers’ gent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, vision of transforming next-generation net- transition from 4G to 5G, from OTN to cloud operators, governments and enter- works with best-in-class innovation,” said packet and from closed to open net- prises to scale network bandwidth, acce- Pat DiPietro, CEO and Vice Chairman of Co- work architectures. lerate service innovation and automate riant. “The combined company will benefit optical network operations. Infinera’s end- from Coriant’s significant investments in Transaction Details to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed software automation and open, disaggre- Under the terms of the definitive purchase for long-haul, subsea, data center intercon- gated solutions, which have gained signi- agreement governing the acquisition, nect and metro applications. To learn more ficant traction and wide-scale adoption by subject to customary adjustments, Infine- about Infinera visit www.infinera.com, fol- customers around the world.” ra will pay approximately $150 million in low us on Twitter @Infinera and read our cash at closing, and estimated additional latest blog posts at blog.infinera.com. In- Strategic and Financial Rationale amounts of $25 million in the two quarters finera and the Infinera logo are registered • Compelling strategic logic: The scale post-closing and $55 million over a period trademarks of Infinera Corporation. economics of Infinera’s vertically inte- of years. Infinera will issue approximately grated business model deliver higher 21 million shares, which when combined About Coriant performance at lower cost for our cu- with the cash consideration, results in total Coriant delivers innovative and dynamic stomers and higher profit margins for transaction consideration of approximately networking solutions for a fast-changing our stockholders. The acquisition ap- $430 million. Confident in the combined and cloudcentric business world. The Co- proximately doubles Infinera’s revenue company’s opportunities, Coriant’s majo- riant SDN/NFV-enabled portfolio of open,

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INFINERA (continued) Infinera Scales for Next Wave of Global Network Spending – Announces Intent to Acquire Coriant and hyperscale solutions helps network generation of mobile, video, and cloud ser- data center operators, Web 2.0 content pro- operators cost-efficiently scale network ca- vices. Coriant serves leading network ope- viders, cable MSOs, government agencies, pacity, reduce operational complexity, and rators around the world, including mobile and large enterprises. create the resilient foundation for a new and fixed line service providers, cloud and

INNOGY Innogy, E.ON and RWE Table Integration Procedures

Innogy has concluded two legally binding ective Bargaining for Germany with the uni- acquisition of innogy closes. agreements – one with E.ON, another with ons ver.di and IGBCE. Under this agreement, If, prior to the closing of the transaction, RWE – on the planned integration of inno- compulsory redundancies for operational issues arise regarding the disposal of key gy into E.ON and the planned integration reasons are virtually ruled out in this trans- assets of innogy, it is in the interest of the of innogy’s renewables business into RWE. action, the companies said. On this basis, all companies involved to explore alternatives As reported earlier, E.ON and RWE reached parties are preparing for further discussions that maintain the portfolio’s intrinsic value. an agreement under which E.ON would ac- to socially flank the integrations at E.ON and Furthermore, RWE stated that the Agree- quire RWE’s 76.8% stake in innogy in return RWE. ment in Principle contains provisions under for granting RWE an effective participation In addition, E.ON and innogy have agreed which suitable funding measures could be of 16.67% in E.ON SE. on a fair and transparent selection process made available to innogy prior to the clo- Under the agreement, E.ON would transfer for filling top leadership positions in order sing of the transaction. The purpose of such to RWE most of E.ON’s renewables business. to ensure an optimal leadership team re- measures would be to maintain or expand Also, RWE would receive the entire innogy gardless of which company its members the renewables business that will be trans- renewables business. The renewables busi- are from. This process will also apply to the ferred to RWE. nesses of E.ON and RWE would be brought filling of leadership positions in the renew- “With this transaction RWE becomes a together under the umbrella of RWE. ables business at RWE. The new E.ON’s fu- broadly diversified power producer whose The Executive Board and the Supervisory ture leadership team will be announced in conventional generation business will be Board of innogy SE have subsequently ex- 2019 at the earliest. optimally complemented by a large renew- pressed their concerns that innogy’s emplo- RWE will establish an integration commit- ables portfolio, linking the two with its exi- yees ‘‘might suffer structural disadvantages tee for the renewables business that will in- sting trading platform,” Rolf Martin Schmitz, compared with E.ON Group employees” as clude representatives of innogy and E.ON. CEO of RWE, said. part of the integration process. The agreement calls for an orderly process ”Dedicated and motivated employees are The two new agreements call for the plan- that will involve co-determination bodies the key to RWE’s current and future suc- ned transaction to be implemented in a and be led by RWE. Its purpose will be to cess. Today’s agreement establishes a su- transparent process in which all employees work together to design solutions for the perb foundation for integrating innogy’s will be treated fairly and as equally as pos- planned integration that are viable for all and E.ON’s renewables businesses swiftly, sible, regardless of which company they the companies involved and that promote transparently, and collaboratively. We will currently work for, the companies said in a the successful advancement of the busi- treat all employees equally and fairly, regar- joint statement. ness units affected by the transaction. dless of whether they currently belong to In May, innogy, E.ON, and RWE, in consul- The integration of innogy into E.ON and the RWE, innogy, or E.ON. Together, we will de- tation with their Group Works Councils, transfer of innogy and E.ON’s renewables termine whether the transfer of the renew- reached an Agreement in Principle on Coll- businesses can take place only when E.ON’s ables business to RWE can be accelerated.“

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INNOVATUM Hunting pipes and cables at less cost

now available at a much lower cost. Terry Slater declares, exampling how air- Skimming just two metres off the seabed craft land themselves as evidence that ro- in shallow turbulent waters - typical of in- botics can make precise decisions. stallation sites - Sabertooth is the only au- The retrieval of optimum survey sensor data tonomous vehicle able to handle the out- is helped because all Saab Seaeye electric rigged Smartrak, whilst its iCON intelligent robotic vehicles have the advantage of pre- control system thinks for itself. senting a low electrical and acoustic noise “I’ve waited years for an autonomous robo- signature. tic vehicle that can handle this kind of sur- In future, Innovatum also plans to fit their vey work,” says Innovatum’s chairman, Terry Smartsearch UXO system to the Sabertooth Slater. for hunting down unexploded ordnance. “Finally, we have Sabertooth, the only au- His company already operates Smartrak tonomous vehicle that can be fitted with a on three of Saab Seaeye’s remotely ope- conventional tracking system.” rated vehicle models, the Falcon, Panther He explains how Sabertooth, with Smartrak, and Cougar which, like the Sabertooth, can navigates autonomously to the target pipe- operate close inshore in strong currents line or cable, follows it, measures its positi- and tidal flows. on and records its depth of burial. A new way to hunt down and survey bu- Such data is essential for installation con- About Innovatum ried submarine pipelines, energy cables tractors, owners and regulatory authorities Innovatum is the world’s leading manufac- and communication cables, comes as Inno- to ensure that pipelines and cables are pro- turer of magnetic sensors for the location, vatum teams up their Smartrak magnetic perly buried and not in danger of being ex- tracking and survey of submarine pipelines sensor system to a Saab Seaeye Sabertooth posed to damage. and cables. It has over thirty years continu- autonomous robotic vehicle. “Autonomous robotics make higher stan- ous development experience in the field As Innovatum’s Smartrak is the smallest sur- dards of data gathering possible by taking and its systems are sold world-wide. vey system of its type, high quality data is human decision-making out of the loop,”

INTERNAP CORPORATION INAP and Colt Data Centre Services Announce Global Alliance

Internap Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), a alliance as a great fit given Colt DCS’ and to be able to provide Colocation services leading provider of high-performance data INAP’s complementary Tier 3-equivalent in each other’s DC footprint globally, with centre services including colocation, cloud, data centre footprints,” said Andrew Day, INAP having a strong history of strategic lo- and network, announced a multi-year al- SVP & GM, INAP International Business Unit. cations in the US and Colt having the same liance with Colt Data Centre Services UK INAP will provide its signature services, in- in Europe and APAC. Limited (COLT DCS), an internationally reco- cluding the latest Dedicated Hosting, Ma- “INAP is actively pursuing expansion of our gnized leading carrier neutral data centre naged Hosting and Multi-Platform cloud existing data centre services business in the operator. product set, along with Colocation and Per- EMEA & APAC regions. Colt DCS’ foothold in INAP is partnering with Colt DCS in their formance IP™ network services. Europe and Asia gives us a great path to ac- North London Facility located in Welwyn “We’re thrilled to have INAP sell their in- celerate our speed-to-market and be able Garden City, where INAP will build out a frastructure solutions out-of-the-gate into to offer our full range of services including standalone, self-contained Tier 3-equiva- our North London Data Centre that will be multi-platform cloud solutions, dedicated lent Data Centre space. The existing data dedicated to them, and at the same time and managed hosting, and colocation and centre will be fully operational in Q4 after be able to leverage INAP’s data centres no- Performance IP network services,” said Isaac INAP layers in its new cloud stack and net- tably in North America,” said Ben Tuckwell, Douglas, Director, INAP EMEA & APAC. work technology. “Our new UK-based team Global Channel Director at Colt Data Centre is really excited about this London Data Services. About INAP Centre opportunity, and we view the new INAP and Colt DCS will also be partnering Internap Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP) is a

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INTERNAP CORPORATION (continued INAP and Colt Data Centre Services Announce Global Alliance leading provider of high-performance data INAP has over 1 million gross square feet ty. Our operational excellence is verified center services, including colocation, cloud in its portfolio, with approximately 600,000 by achieving one of the highest possible and network. INAP partners with its custo- square feet of sellable data center space. scores in the Uptime Institute’s Manage- mers, who range from the Fortune 500 to For more information, visit www.inap.com. ment and Operations award. Colt Data Cen- emerging start-ups, to create secure, scala- tre Services has been designing, building ble and reliable IT infrastructure solutions About Colt Data Centre Services and operating large scale data centres and that meet the customer’s unique business Colt Data Centre Services is a leading carrier providing data centre colocation services requirements. INAP operates in 56, prima- neutral data centre operator. We are trusted for more than 20 years at our 24 carrier- rily Tier 3, data centers in 21 metropolitan by our globally recognised customers to neutral data centres across Europe and Asia. markets and has 99 POPs around the world. provide unparalleled service and securi-

GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND Ireland backs broader support scheme for renewables

The government of Ireland has approved in the RESS-1 auction based on a 3-year gap look back analysis prior to each auc- the new Renewable Electricity Support look back viability gap analysis – effectively tion, to ensure technologies that no longer Scheme (RESS) which is expected to spur making marine energy eligible to apply. require a subsidy are ineligible but also to the introduction of sufficient renewable Announcing the new scheme – Denis allow for new, nascent technologies to par- electricity generation to meet national and Naughten, the Minister for Communica- ticipate if they have become commercially EU-wide renewable energy and decarboni- tions, Climate Action and Environment (DC- viable during the lifetime of the scheme.” zation targets out to 2030. CAE), said: Asked to clarify what this precisely means The new RESS will deliver broader energy “RESS has been approved by government for marine energy sector in Ireland, Paul policy objectives including enhancing se- and I will now seek EU State Aid approval. Ahern from the Electricity Policy Division curity of supply, diversifying the renewable This scheme will mark a shift from guaran- at DCCAE, said: “This means that all com- technology mix, and increasing communi- teed fixed prices for renewable generators mercial, renewable technologies that have ty participation in and benefit from renew- to a more market-oriented mechanism viability gaps within a certain range will be able energy projects, the government said. (auctions) where the cost of support will be eligible to participate in RESS auctions.” The scheme will be characterized by a se- determined by competitive bidding bet- The second RESS auction – RESS-2 – is ex- ries of renewable electricity auctions where ween renewable generators.” pected to be held in 2020 and the capacity projects bid against each other for support. The RESS will provide for a renewable elec- auctioned in this round will be for between The RESS has been designed to deliver tricity ambition of up to a maximum of 3,000 – 4,000GW/hrs. Ireland’s contribution towards an EU-wide 55% by 2030, subject to determining the Within RESS-2, it is proposed to use a sin- renewable energy target of 32%, out to cost-effective level which will be set out in gle technology cap as an interventionist 2030, within a cost-effective framework, the the draft National Energy and Climate Plan measure to deliver additional technology government of Ireland said. (NECP), the Irish government expects. diversity by 2022. The government will determine the exact “While the auction approach will provide a quantity of capacity to be procured in each Marine energy in the mix as Ireland route to market for multiple technologies, auction round based on detailed analysis of aims for greater diversity it will do so in a competitive, cost effective project supply and demand, with plans for The new scheme is expected to help realize framework. The use of certain ‘levers’, such the first 2019 RESS to auction a capacity of Ireland’s policy objective of enhancing se- as near-term delivery dates and ‘single tech- 1,000 GW/hrs. curity of supply and broadening the renew- nology caps’, will accelerate the broadening The delivery date for the projects to be ap- able energy mix. of the renewable technology mix, particu- proved in the first RESS auction – RESS 1 – is For the first time – offshore wind and solar larly in light of falling costs for a number of set for 2020, and according to the govern- PV industries can compete for RESS sup- renewable technologies,” added Minister ment, the new ‘technology cap’ measure port in Ireland, and according to the RESS Naughten. will not be used for this auction. scheme design document “all renewable It may also be of interest to note that under Technologies will be allowed to participate technologies will be subject to a viability the Ireland government’s Offshore Renew-

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GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND (continued) Ireland backs broader support scheme for renewables able Electricity Development Plan – OREDP ocean energy devices – including tidal – electricity generation ambition to 55% – – the Exchequer support for research, de- from prototype to full-scale commercial the national share of renewables in the ove- velopment and demonstration of ocean viability. rall energy mix would amount to between renewable energy technology is also availa- 24% and 26%. ble. Ireland fixing national climate and en- This analysis work will be further refined in Between 2014 and 2017, capital funding of ergy strategy developing the initial draft NECP, the go- €17.7 million was allocated by DCCAE for The level of ambition for 2030 and the inter- vernment said. research and development of offshore re- vening ‘trajectory years’ will be captured in Detailed modelling is currently underway newable energy technology, with a further the first NECP. with SEAI, University College Cork (UCC), €4.5 million allocated in 2018, according to The analysis by SEAI of 2030 renewable and Technical Research and Modelling Ahern. energy forecast shows that, taking into ac- Group (TRAM) regarding options for decar- In addition, the Prototype Development count all of the measures being supported bonization of electricity, heat and transport. Fund, operated by the Sustainable Energy in the National Development Plan together The findings will inform future decisions Authority of Ireland (SEAI), provides grant with the EU reference rate for oil prices of about auction capacity, the government aid to support developers in bringing their $125 by 2030 and increased renewable noted.

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JIFMAR OFFSHORE SERVICES Jifmar Boosting Renewables Capabilities

Jifmar Offshore Services has called back its lenger and Anna B is specially designed for “With 3 DP2 multicats operating in Northern DP2 Eurocarrier Roxane Z after 3 years ope- offshore operations. Europe this summer, Jifmar is strengthe- rating offshore West Africa to serve the re- With a draft of less than 3.5 meters, DP2 ning its position in the renewable sector. newable sector. system, 4 points mooring and cranes, the- Having worked on major projects over the The vessel has recently sailed from Pointe se vessels are said to be able to carry out a past few months, we are sure that DP2 will Noire (Congo) to reach its first assignment various range of duties from cable laying to become a standard even for shallow draft in South East UK. ROV inspection, scouring remediation, UXO workboats operating on the offshore wind Roxane Z, together with Jifmar’s JIF Chal- identification or diving support. sector,” Foad Zahedi, managing director.

KRAKEN ROBOTICS Kraken Wins Deep-Sea Battery Contract with Ocean Infinity

Kraken Robotics said it has agreed a deal battery order from Ocean Infinity to provi- “Since May 2017, Kraken Robotics has intro- for Ocean Infinity to purchase $9 million of de pressure tolerant battery technology to duced Kraken Power to several new military Kraken’s deep-sea batteries. their AUVs. Kraken added this battery tech- and commercial customers and Kraken Po- According to the company, delivery dates nology to our product portfolio through an wer has successfully delivered initial orders. are expected between Q4 2018 and Q4 investment in Kraken Power GmbH in Q2 Kraken Power’s unique pressure tolerant 2019. 2017, pursuant to which we acquired our gel encapsulation technology for lithium Kraken will arrange for these batteries to be current 19.9% ownership position. polymer batteries provides an attractively built by Kraken Power, an entity in which Kraken Plans to Exercise Option for Majority priced, eco-friendly and superior alternative Kraken currently holds a 19.9% interest. Control of Kraken Power GmbH Later This to oil compensated batteries currently used The first purchase order has been issued for Year for subsea battery applications. Given the $2.5 million and the subsequent purchase Under the terms of our agreement with success of this relationship to date, Kraken order of $6.5 million is expected in early Q1 Kraken Power, we can increase our owner- expects to exercise its right to acquire the 2019. ship to 75% from 19.9% by exercising the additional 55.1% ownership interest in Kra- Karl Kenny, Kraken’s president and CEO, said: conversion option on our convertible note ken Power at some point prior to the end “We are very pleased to receive this large and paying an additional €200,000. of Q4 2018.”

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KRAKEN ROBOTICS Kraken Receives Order for AquaPix Sonar

Kraken Robotics has been awarded a con- this customer. The reason this customer this high-priority, high-potential growth tract valued at over C$450,000 by a military has once again selected AquaPix is becau- area. We thank our customer for their on- customer for its AquaPix Miniature Synthe- se it is the industry leading sonar system, going confidence in our technology and tic Aperture Sonar system. which provides military grade technology products.” Due to the confidential nature of the ap- enabling superior 3D seabed imaging, fa- AquaPix is designed for operation on auto- plication, the customer’s name will not be ster data processing and a lower cost than nomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), man- disclosed, Kraken said. competing sonars. With the increasing fo- ned and unmanned surface vessels and Karl Kenny, Kraken president and CEO said, cus on AUV technology, Kraken’s line of towed platforms. “This is the third AquaPix contract from underwater sensors are well-positioned in Delivery is expected in Q4, 2018.

KREDITANSTALT FÜR WIEDERAUFBAU German Bank Buys Into 50Hertz German state-owned bank, Kreditanstalt ternational, which once acquired, will be Germany and is playing an important role für Wiederaufbau (KfW), has agreed to ac- sold to KfW at the same financial conditions. in the implementation of the ‘Energiewen- quire a 20% stake in compatriot transmis- ”As a leading company in the energy sec- de’ or energy transition in Germany, Elia said. sion system operator 50Hertz Transmission tor, 50Hertz is very closely connected to the The TSO is responsible for the construction GmbH. German society that it serves. Elia as main and operation of offshore infrastructure Eurogrid International, the holding com- shareholder, looks forward to having KfW which connects wind farms in the German pany of 50Hertz, is currently owned by the as our new partner and feels confident that Baltic Sea to the national grid. Belgian transmission system operator Elia this stronger national anchorage will inspi- The closing of all transactions is expected (80%) and Australia’s IFM Global Infrastruc- re us to continue building the infrastructure to be finalised in the third quarter of 2018. ture Fund. to realise the energy transition in Germany,” Citi acted as the financial advisor to Elia. Elia has now exercised its pre-emption right Chris Peeters, CEO of Elia Group, said. on the remaining 20% stake in Eurogrid In- 50Hertz is one of four electricity TSOs in

LIQUID TELECOM Telecom Egypt and Liquid Telecom announce MoU signing to enable completion of the first fibre net- work from Cape to Cairo Telecom, and Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first can countries, and has now reached the integrated telecom operator, announced border between Sudan and Egypt. The at the 2018 Annual Meetings of the Afri- Cape to Cairo network - often referred to as can Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) the “the One Africa” broadband network - has signing of a Memorandum of Understan- been in the making for over ten years and ding (MoU) that will enable Liquid Telecom serves some of the largest global com- to shortly complete Africa’s terrestrial fibre panies with some of the fastest network network stretching all the way from Cape speeds on the continent. Town, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. “Completing our vision of building a single Under the MoU, Liquid Telecom will link its network running on land, all the way from network from Sudan into Telecom Egypt’s Cape to Cairo is a historic moment for the network via a new cross border intercon- company and for a more connected Africa. nection – bringing together a 60,000km This network not only represents a remar- network that runs from Cape Town, through kable engineering achievement that has Leading pan-African telecoms group, Liquid all the Southern, Central, and Eastern Afri- overcome some of the most challenging

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LIQUID TELECOM (continued) Telecom Egypt and Liquid Telecom announce MoU signing to enable completion of the first fibre net- work from Cape to Cairo distances and terrains on the continent, Telecom Egypt, which has served Egyptian the foremost pan-African multilateral finan- but it is also supporting the rise of Africa’s customers for over 160 years, will offer Li- cial institution devoted to financing and digital economies,” said Strive Masiyiwa, quid Telecom unrivalled reach through promoting intra- and extra-African trade, Founder and Executive Chairman of Econet. interconnection services, while Egypt was being held from 11 to 14 July in Abuja, Mr Masiyiwa also observed that: “Where- Telecom’s customers will benefit from ac- Nigeria. It brought together banking indus- ver the One Africa network has been com- cess to Liquid Telecom’s pan-African fibre try professionals, trade and trade finance pleted we have seen dramatic increase of network. practitioners and other parties involved in data traffic between nations connected to “This MoU is a great step in our strategy to economic development from across Africa it. We expect to see a lot of traffic between penetrate the African market and avail Te- and beyond. Egypt and the rest of Africa. Where there lecom Egypt’s most advanced technology “The roll-out of infrastructure, particularly is improved communications, improved and global infrastructure services to custo- high-speed networks, is crucial for stimu- trade follows as well. We need to see more mers across Africa. We look forward to wor- lating intra-regional trade. The Cape to Cai- trade between African countries.” king alongside Liquid Telecom to develop ro network sets a new standard for Africa As part of the strategic partnership, Liquid new network services and products that and will open-up new trade opportunities Telecom and Telecom Egypt will share will help stimulate intra-regional trade,” said across the region. Our congratulations to network infrastructure and explore further Ahmed El Beheiry, Telecom Egypt’s Mana- Telecom Egypt and Liquid Telecom for rea- areas of collaboration, including joint net- ging Director and Chief Executive Officer. ching an agreement to complete the Cape work services, a peering arrangement and a The 2018 Annual Meetings of the African to Cairo network,” said Dr. Benedict Oramah, voice interconnection agreement. Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which is President of Afreximbank.

MACQUARIE TELECOM Macquarie Telecom to upgrade data centre campus to 43MW for $80m physical investment already on the site, but DC REIT to the value of £26-36 million for Macquarie’s 18-year track record of data the development of the core and building centre experience, industry-leading custo- of IC3 East. mer service, carrier neutrality and commer- "The new data centre will be a Tier III+ faci- cial flexibility,” said David Tudehope, CEO of lity with an Australian leading PUE of 1.28,” Macquarie Telecom Group. added David Hirst, Macquarie Group Execu- The campus has been designed to meet tive. “It will be certified by Uptime Institute, the growing needs of hyperscalers and built to meet Australian Government physi- Macquarie Telecom is developing its Mac- clouds, enterprise and government custo- cal security standards, ISO 27001:2013, and quarie Park Intellicentre and expanding it mers. The first data hall in the new campus support the delivery of credit card payment into a 43MW campus for approximately $80 is scheduled for completion in late 2019. environments." million. Upon launch the hall will achieve a mecha- Macquarie will enter into a 20-year lease The project will be undertaken in phases. nical, electrical and plant (MEP) of 2.4MW, with Keppel including options to renew. Phase one will focus on Macquarie Park with further MEP investment to be funded The data centre development will be fi- Intellicentre 3 (IC3) East and will allow the by the debt facility. nanced through structured debt financing company to expand its data centre capacity The company says the new expansion will which will be finalised in Q1 of 2019. The from a total load of 10MW to 26MW. The fol- cost roughly $75-80 million in capital ex- company also plans on extending its ASD- lowing phases will add an additional 17MW penditure, the bulk of which will be incur- Certified government cloud into this facility when building out Macquarie IC3 West. red in 2019. Although a portion of this cost once completed. “The investment will leverage not only the will be offset by a fee to be paid by Keppel

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MAKE CONSULTING US Wind Farm Installation to Boom with PTC Phase-Out on Horizon

Installation of new wind energy projects in though projects built in 2021 with access to quire inter-state and inter-developer coor- the U.S. will significantly increase between the 80% PTC will remain cost-competitive dination in the first half of the next decade 2018 and 2020, before annual installation with solar PV and gas capacity in several before a domestic supply chain can deve- volumes decline as the production tax cre- states. lop to stabilise the sector’s volatility, accor- dit (PTC) phase-out begins, according to Looking at offshore wind, three state-level ding to MAKE. MAKE Consulting. competitive solicitations for offshore wind Wind projects that started construction in Wind energy developers in the U.S. are set capacity have now concluded successfully, 2015 and 2016 receive a full value PTC of to take advantage of the final stretch of the awarding offtake contracts and financial 2.4 cents per kilowatt hour. For projects production tax credit (PTC), installing more support to approximately 1.8GW of off- that began construction in 2017, the credit than 30GW of new capacity over the next shore wind projects in federal waters off the is at 80% of full value; for those that start(ed) three years, MAKE states. coasts of four states, the consultancy writes. this year, the credit is at 60%; and for those Following this boom, annual wind installati- In all, the forecast assumes more than 5GW starting construction in 2019, the credit is on volumes will begin to decline as the pro- of new offshore wind capacity will be ope- at 40% PTC. duction tax credit (PTC) phase-out begins, rational by the end of 2027, but this will re-

MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT Perak Sultan launches first Telegraph Museum in Southeast Asia

anku Zara spent about half an hour explo- latest tourist attraction in Perak. It features ring the museum. the history of the telegraph communica- Among the interesting artefacts showcased tions system, including its maiden bre- at the premises is an 1870s submarine ca- akthrough here and how the technology ble which was the first in the world utilising has contributed to the development of the insulation materials from the Gutta Percha nation,” he said. tree extract. Sulaiman added that he hopes that both Visitors can also view early telegraph trans- the Telekom Museum and the Telegraph Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah mitters and reception tools, as well as other Museum would be places where students, launched the Telegraph Museum, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. peripherals related to the telegraph com- researchers and communities within and munications system in its infancy, while outside the country can deepen their un- Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin appreciating the history of the telegraph derstanding of the country’s telecommuni- Shah launched the Telegraph Museum and the benefits it brought to the nation cation heritage and telegraph communica- here, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. until the telegram service was terminated tions system. Present were the Sultan’s consort, Tuanku in 2012. “YTM’s effort in establishing the Telegraph Zara Salim; Raja Muda Perak, Raja Jaafar Raja The museum’s unveiling is a historic mo- Museum is intended to restore and conser- Muda Musa; and Raja Di Hilir Perak, Raja Is- ment for YTM, which opened the Telekom ve the historic building, built in 1883, that kandar Dzulkarnain. Museum in Kuala Lumpur in 1994. houses the first Post Office and Telegraph Also in attendance were Telekom Malaysia In his speech, YTM’s Sulaiman said the role (P&T) Office in Malaya, which then also be- Berhad (TM) chairman, Tan Sri Dr Sulaiman of museums has changed over the ye- came the first office of TM. Mahbob, who is also Yayasan Telekom Ma- ars, expanding its role beyond presenting “This 135-year-old Telegraph office repre- laysia (YTM) chairman; TM acting group things of the past to creating a connection sents our national identity and the highest chief executive officer, Datuk Bazlan Os- with the present and presenting a glimpse moment in the telecommunications histo- man; and YTM director, Abd Hamid Hashim. into the future. ry of the country,” he added. Following the launch, Sultan Nazrin and Tu- “The Telegraph Museum is set to be the

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NAVAL ENERGIES Naval Energies Shelves Tidal Energy Plans with OpenHydro in Liquidation

Naval Energies has decided to stop inve- between now and 2028, i.e. 50 turbines of In the future, Naval Energies will focus its sting in the field of tidal turbines and to 2 MW each over ten years. The United King- development on Floating Offshore Wind concentrate its efforts on floating wind tur- dom had also decided two years ago not to (FOW) and Ocean Thermal Energy Conver- bines and ocean thermal energy conversi- launch specific tenders, and tidal has now sion (OTEC), which are receiving support on. to compete with fixed bottom offshore from the public authorities.” Following Naval Energies’ decision, its Du- wind. In Canada, there is also great sensi- Rémi Gruet, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe, blin-based subsidiary OpenHydro has been tivity to the cost of the technology, Naval said: “The liquidation of OpenHydro is dis- put under provisional liquidation. Energies explains. appointing news, yet closures are part of On 24 July, the company deployed a new Laurent Schneider-Maunoury, CEO of Naval pioneering and innovating in a brand new tidal turbine in Canada and connected it to Energies, said: “It is with regret, but also re- industrial sector, on the road to commerci- the power grid. sponsibility, that we are taking the decision alisation.” Naval Energies had also recently inaugu- to stop developing tidal-turbine energy. Neil Kermode, managing director of Euro- rated the world’s first assembly plant for The deterioration of the market, in France pean Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), stated: OpenHydro tidal turbines in Cherbourg. and around the world throughout the re- “EMEC is gutted to hear that Naval Energies Nevertheless, Naval Energies claims that cent months, has been reflected in a lack of have made the difficult decision to liqui- the market for tidal-turbine energy is clo- commercial prospects over the long term. date OpenHydro. sing, and that the gap between the techno- This evolution means that we alone can “OpenHydro were EMEC’s first tidal energy logy and the demand on the market, and no longer finance the development of the client, and are our longest standing client, the lack of commercial prospects over the tidal-turbine activity. In the current context, having been operating at the Fall of War- long term, is forcing the company to bring maintaining our investments would have ness test site since 2007. its developments in tidal energy to an end. led to consume the company’s resources “This is the hard journey that all technolo- Namely, the French Environment and En- and thus, ultimately, to weaken Naval Ener- gies have to travel. It is such a shame that ergy Management Agency (ADEME) only gies as a global actor in the Ocean Energy OpenHydro are not going to make it.” foresees 100 to 150 MW to be installed sector, as we still have two product lines.

NORBIT NORBIT Supplies WBMS Systems for NOC AUV

NORBIT has been appointed by the Natio- will be used on NOC’s new 2000 meter “A robust system which has proven itself nal Environmental Research Council (NERC) depth rated AUV platform Autosub2KUI for with regards under-ice mapping was re- to supply two multi-beam echosounder under-ice exploration. quired and NORBIT are pleased support (MBES) sonar systems for use on the Natio- This will support future under-ice and deep NOC with leading technology,” the compa- nal Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) new AUV sea science, including a number of upco- ny said. platform. ming major marine research programmes, The WBMS deep water multibeam systems NORBIT explained.

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N-SEA N-Sea Adds New Member to Its Team

Hans van Peet, who joins the organisation tremendous asset to the company. We are from Heerema Marine Contractors, brings confident that his appointment will ensure more than 30 years of specialist experience we continue to create sustainable competi- in survey, positioning and ROV intervention tive advantages through continual innova- to the role. tion of our survey services.” Based in the Netherlands, Hans will be re- Hans Van Peet added: “I am looking forward sponsible for overseeing all survey activities to help shape the direction of future survey within N-Sea, as well as driving forward in- activities for N-Sea, at what is an exciting novation of survey products, services and time for the company. I believe the role will technology. allow me to play a key part in delivering the Gerard Keser, N-Sea’s CEO, said: “We are strategic results required for long-term suc- delighted to welcome Hans van Peet to cess and I’m pleased to be working with a Subsea services provider, N-Sea, has ap- N-Sea’s management team. His vast survey company with such a strong track record.” pointed Hans Van Peet as the company’s knowledge, technical background teamed survey authority. with his management experience, will be a

NTT CORPORATION NTT Corp unveils new operating structure to boost global growth NTT Corporation – the parent company of NTT to create a new structure that will over- excluding NTT DATA – into two new busi- NTT Communications – has announced see its global businesses. ness units by the end of the fiscal year 31 a restructure of its operating units, with a The new entity, which has been named March 2020. The businesses will be split new focus international business. NTT Inc. will operate under NTT Corp CEO between domestic in Japan and the global NTT’s operating companies include the Jun Sawada. It has an estimated operating business. likes of NTT Com, Dimension Data, NTT revenue of $38 billion based on figures The restructure at the Japanese telco will DATA, and NTT Security, which when com- from the fiscal year ending 31 March 2018. also see the creation of a new global in- bined have generated revenue outside of NTT said the new unit will comprise of NTT novation fund, named NTT Venture Capi- NTT’s home market of Japan worth more Communications, Dimension Data, NTT tal, which will be used to actively invest in than $20 billion through collaboration. DATA, NTT Security, and NTTi3 by the third high-growth opportunities. These are to in- This, and changes in the global telecoms quarter of fiscal year 2019. clude digital technology and R&D in global market along the lines of new business mo- NTT also unveiled further plans, saying it markets. The fund will be up to $500 milli- dels and expansion of competitors, has led will look at integrating these businesses – on, NTT said.

OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT ORE Catapult Gathers Electrical Infrastructure Hub Team

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Ca- future-proof to meet the needs of the off- tapult has selected the UK Universities of shore wind, wave and tidal industries. Strathclyde and Manchester as partners to With a five-year investment of around GBP jointly form the Electrical Infrastructure Re- 700,000 from ORE Catapult and GBP 2.4 search Hub (EIRH). million match funding from the university The GBP 3.1 million hub will accelerate re- partners, the hub will be dedicated to com- search and development activities and is ponent reliability and availability, system expected to tackle the challenge of making and sub-system optimization, as well as the UK’s electrical infrastructure systems smart energy systems of the future, inclu-

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OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT (continued ORE Catapult Gathers Electrical Infrastructure Hub Team ding energy storage solutions. “The UK’s wind, wave and tidal industries versities of Strathclyde and Manchester Over its five-year lifespan, the EIRH will be are developing at pace and the offshore will enable us to pool existing academic supported by at least ten PhD students, wind industry has announced its most am- and industry skills and resources to tackle three post-doctoral researchers and exper- bitious plans to date that would see 30GW this challenge, driving forward key research tise from both the two universities and ORE of installed capacity by 2030. One of the and helping to leverage the vital public and Catapult’s electrical infrastructure research biggest challenges associated with these private finance that will underpin the acti- team. plans will be to address how we best con- vities.” Access to test and demonstration facilities vert, transmit and store energy from our The EIRH comes after the establishment of is expected to enable novel methods and offshore renewable assets in an effective the Wind Blade Research Hub, which was technologies to be accelerated along the and reliable manner,” Paul McKeever, ORE set up in June last year in partnership with technology readiness scale from concept Catapult’s Head of Strategic Research, said. the University of Bristol. to validation. “Our academic collaboration with the Uni-

OCEAN SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL LTD OSIL Multiple Corer for US Antarctic Program

Seabed sampling experts Ocean Scientific Research Council and NSF’s Office of Polar International Ltd has delivered a 12-station Programs, which manages the U.S. Antar- multiple corer to Colorado-based ASC, the ctic Program. support contractor to the U.S. National Sci- The corer will be used to investigate the ence Foundation (NSF), for use in Antarctic role of the Southern Ocean biological waters. pump in regulating atmospheric carbon di- The corer will be deployed by upcoming oxide, and to determine the sediment-wa- projects in the International Thwaites Gla- ter fluxes of dissolved compounds in West cier Collaboration, a joint project of the Antarctic Shelf sediments. ’s Natural Environment

PARETO SHIPBROKERS LTD. Announcement of executive changes at Pareto Shipbrokers Ltd

Oliver Bailey will step down as Managing sand. The shipbroking efforts from all three and took over as Managing Director in 2016. Director of Pareto Shipbrokers Ltd as of offices will continue operating as an inte- Oliver Bailey said, ‘It has been a pleasure to 11th September 2018. Oliver will relocate grated unit drawing on the considerable work with such an enthusiastic and dedica- to Perth Australia to pursue other personal resources from within the Group. ted team over the past 14 years. It’s time for and professional interests. He will continue Oliver joined Derrick Offshore Ltd in 2004 a new chapter in my life and a new chapter to work with and support the Pareto group. with a Masters in Commercial Law. He has for the group. I wish the team and group Stephen Sorby shall be Director of Guild- operated in all areas of project broking, in- the very best for the future.’ ford, and Jonathan Lints Director of Aber- cluding newbuilding, conversions, sale and John G Bernander, Chairman said for the deen. Ian Coates will assume daily admini- purchase, and term chartering activities, as Board, ‘Oliver has been a great asset to us at strative operations for the UK business. The well as a specialisation assisting on financial Pareto and we thank him for his dedication UK operation consisting of Guildford and workouts. Oliver joined Derrick Offshore as and loyalty to the company - in particular Aberdeen offices are daughter companies a trainee, becoming a Director of the busi- the last years as Managing Director, where of Pareto Shipbrokers AS in Norway and will ness in 2008. He was involved in the sale of his experience and deep knowledge of the report into the Norwegian office in Kristian- the business into the Pareto group in 2014 industry have been a great asset. Today

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PARETO SHIPBROKERS LTD. (continued) Announcement of executive changes at Pareto Shipbrokers Ltd we serve a wider and more diverse client renewables and a recovering offshore mar- and purchase, financial work outs, charte- base than ever before, Oliver’s leadership ket’ ring and valuations of all types of specia- has helped strengthen our position in the lised vessels, drill rigs and support vessels. market despite the industry’s challenges. About Pareto Shipbrokers The company’s relationship as part of the He and his team have been instrumental in The company is the amalgamation of two Pareto group allows the structuring of total our continued success. We thank him for his long term shipbroking houses, Johan G Ol- package deals, combining shipping know long-standing contribution and wish him sen dating from 1912 and Derrick Offshore how and shipbroking skills with financi- much luck with his future endeavours. The Ltd, founded in 1976. Today the company al support and solutions. Clients include company has recently recruited additional specialises in shipbroking to the offshore ship owners, shipyards, offshore and cable staff in both Guildford and Aberdeen and and renewable energy markets, as well as contractors, oil companies, government looks towards the future and the increased tanker broking. The disciplines cover in par- departments, banks and other financial in- market activity that is expected in both the ticular project broking, newbuilding, sale stitutions

PRYSMIAN GROUP Prysmian Chairman Resigns

Prysmian’s chairman Massimo Tononi has rently scheduled on September 18, 2018. tors of Prysmian since July 2010 and chair- tendered his resignation from the positions Massimo Tononi’s resignations have been man since April 2012. of company’s chairman of the board of di- tendered further to his appointment in He was elected to his current position at rectors, board member and member of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, as a result of which the Shareholders’ Meeting on April 12, 2018. remuneration, nomination and sustainabili- he deemed appropriate to quit all positions The Board of Directors will now have to ad- ty committee. held in other companies. opt resolutions for the new appointments. The resignation is effective as from the end Massimo Tononi is a non-executive and in- of the meeting of the board of directors cur- dependent member of the board of direc-

PRYSMIAN GROUP Prysmian Group Introduces New Ultra-Compact, Flexible Ribbon Technology

New FlexRibbon™ products can reach Technology, will support large-scale data flexible fibre ribbons that can be rolled up 3456 optical fibre to offer increased centres operated by major companies for high packing densities or laid flat for rib- functionality to data centres. worldwide. bon splicing. The new 1728 and 3456 fibre “We are pleased to rollout these new en- count FlexRibbon™ products feature an hancements to our FlexRibbon™ line in an- ultra-compact outside plant cable design ticipation of Prysmian expanding into new that contains bend insensitive fibres, small markets,” said Philippe Vanhille, SVP Telecom enough to fit into a 31.75mm and 38.1mm Business of Prysmian Group. “As the demand duct, respectively. for more powerful, higher-density cables “We began development of our FlexRib- continues to increase, this latest offering will bon™ Technology product line to meet the be a key asset for large companies to navi- needs of our main customers in North Ame- gate underground duct networks.” rica requiring high fibre counts and fibre Designed to maximize fibre density and density, where ultra-compact design and Prysmian Group today announced the roll- duct space utilization, Prysmian’s MassLink™ efficient installation are necessities,” said Toni out of two enhancements to its line of Flex- with FlexRibbon™ Technology products Bosch, Vice President of Telecom Solutions Ribbon™ products. This new line of products, compact the maximum fibre count into the for Prysmian Group. “We have continued to which feature MassLink™ with FlexRibbon™ smallest cable possible by using extremely heavily invest in the R&D of FlexRibbon™

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PRYSMIAN GROUP (continued) Prysmian Group Introduces New Ultra-Compact, Flexible Ribbon Technology technology, employing the most advanced mass fusion splicing. widest possible range of products, services, equipment, which has led to the develop- Prysmian Group confirms therefore its com- technologies and know-how. It operates in ment of these new FlexRibbon™ product of- mitment to constantly investing in its optical the businesses of underground and sub- ferings to be now offered to our customers fibre and cable capacities to respond to the marine cables and systems for power trans- worldwide.” needs of the market, to support its custo- mission and distribution, of special cables The significantly smaller diameter and lighter mers in developing new reliable and effici- for applications in many different industries weight cables have superior kink resistance ent broadband networks. and of medium and low voltage cables for and increased flexibility, which allows for ea- the construction and infrastructure sectors. sier installation and the use of smaller ducts. About Prysmian Group For the telecommunications industry, the In the case of the 1728 fibre design, there is a Prysmian Group is world leader in the ener- Group manufactures cables and accessories 21 percent smaller diameter (38 percent vo- gy and telecom cable systems industry. With for voice, video and data transmission, offe- lume reduction) over traditional flat ribbon almost 140 years of experience, sales excee- ring a comprehensive range of optical fibres, designs. And while the new FlexRibbon™ ding €11 billion (pro-forma as of 31.12.2017), optical and copper cables and connectivity products provide high packing density, about 30,000 employees in over 50 countries systems. Prysmian is a public company, listed they also feature 200 and 250-micron fibre and 112 plants, the Group is strongly positi- on the Italian Stock Exchange in the FTSE ribbons that still provide the advantages of oned in high-tech markets and offers the MIB index.

ROVCO Rovco to Double Its Workforce in 2019 UK-based Rovco has made plans to double exciting time for the company and we have solutions for subsea survey, but over the its workforce as it prepares for further glo- identified a number of opportunities to next 12-months we plan to invest another bal expansion. grow our business. We are seeing a more £2m-3m in our technology. We are looking The company has grown from 3 to 19 staff optimistic outlook across the industry and at projects including applied artificial intel- in the last year and is on course to double our plans for the next 12-months reflect ligence, autonomous vehicle path planning its headcount by the end of 2019. this. and live 3D underwater computer vision. To accommodate its expanding team, Rov- “We have a number of key regions where “Our commitment to R&D ensures we con- co recently relocated to larger premises in we see opportunity for expansion, with a tinue to be at the top of our game and can Bristol. The new 2,200 sq ft office space will focus on oil and gas in the UK, Europe, Asia deliver our services at the highest level. We also house a research and development la- Pacific, North and West Africa markets. We are confident that our investment in equip- boratory, where Rovco will conduct further are also looking to expand our offshore ment and people will enable us to meet our studies into underwater artificial intelli- wind contracts in the UK and Europe. ambitious growth targets.” gence and live 3D computer vision. “A key part of our growth strategy is inve- Brian Allen, CEO of Rovco, said: “This is an sting in R&D, we already offer innovative

SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION San Miguel Corp opts for tidal in 10GW renewable energy dive

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has unveiled investment plans reportedly include hydro, ding to the plans set out earlier by SMC. plans to make significant investments into wind, and tidal energy projects. The power generated could be sold to the renewable energy and energy storage initi- SMC has confirmed in April 2017 the plans grid at P5.00 per kilowatt hour without atives in the next 10 years. to develop a tidal energy power facility feed-in tariff from the government redu- The Philippine-based conglomerate plans, through its SMC Global Power Holdings cing the overall cost of electricity for consu- according to various local media reports, Corp at an estimated cost of $60 billion. mers, according to Ramon S. Ang, President to invest in up to 10,000MW of renewable With generating capacity of up to and Chief Operating Officer of SMC. energy developments in the next 10 years. 20,000MW – the facility is expected to ge- The technologies to be covered by SMC nerate 4,000MWs by the fifth year, accor-

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SEANAMIC GROUP Seanamic Names New CEO

for subsea business development in Euro- hard-working talent pool to combine our pe and Africa. capabilities and build on latest develop- In his new role, David will work across all ments, including new facilities and techno- four Group businesses: Caley Ocean Sys- logy.” tems, IMES International, Flexlife, and Um- Alan Brunnen, chairman of the Seanamic bilicals International. He takes over from Group, said: “I would like to thank Mar- Martin Barnes, who simultaneously held tin Barnes for his hard work while mana- the position of Managing Director of IMES ging IMES International and the Seanamic International. Group. He has overseen several changes for Commenting on his new role, Hutchinson, the Group which will have positive, lasting Seanamic Group has appointed David Hut- said: “The Seanamic Group companies have benefits for our customers. I am confident chinson as its new CEO. a strong individual history and identity, that under David’s new leadership, the Se- Hutchinson joins Seanamic from Aker Solu- which we will evolve into an integrated, anamic Group will continue to integrate tions, where he led their Asia-Pacific region sustainable service for our clients. I look its operations and exceed clients’ expecta- for five years and was latterly responsible forward to working across our companies’ tions.”

SEAROC GROUP SeaRoc Unveils New Addition to SeaPlanner

and auditable method. The software comprises tools for ensuring personnel safety and efficient running of the project, including inductions, certifica- tion management, personnel and asset tra- cking, manifesting and access control, the company said, emphasizing that the addi- tion of the Permit to Work provides a com- plete audit trail of the contractor’s journey SeaRoc Group has expanded its SeaPlanner The service will initially be available across throughout the project. marine monitoring and management so- Europe and is expected to be rolled out in About SeaRoc Group lution with the launch of a Permit to Work Asia and the US as the markets develop. Formed in 2002, SeaRoc Group has over solution for offshore wind farms. “As well as providing the system to mana- a decade of experience in offshore re- The new system consists of three main ge the submission, review and approval newable energy. SeaRoc has an extensive functions, including Risk Assessment/Me- of RAMS and permits, we are increasingly worldwide project portfolio, adopting a full thod Statement (RAMS), Permits and Trans- being asked to supply experienced perso- lifecycle approach to projects from design, fer of Control (ToC), and provides a fast and nnel to manage the entire process,” Steve through construction and into decommis- efficient user-driven process for the sub- Pears, SeaRoc Group Managing Director, sioning, specialising in HSEQ support and mission, review, approval and issue of all said. GIS data management services. permits, SeaRoc said. “This is where our clients really benefit from In 2006 the company went on to develop, our partnerships with other trusted com- SeaPlanner, industry leading software that According to the company, the launch of panies within the industry. We can ensure provides the tools for the safe and efficient the full-service package is provided as a clients are equipped with key project tools, management of projects offshore. Features collaboration with Marine Coordination and personnel fully trained in using these include personnel tracking, access control, Services, Specialist Marine Consultants tools, to meet their project needs.” vessel tracking, weather management, in- (SMC) and EMS Maritime Offshore as part SeaPlanner provides personnel and operati- duction management, HSE risk manage- of its Strategic Alliance Program that offers onal planning tools for large-scale projects, ment, geographic information systems marine coordination services for offshore said to enable users to plan and monitor (GIS), maintenance planning as well as wind clients. operations using a controlled, compliant managing offshore certification and docu-

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SEAROC GROUP (continued) SeaRoc Unveils New Addition to SeaPlanner mentation. Recognising the need for companies to their personnel details, upload their certi- Now an industry leading marine manage- streamline their induction processes and fication, watch a site induction/H&S video ment and monitoring tool, SeaPlanner has reduce costs, the SeaRoc Group launched and answer a site induction Q&A. This can expanded beyond renewables into mar- an online induction software tool, induct. all be achieved before a person steps onto kets such as offshore dredging and marine- me in 2014 – developed from the Induc- site, reducing administration, and saving civil construction across the UK, Europe and tion Manager module within SeaPlanner. the project time and money. Australia. The system enables all personnel to submit

SEATOOLS Seatools Delivers Remote Monitoring System to The Ocean Cleanup tem at The Ocean Cleanup’s assembly yard mine cleaning efficiency and optimize the in Alameda, California, USA. design of subsequent cleanup systems. In the third quarter of 2018, The Ocean The monitoring system processes, stores, Cleanup’s system will be deployed into the and transfers large amounts of data colle- waters between Hawaii and San Francisco. cted by scores of sensors. This data relates to The primary goal of the Pacific trials is to navigation, environmental conditions, the confirm the performance of the cleanup system’s operational status, and its integrity. system in a fully operational configuration, The sensors are linked to five solar-powered before commencing The Ocean Cleanup’s electronic pods, which will be mounted on large-scale cleaning plans in the Great Pa- the barrier. The pods communicate to each On behalf of The Ocean Cleanup, subsea cific Garbage Patch. other via a WiFi mesh network and satellite technology company Seatools completed During the upcoming trials, Seatools’ remo- connection, enabling The Ocean Cleanup the development, manufacturing, and te- te monitoring system will be performing to monitor its system remotely and retrie- sting of a remote offshore monitoring sys- critical functions such as navigation and ve data in real time – including images and tem. provide detailed feedback on the perfor- GPS locations – from its headquarters in The monitoring system is currently integra- mance of this first cleanup system. Rotterdam, the Netherlands. ted into the first-ever ocean cleanup sys- Performance data will be used to deter-

SEATRONICS Seatronics Adds New Teledyne Pipe Tracking System

660 smaller and lighter coil array has been dedication to providing our global custo- designed to help reduce the operating cost mers with innovative subsea technologies of subsea pipe surveys by allowing the use from industry leading manufacturers.” of smaller classes of underwater remotely William Egan, VP sales & marketing, instru- operated vehicles, Seatronics explains. ments & imaging at Teledyne Marin, said: Derek Donaldson, VP global operations, “This order reflects the demand for adap- Seatronics, said: “The investment in the new tion of new technology within the proven, HydroPACT 660 system was a clear choice easy to operate, accurate and comprehen- Seatronics, an Acteon company, has increa- for Seatronics. Our customers have trust in sive range of pipe and cable detection sed its investment in Teledyne Marine pipe the Teledyne Marine products and we have equipment. The HydroPACT 660 has been tracking technology with the purchase of a seen significant interest in their range of designed to help reduce the cost of subsea HydroPACT 660 system to add to Seatronics’ pipe tracking solutions. The purchase is yet pipe surveys by allowing the use of smaller extensive global rental fleet. The HydroPACT another example of Seatronics’ continued classes of ROVs.”

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SEATRONICS Seatronics Expands Hydrographic Survey Equipment Inventory

Seatronics, an Acteon company, has dou- ROV or AUV operations. received in our UK headquarters.” bled its stock of Sonic 2024 Multibeam Phil Middleton, Group managing director, Jens Steenstrup, president of R2Sonic, sta- Echosounders with the acquisition of ele- Seatronics, said: “Our customers demand ted: “We are thrilled to have supported ven new systems from long-term supplier high performance yet reliable and cost-ef- Seatronics significant investment in new R2 Sonic. fective technology, the R2Sonic 2024 MBES Sonic 2024 systems. These systems inclu- Responding to increased need for hydro- system ticks all these boxes hence our con- de the Ultra High Resolution (UHR) option graphic surveys, Seatronics have more than fidence to invest significantly in the pro- making them state-of-the-art Multibeam doubled their stockholding of Sonic 2024 duct range. Our continually expanding fleet EchoSounders (MBES) for offshore appli- systems with an investment in excess of $2 of subsea visualization and mapping tech- cations. We’re committed to continuing to million. nologies is unrivalled within our industry. I’d provide Seatronics best-in-class service and The Sonic 2024 is a broadband – wideband like to thank Andy Williamson of Undersea- technical support, so that together, R2Sonic high resolution shallow water multibeam sense, the official distributor of R2Sonic in and Seatronics ensure outstanding surve- echosounder suited for small survey vessel, Scotland, for the local service and support yors experience.”

SIMEC ATLANTIS ENERGY Three-bladed turbine positions for French tidal stream spinback In the fallout of the OpenHydro liquidation, the maintenance and assembly of tidal the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) con- the Chief Executive Officer of another tidal turbines for the project – Cornelius said his tinues to fall for traditional three bladed stream technology company Tim Cornelius company would ‘be delighted’ to discuss pitching and yawing horizontal axis tidal said that SIMEC Atlantis Energy would be the future of the Cherbourg plant as SIMEC turbine arrays. willing to engage in discussions with the Atlantis is currently running out of capacity “Earlier this year, we submitted a proposal French government to save the recently at its facility at Nigg Energy Park in Scotland. for a 1GW tidal stream array in Raz Blan- built Cherbourg tidal assembly plant, and “Furthermore, given the EC approval over- chard, Normandy to the French Govern- deliver the EU-sanctioned Normandie Hy- night for the Normandie Hydro plant, we ment which would deliver power at less dro tidal project within existing support would be delighted to invest alongside exi- than the current price of offshore wind in mechanisms. sting shareholders and supply equipment France by 2025 and earlier this week, we Reacting to Naval Energies’ decision to liqui- to this project, if required. welcomed the announcement by Claire date its tidal technology subsidiary Open- “SIMEC Atlantis can deliver pilot farms in Perry, UK Minister for Energy and Clean Hydro, Tim Cornelius hinted SIMEC Atlantis Normandie within existing support mecha- Growth, confirming that the next Contract Energy was prepared to act as a replace- nisms which can be in operation in 2019/20 for Difference auction for less established ment for the liquidated outfit should the and commercial scale arrays for less than technologies will open by May next year UK-based developer make progress with €70/MWh by 2025 making tidal power very and that subsequent auctions will be held the French government on the develop- competitive in French territorial waters every two years thereafter. ment of large scale arrays in Normandy and using traditional three bladed horizontal “That bold announcement provides wel- Brittany. axis turbines,” said Cornelius. come confirmation of the UK government’s Given the European Commission’s appro- Empathizing with OpenHydro and its em- long-term commitment to offshore renew- val for the Normandie Hydro scheme, and ployees, SIMEC Atlantis said they will conti- ables,” SIMEC Atlantis said in a statement. earlier plans of the now defunct developer nue to work with governments, regulators The company added it will be bidding fu- OpenHydro to use Naval Energies’ newly and developers around the world to deliver ture phases of the MeyGen project and its built Cherbourg tidal assembly facility for commercial scale tidal power projects as wider portfolio in the auctions.

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SOIL MACHINE DYNAMICS LTD QTrencher 1600 and 48Te A-Frame Delivered to Van Oord Commences First Job

Paul Hatchett, Managing Director SMD ensures operational loads are within sa- Deck Equipment comments, “SMD have fety factors at all times, even when the air been delivering safe and reliable launch weight of the vehicle exceeds the safe wor- and recovery and cable handling equip- king load of the umbilical. ment for over 35 years, and we have used Furthermore, the integration of the snatch our expertise to deliver a Lloyds Register limiting device means the system is able to approved system to our new customer, Van handle transitions through the splash zone, Oord. We have designed this LARS to offer from heavy-in-air to light-in-water without flexibility and ease of maintenance to our transferring shock loads to the umbilical. Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) are plea- customer. The compact design means that This function prevents the umbilical from sed to announce that the QTrencher 1600 Van Oord are not restricted on the layout becoming overloaded, and also handles and its associated deck equipment packa- of their vessel, with the system being com- slack umbilical to prevent damage during ge delivered in April 2018 to Van Oord, has pact enough for operation across the beam vehicle recovery which can be caused by commenced its first job at Borkum-2 wind and over the stern. Together with SMD’s vessel motion in high sea states. farm. QTrencher 1600 Van Oord will be able to The QT1600, Dig-It, has commenced cable Van Oord’s deck equipment for the QT1600, increase their operational window, working installation work which should be finished Dig-It, included a 48Te launch and recovery in conditions up to sea state 6.” in July 2018. Once completed in 2019, the system (LARS) with A-Frame, cursor docking The deck equipment comes equipped with Borkum-2 offshore wind farm will deliver head, umbilical winch with snatch limiter a state-of-the-art cursor launch system green energy to an equivalent of 460,000 and hydraulic power unit ensuring safe and which allows high sea state deployment households. The offshore wind farm is lo- reliable deployment of the QTrencher 1600 using the lift winch. SMD’s cursor launch cated 54 kilometres off the coast of Lower in higher sea states. system protects the vehicle’s umbilical and Saxony, Germany.

SOIL MACHINE DYNAMICS SMD completed Self Fleeting Drum Engine for KCS

Soil Machine Dynamics has completed the loaded out for long standing customer KCS manufacturing of the latest generation and is now on route to Sri Lanka for future Self-Fleeting Drum Engine. “We are pleased integration to a new build vessel. to say this system has been successfully

SOLSTAD FARSTAD Solstad Farstad Secures Contracts for Two Vessels

tracts for two of its construction support The contract will start in Q3 2018 and last vessels (CSVs) Nor Australis and Normand for approximately three months. Pacific. Furthermore, SolstadFarstad informed that The company has entered into a contract Prysmian Powerlink has declared their op- with Magseis for the CSV Nor Australis for tion to extend the present contract for the operations in South East Asia using proprie- CSV Normand Pacific. tary MASS nodes. This will see the vessel firm period exten- The project includes several major oil com- ded until October 31, 2019. Solstad Farstad (SOFF) has secured con- panies as end clients, the company said.

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SPARROWS GROUP Sparrows Eyes Expansion with New Appointment

deen, Grover will spearhead the delivery at Sparrows,said: “We have seen fantastic of the company’s long-term growth plan growth in the renewables and onshore in- worldwide as it looks to build on its per- dustrial markets in the last 18 months and formance history in the oil and gas, renew- recognised the need to have a role dedi- ables and onshore industrial sectors. cated to our strategic expansion plans into Grover joins Sparrows from Cape where he these sectors while continuing to support held the role of managing director at Cape and develop our portfolio of oil and gas cli- Specialist Services from 2016. Prior to this, ents. he worked in several director level posi- “John has a wealth of leadership experience Sparrows Group has appointed John Gro- tions at Baker Hughes PPS, GE and BJ Ser- and a proven track record in developing ver to a director-level role responsible for vices, both in the United Arab Emirates and teams as well as identifying new oppor- expanding its business globally. throughout Asia Pacific. tunities that will be vital to our continued Based at Sparrows’ headquarters in Aber- Stewart Mitchell, chief executive officer success in these sectors.”

ST TELEMEDIA GLOBAL DATA CENTRES STT GDC signs deal with SGIX to host services in data center

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT the Singapore and wider Asia Pacific mar- in bringing cost efficient Internet peering GDC) has announced a partnership deal kets. services across the country.” with Singapore Internet Exchange (SGIX). According to the two companies, SGIX’s STT GDC group chief marketing officer The two companies will work together to presence in the STT GDC data center will Chris Street shares these sentiments. enhance Singapore’s internet interconnec- enable customers to peer with its members “Efficient and reliable network connectivity tivity with the launch of a SGIX point of pre- while taking advantage of improved traffic is now a vital business driver, as sluggish sence (PoP) in STT Tai Seng 1, a colocation routing performance and reduced internet speeds and downtimes can quickly result data center that currently hosts network exchange costs. in financial and reputational losses. The ad- service providers, digital media and content “SGIX continues to strive and promote ef- vent of latest technologies like Internet of providers, and submarine cable systems. ficient exchange of Internet traffic with Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AIT) SGIX is an open and neutral internet ex- the objective of lowering interconnectivity further escalates the critical need for relia- change with almost 100 members that are costs and improving our peering members’ ble and efficient data flows,” says Street. made up of global carriers, internet service network performance,” says SGIX chairman “With the addition of SGIX’s PoP in STT Tai providers, content and social networking, Patrick Scodeller. Seng 1, our customers can now gain more among others. Its services have now been “We are pleased to partner STT GDC, one quality network options and accelerated made available to STT GDC customers of the global leaders in the data centre in- business interactions to our customers wi- across the company’s six data centers wi- dustry by extending our service coverage thin a state-of-the-art infrastructure and thin Singapore through metro links. into one of its carrier-neutral data centre scalable platform equipped for their busi- The STT Tai Seng 1 data center is located in in Singapore, STT Tai Seng 1. This exciting nesses today and tomorrow.” eastern Singapore and provides services for partnership re-iterates our ongoing effort

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SUBC PARTNER SubC Partner Picks Cougar ROV for New Anode Repair Concept

It can be adapted for any size and shape of has a reputation amongst engineers across sacrificial anode and offers anode exchange the industry as a known, trusted and pro- procedure that avoids diver intervention. ven system. The system comes as a skid, and is a resour- “Importantly it has a proven capability to ce targeted at offshore wind installations, operate in the shallow waters around wind oil and gas fields and a range of maritime farms. And choosing the Cougar meant we facilities. had an electric system with the power to This includes anode repair at monopiles, ja- operate the anode replacement tool that ckets, ships and semi-submersibles. avoided having to resort to the size and SubC Partner has launched an anode re- According to SubC’s sales manager, Klaus cost of a work-class vehicle.” pair concept with the help of Saab Seaeye’s Brix, the Saab Seaeye Cougar XT was consi- The Cougar’s power and manoeuvrabili- Cougar XT electric e-robotic underwater dered the best choice for the development ty meant that SubC were able to create vehicle as a development platform. platform: an anode replacement system capable of The new concept is said to save up to 75% “The Cougar was the best choice, as it has handling anodes weighing up to 40 kg and in costs compared to hydraulic delivered more power to handle heavy tooling for its in lengths up to 1100 mm – and can be ad- anode repair systems. size than any other company’s system. It apted for any size of anode.

SUBSEA 7 Subsea 7 rejigs offshore offering

Subsea 7 Renewables & Heavy Lifting has Seaway Heavy Lifting; Seaway Offshore installation, trenching and related services. carried out organisational changes with the Cables; Seaway Renewables North; and The other two business units are regional aim of improving client services in the off- Seaway Renewables South. organisations to provided integrated so- shore energy sector. SHL manages and provides transport and lutions to clients using the combined ser- The business unit is split into four groups: heavy lifting, while the SOC performs cable vices of SHL, SOC and Subsea 7.

TAMPNET 3i Infrastructure plc announces investment in Tampnet

3i Infrastructure plc (“3i Infrastructure” or toil) in 2001, Tampnet provides high speed, service providers and telecom operators. “the Company”) announced that it will in- low latency and resilient data connectivity Tampnet also has the opportunity to grow vest approximately €220 million for the ac- offshore through a comprehensive network into new segments such as offshore wind, quisition of a stake in Tampnet AS (“Tamp- of fibre optic cables, 4G base stations, and commercial vessels and the point-to-point net”), the leading independent offshore microwave links. It operates across four carrier segment. telecoms network operator in the North main business areas: fixed installations, mo- Richard Laing, Chairman, 3i Infrastructure Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. 3i Infrastructure bile rigs and vessels, roaming for offshore plc, commented: is investing in a consortium with Danish workers and international carriers. The “Tampnet is the Company’s first investment pension fund ATP, with each party acqui- majority of its business involves providing in fibre telecoms infrastructure and provi- ring up to 50% of Tampnet. The Company’s fixed fibre links to oil platforms. Tampnet’s des further geographical diversity through investment adviser, 3i Investments plc, will fibre optic links provide oil producers with its operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The in- manage the investment on behalf of the mission-critical reliable communications in vestment offers a good yield profile as well consortium. The Tampnet management an often hostile environment. as strong near-term growth prospects. It is team will also invest to acquire a minority Tampnet generates c.85% of its business an attractive addition to the portfolio.” shareholding. Completion is subject to re- in the North Sea and c.15% in the Gulf of Phil White, Managing Partner and Head of gulatory approvals in Europe and the USA. Mexico, and serves more than 50 customers Infrastructure, 3i Investments plc, Invest- Founded by Equinor (formerly known as Sta- including oil and gas operators, offshore ment Adviser to the Company, added:

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TAMPNET (continued) 3i Infrastructure plc announces investment in Tampnet

“As operators adopt more advanced tech- tend hydrocarbon field lives, the low laten- with Tampnet’s experienced and high qua- nologies and utilise IT applications more cy, high bandwidth of fibre becomes even lity management team to support the futu- intensively to improve efficiency and -ex more essential. We look forward to working re growth of this business.”

TELEFONICA COLTEL Colombian government wants out of Telefonica venture The Colombian government has said that in Coltel and is expected to make 2.3 trillion whom take mobile services and 1.6 million it intends to sell its 32.5 per cent stake in pesos ($795 million from the sale). take fixed broadband services. The remai- Telefonica Coltel, according to a report by In August last year, Telefonica increased ning 1.7 million customers take digital tele- Reuters news agency. its holdings in Coltel to 67.5 per cent. The vision and fixed line services. The Colombi- Telefonica's Coltel operates under the brand company has not yet confirmed whether an government said that its offer to sell its name Movistar in Colombia and is the big- it intends to make a bid for the Colombian shares in the company will remain open un- gest telecoms operator in the country. government's remaining shares. til the 3rd October 2018. It has not named a According to Reuters, the Colombian go- Movistar boasts around 17.9 million cu- preferred bidder. vernment owns just over 1.1 billion shares stomers across Colombia, 14.6 million of

TELEFONICA Telefónica incorporates Pontegadea as partner in Telxius, its telecommunication infrastructure com- pany

Telefónica today reached an agreement with allows us to maintain a sustainable sharehol- naging a unique combination of towers and Pontegadea for the sale of a 9,99% in Telxius, der remuneration. an international network of high capacity Telefónica’s telecommunication infrastruc- fiber optic submarine cables. As specialists ture arm, for a total of 378.8 million euros. About Telefónica in telecommunication infrastructure, we aim This transaction represents a price of 15.2 Telefónica is one of the largest telecommu- at enabling the best communication for our euro per share of Telxius. The sale has been nications companies in the world by market customers. With over 16,400 telecommunica- structured via Telefónica’s subsidiary, Pontel capitalization and number of customers with tions towers in six countries, Telxius features Participaciones, which owns 60% of Telxius’ a comprehensive offering and quality of con- one of the most extensive tower catalogues capital stock. Pontegadea owns 16.65% of nectivity that is delivered over world class in the world, effectively serving customers as Pontel and Telefónica the remaining 83.35%. fixed, mobile and broadband networks. As a the leading market provider in Spain, Germa- After the transaction, Telefónica will maintain growing company it prides itself on providing ny, Peru and Argentina, and a main provider a majority stake and retain operational control a differential experience based both on its cor- in Brazil and Chile. In addition, Telxius offers of Telxius. The unit will continue to be consoli- porate values and a public position that de- advanced services on its 87,000-kilometre dated into its accounts. Additionally, Telefóni- fends customer interests. The company has a international network; ten high capacity sub- ca, Pontegadea and Pontel have entered into significant presence in 17 countries and 357.5 marine fibre optic cables, including two of the a shareholders’ agreement that regulates the million accesses around the world. Telefónica highest capacity systems in the world: MAREA relationship of Telefónica and Pontegadea as has a strong presence in Spain, Europe and and BRUSA. The first is already open for busi- shareholders in Pontel, consistent with the Latin America, where the company focuses an ness, and the second will enter into service by shareholders’ agreement among Telefónica, important part of its growth strategy. the end of 2018. MAREA, a joint project with Taurus Bidco S.à.r.l. ("KKR") and Telxius. This Telefónica is a 100% listed company and its Microsoft and Facebook, is currently the Atlan- transaction is part of the Telefónica Group’s as- shares are traded on the Spanish Stock Market tic route with the lowest latency. BRUSA, with set portfolio management policy, based on a and on those in London, New York, Lima, and its 11,000 km and cutting-edge technology, strategy of value creation, optimization of the Buenos Aires. links the United States and Brazil. SAM-1, PCCS, return on capital and strategic positioning. It and UNISUR represent additional very high ca- also complements the objective of organically About Telxius pacity routes that link the United States with reducing debt and strengthening the balance Telxius is the telecommunication infrastruc- all Latin America. For more information on Tel- sheet in a growing cash flow scenario, which ture company of the Telefónica Group ma- xius, visit www.telxius.com Page 130 SCN COMPANY NEWS SubCableNews.com

TELKOM KENYA Telkom launches KSh 150M data centre to boost colocation and data back-up

Telkom has launched a KES 150Million data channel access to services. footprint. It also has 3 diverse fiber routes Centre in Nairobi’s Upper Hill to up its net- Speaking when launching the data center, serving the site to ensure uptime through work quality, colocation and hosting ser- ICT Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Joe Mucheru, lau- redundancy to 3 different exchanges, na- vices, Internet connectivity and local loop ded the timely infrastructure investment, mely: Westlands, GPO Nairobi and South- connectivity. The modernized open access amid booming data generation over the Hill Exchanges in Nairobi. facility at Milimani Exchange along Bishop next five years. He urged enterprises entru- As part of Telkom’s rebranding last year, Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi, is part of Telkom’s sted with data to put in place measures to Telkom revamped its Carrier Services Divi- network infrastructure expansion pro- safeguard data from internal and external sion, under Managing Director -Mr. Kebaso gramme and is capable of hosting all Telco’s compromise. “In recent days, there have George Mokogi – to lead Telkom’s offering infrastructure both local and international been several cyber threats locally and inter- of business solutions driven by the Telco’s clients at the site. According to Telkom nationally, leading to losses by individuals global seamless network backbone capa- Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Aldo Mareuse, and organizations. As we have learnt in the bilities. Specifically, the Division focuses on this latest investment is to leverage on the same period, the threats are not necessari- Cross Connect Services, Infrastructure Sha- rising demand for cloud-based services ly external – some cyber threats originate ring, International Private Leased Circuits for Kenyan and regional businesses, at a internally. The Government will continue to (National Optic Fibre Backbone infrastruc- customer‘s requirements. “It gives our cli- invest in initiatives that tackle the ever-evol- ture) Point to Point and Backhaul services. ents three redundant fiber routes guaran- ving cyber threats to back up our readiness Latter-day businesses are investing heavi- teeing back-up and access to international and timely response,” says CS Mucheru. ly in data server space in data centers for capacity on the Submarine Cables (TEAMS, The number of broadband connections is cloud services, back up their data informa- EASSy & LION2) from Nairobi, enabling us expected to grow at an average of twenty tion, intersperse to other companies and to redeploy superior services competitively per cent a year in the next five years, accor- provide secure, convenient services to their beyond market offering,” says Mr. Mareuse. ding to the African Data Centre Market Re- customers. Global spending for big data The new infrastructure, he says, provides port 2017. The data center sits on a 1160 and business analytics hardware, software access to national fiber backbone and me- m² space, with an ability to provide up to and services is projected to rise from the tro capacities across the country whilst of- 4KW of IT load for 30 rack servers and has a current $150.8 billion to $210 billion by fering turnkey solution support for public rack area designed to accommodate up to 2020, according to telecommunications and private cloud deployment and multi- 52U rack height with adjustments on floor analyst firm IDC.

TENNET TenneT intensifies investments for energy transition

• TenneT is accelerating the realization of 2030, will connect a total of 11.5 gigawatts mented: “The energy transition is gaining large-scale sustainable electricity pro- (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity to momentum, also in the Netherlands. While jects in the Dutch sector of the North Sea TenneT’s onshore high-voltage transmissi- the Netherlands has been trailing behind and on the German mainland. on grid. In addition, TenneT is making solid Germany until now, it is expected to catch • Investments total EUR 904 million in progress on the onshore projects to ensu- up soon. This will create an entirely new si- Dutch and German high-voltage grids in re the transport of sustainable generated tuation in which TenneT, market parties and the first half of 2018 (first half-year 2017: electricity. In Germany, TenneT is preparing end consumers of electricity will be dealing EUR 750 million). tenders for earth cables for two projects with large-scale, weather-dependent gene- • Underlying operating result (EBIT) decre- called SuedLink (700 km) and SuedOstLink ration of wind and solar energy. This not only ases from EUR 478 million in first half-year (580 km). These direct-current (DC) ‘elec- requires the construction of new infrastruc- of 2017 to EUR 362 million in first half-ye- tricity highways’ which will be constructed ture – such as grid connections for many off- ar of 2018 due to regulatory changes. using underground cables will have a com- shore wind farms and high-capacity onshore • Issue of EUR 1.25 billion (2017: EUR 2 billi- bined capacity of 6 GW (comparable to the connections – but also the development of on) of ‘green’ bonds. capacity of six nuclear power plants). From innovative hard- and software systems for TenneT continues to make important strides around 2025 onwards they are expected to real-time coordination of the variable supply in facilitating the energy transition in the Ne- transmit large volumes of sustainable wind of green electricity. With its central position therlands and Germany. In the Netherlands energy from the north of Germany to the in the energy transition and in collaboration TenneT is working on a tight schedule to major consumption centres in the south of with all its stakeholders TenneT can look for- develop an offshore electricity grid that, by the country. TenneT CEO Mel Kroon com- ward to a fantastic challenge.” Page 131 SCN COMPANY NEWS SubCableNews.com

UK GOVERNMENT UK Charts Decade-Long Offshore Wind Path

The UK government has committed to later today by Energy & Clean Growth Mini- as Yorkshire-based Osbit Ltd, which speci- opening the Contracts for Difference (CfD) ster Claire Perry. alises in the supply of technical equipment auctions for offshore wind every two years ”The UK renewables sector is thriving, with and engineering services to offshore wind from 2019 throughout the 2020s. more offshore wind capacity here than any- projects are now set to benefit from the an- The commitment is part of a GBP 557 mil- where else in the world and 50% of elec- nounced boost to the renewables industry lion package to support the development tricity coming from low-carbon sources last to secure their future, the government said. of less established technologies such as off- year in what was our greenest year ever,” ”Our sector has proposed a transformative shore wind and remote island wind. Minister Perry said. ambition to deliver at least 30GW by 2030, The first allocation round is expected to be ”For the last decade the offshore wind in- enough to meet more than a third of the held by May 2019, with the second round dustry has been a great British success country’s electricity needs, which in turn slated for 2021 and every two years or so story: increasing productivity, raising ear- could increase exports five-fold, create from then on. nings and improving lives in communities thousands of skilled jobs and reduce elec- Depending on the price achieved, these across the UK; and today the sector gets the tricity system costs,” Benj Sykes, Co-Chair of auctions are expected to deliver between certainty it needs to build on this success the Offshore Wind Industry Council and UK one to two gigawatts of offshore wind each through the next 10 years.” Country Manager at Ørsted said. year in the 2020s, the government said. Today’s announcement is also said to sup- ”Today’s announcement is a vote of confi- The support package is part of the UK’s port supply chains from the south coast to dence in our industry, and will directly ena- Industrial Strategy and will be announced the north east of the UK. Companies such ble more investment in the UK.”

UNITECH OFFSHORE A Subsea Power Cable & Umbilical Giga Factory and produced umbilicals and connectors for the Oil & Gas market, but for most com- panies UNITECH has been working “under the radar.” Even in the middle of a region known for its subsea expertise, it is not well- known that UNITECH Offshore has produ- ced and delivered umbilicals with termina- tions to the global Oil & Gas industry from Stord, Norway. UNITECH OFFSHORE is investing millions production technology is partly patented Umbilical technology is relatively young on the West Coast of Norway. and other patents pending, and the “Giga but with a great number of installations that UNITECH Offshore is challenging the big- Factory” has been featured in the June editi- are now about 15 years old. Many of these gest suppliers of high voltage power cables on of the Norwegian technology magazine, installations were not sufficiently robust in and umbilicals with groundbreaking pro- Teknisk Ukeblad. Floating cable tanks allow their design, and must now be replaced or duction technology. continuous production of over 4000 tons risk the disruption of oil & gas production. “A positive deviance for the market,” says of cable and can be floated onto modified Due to a stable oil price, an increasing founder, inventor, and COB Bernt Hellesøe. offshore vessels for rapid mobilization and number of new fields are under construc- “For a long time we have been working installation. tion. In addition, there is a greatly increased with new product designs and manufactu- “The optimal time for realizing our plans need for electrification of marine opera- ring technology that solves the well-known is right now” says Gunnar Birkeland, VP of tions within Oil & Gas, offshore wind and problems in industry and the market.” Business Development. “We continue to aquaculture. UNITECH’s “Giga Factory” is a floating pro- experience a strong, increasing demand for UNITECH will establish the company duction line that will be located at Rubbe- UNITECH design and quality, while strategic UNITECH Umbilical & Cables AS to solidify stadneset (Bømlo, Norway) near the new business partners can now contribute signi- and cultivate its core business to a major UNITECH Research & Technology Center ficantly to a highly effective supply chain.” business development undertaking. The which is currently under construction. The For over 30 years UNITECH has designed company is establishing new production

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UNITECH OFFSHORE (continued) A Subsea Power Cable & Umbilical Giga Factory lines; such as a new extrusion line for power tion lines. Technology Development on June 5th conductors and a “Giga” production facility “We are very pleased with the major invest- 2018 by the Minister of Industry, one for “endless” long cables, and an exhaustive ment in Hordaland and Haugaland, and we year before the opening. range of types and sizes of umbilicals. In are proud to be a unifying partner for the • Timber Bay, is a 100.000 sq.m deepwater addition, UNITECH has rebuilt existing pro- world’s best expertise in umbilicals, cables facility with 140m water depth and ca- duction lines for a wider range of special and offshore operations conveniently posi- pacity to support on-shore site support products. As before, cables and umbilicals tioned in our region,” says Gunnar Birkeland, services with necessary infra-structure, are delivered as “turnkey” solutions comple- who is looking forward to moving into the while implementing new technology te with UNITECH connectors, terminations, 24/7 office building in Haugesund. and business concepts developed at the and auxiliary equipment. The Giga Factory is part of a UNITECH stra- R&T Center. NORCABLE has launched a metallurgic tegic business development program, se- We are pleased to see that decades of tech- production line for conductors at Karmøy veral years in the planning. Other major nological advancements can now be com- and becomes an important supplier of the elements of the program include; bined and leveraged to create a rewarding world’s cleanest aluminium that will replace • The UNITECH Research & Technology synergy across multiple business applica- traditional copper. Aluminium is cheaper, Center, currently under construction at tions and markets. stronger and can be delivered in near end- Rubbestadneset (Bømlo, Norway), was less lengths directly to UNITECH’s produc- awarded status as a National Center of

UNITED NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Cables Bring Benefits to Remote Nations According to the United National Confe- Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. theast of the Solomons, the nation of Va- rence on Trade and Development (UNC- “We spend billions of dollars a year on fo- nuatu is also looking toward an online eco- TAD), the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu reign aid and this is a very practical way of nomy by considering its own “Rapid eTrade are set to benefit from the digital economy investing in the future economic growth of Readiness Assessment.” thanks to new submarine cable projects. our neighbours in the Pacific,” Australian Pri- The report was prepared before the recent Among the poorest and most remote me Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. announcement of a new cable system lin- countries in the world, consumers and The project will link the two nations to the king Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. businesses in the two remote Pacific island Australian mainland, as well as connecting This cable, known as Interchange Cable nations can look forward to a better con- the Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara with Network-2 (ICN-2), is Vanuatu’s second ca- nected and more prosperous future accor- the archipelago’s outer islands. ble, following ICN-1, which entered service ding to assessments made by UNCTAD of The move comes as the Solomon Islands in 2014. their readiness to benefit from electronic seeks to diversify its economy so that sec- “Vanuatu’s e-commerce ecosystem is still commerce. tors like timber and mining can be sup- incomplete,” the report says. “Yet, the com- Part of the eTrade for all Initiative, UNCTAD plemented with strengthened e-com- bination of government willingness and presented Rapid eTrade Readiness Reports merce-enabled sectors such as agriculture, efforts, public investments in information, to the governments of the Solomon Islands fisheries and tourism. technology and communications (ICT) and Vanuatu in the region on 16 and 18 July. “The liberalization of the telecommuni- infrastructure (with a goal of 98% of the For the Solomon Islands, made up of more cations sector in 2009 led to high mobile population covered by a mobile signal by than 900 islands some 2,000 kilometers nor- telephony penetration and a revolution in 2018) and trade facilitation on top of a fa- theast of Australia, the report came a week terms of connecting people in remote are- vourable regulatory regime in recent ye- after a deal was signed with the Australian as to the government, banking services and ars have created solid foundations for the government to lay an undersea cable that with each other,” the UNCTAD report notes. country to benefit from the digital revolu- will significantly boost Internet speeds. “Some 94% of the population is now within tion other economies in the region have Australia will pay two-thirds of the $100 reach of a mobile signal, and mobile pene- started to enjoy.” million project. The deal was signed on a tration rates rose from 20% in 2010 to 78 As well as being “sea-locked” (in the words visit to Brisbane by Solomon Islands Prime percent in 2017.” of the report), Vanuatu has several challen- Minister Rick Houenipwela and Papua New Meanwhile, about 1,000 kilometers sou- ges its government will need to overcome

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UNITED NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Cables Bring Benefits to Remote Nations (continued) to make the most of the digital future. to help integrate small island developing “The launch of these new assessments re- “E-commerce adoption by businesses, es- states into the global trading system and presents an important milestone, but the pecially micro, small, and medium-sized support them in mitigating their economic real impact will be secured when the con- enterprises, in Vanuatu will require confi- and geo-climatic vulnerabilities. crete recommendations included are ef- dence and trust in electronic payment so- “The Rapid eTrade Readiness Assessments fectively implemented,” Ms. Sirimanne said. lutions, which are not yet widespread,” the for Vanuatu and Solomon Islands enable the “Together with other partners of the eTrade report says. development of a coherent vision by the for all initiative, UNCTAD stands ready to “Similarly, in order to invest in ICT solutions governments to develop their e-commerce assist Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in this towards moving to online solutions later, ecosystems and better integration with re- context." banks and microfinance institutions must gional and global economies,” Shamika N. Requests for eTrade Readiness Assessments work hand in hand with the government Sirimanne, director of UNCTAD's technolo- have also been received from Kiribati and and leading business associations to ensure gy and logistics division, said. “They will also Tuvalu, which UNCTAD hopes to support in that financing gaps are bridged. This could support broader efforts among the Pacific coming months. also motivate business incubators and ven- Island Forum states to leverage the poten- The Solomon Islands is scheduled to leave ture capital from Australia, New Zealand tial for e-commerce for national trade and behind its Least Developed Country status and other Pacific Islands nations to put private sector development.” – after an improvement in fundamental Vanuatu e-commerce on their investment The Rapid eTrade Readiness Assessments economic indicators but entailing loss of map.” were the ninth and tenth conducted by some preferential treatment – with Vanu- The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu assess- UNCTAD and the second and third for a Pa- atu likewise recommended by the United ments are part of UNCTAD’s commitment cific islands nation after Samoa in July 2017. Nations to graduate in 2020.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON Study Suggests Cable Stations at Risk as Sea Levels Rise

The study, presented on July 16, 2018 at a ge to the Internet. It suggests that by the meeting of Internet network researchers, year 2033 more than 4,000 miles of buried portrays critical communications infrastruc- fiber optic conduit will be underwater and ture that could be submerged by rising more than 1,100 traffic hubs will be sur- seas in as soon as 15 years, according to the rounded by water. The most susceptible study’s senior author, Paul Barford, a UW– U.S. cities, according to the report, are New Madison professor of computer science. York, Miami and Seattle, but the effects “Most of the damage that’s going to be would not be confined to those areas and done in the next 100 years will be done would ripple across the Internet, says Bar- sooner than later,” says Barford, an authority ford, potentially disrupting global commu- on the “physical Internet” — the buried fiber nications. optic cables, data centers, traffic exchanges The peer-reviewed study combined data and termination points that are the nerve from the Internet Atlas, a comprehensive centers, arteries and hubs of the vast glo- global map of the Internet’s physical struc- Map of : Seawater inundation pro- bal information network. “That surprised ture, and projections of sea level incursion jected for New York City by 2033 and its effect on Internet infrastructure. Anything in the blue shaded us. The expectation was that we’d have 50 from the National Oceanic and Atmosphe- areas is estimated to be underwater in 15 years. years to plan for it. We don’t have 50 years.” ric Administration (NOAA). The study, which Thousands of miles of buried fiber optic ca- The study, conducted with Barford’s former only evaluated risk to infrastructure in the ble in densely populated coastal regions of student Ramakrishnan Durairajan, now of United States, was shared with academic the United States may soon be inundated the University of Oregon, and Carol Barford, and industry researchers at the Applied by rising seas, according to a new study by who directs UW–Madison’s Center for Su- Networking Research Workshop, a meeting researchers at the University of Wisconsin– stainability and the Global Environment, is of the Association for Computing Machine- Madison and the University of Oregon. the first assessment of risk of climate chan- ry, the Internet Society and the Institute of

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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON (continued) Study Suggests Cable Stations at Risk as Sea Levels Rise

Electrical and Electronics Engineers. continent under the ocean, they are not dict. “The first instinct will be to harden the Much of this infrastructure is buried and fol- waterproof. infrastructure,” Barford says. “But keeping lows long-established rights of way, typical- Risk to the physical Internet, says Barford, the sea at bay is hard. We can probably buy ly paralleling highways and coastlines, says is coupled to the large population centers a little time, but in the long run it’s just not Barford. “When it was built 20–25 years ago, that exist on the coasts, which also tend to going to be effective.” no thought was given to climate change.” be the same places where the transoceanic In addition to looking at the risk to local Many of the conduits at risk are already clo- marine cables that underpin global com- and long-haul infrastructure in the nation’s se to sea level and only a slight rise in ocean munication networks come ashore. “The coastal areas, the study examined the risk levels due to melting polar ice and thermal landing points are all going to be underwa- to the buried assets of individual Internet expansion as climate warms will be needed ter in a short period of time,” he notes. service providers. It found the networks of to expose buried fiber optic cables to sea Moreover, much of the data that transits CenturyLink, Inteliquent and AT&T to be at water. Hints of the problems to come, says the Internet tends to converge on a small highest risk. Barford, can be seen in the catastrophic number of fiber optic strands that lead to The findings of the study, argues the Wis- storm surges and flooding that accompa- large population centers like New York, one consin computer scientist, serve notice to nied hurricanes Sandy and Katrina. of the more vulnerable cities identified in industry and government. “This is a wake- Buried fiber optic cables are designed to the study. up call. We need to be thinking about how be water-resistant, but unlike the marine The impact of mitigation such as sea walls, to address this issue.” cables that ferry data from continent to according to the study, are difficult to pre-

VIPER INNOVATION Viper’s V-LIFE Makes Norway Debut

Viper Innovation has marked the first field installation of its V-LIFE insulation resistance recovery system in Norway. The set up took place as a result of recent tests which were carried out on an electri- cal distribution system, which was recove- red during a repair campaign. Talks are also said to be in the advanced stages with another Norwegian operator, with a view to install in the coming months. “With a cumulative field deployment of over 125 years, V-LIFE has proven its abili- ty to actively improve subsea cable IR rea- dings. Its capability gives operators more choices and new options in how they ma- nage and optimize their assets,” Viper said.

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VIVA BAHRAIN VIVA Bahrain expands global IP network to Europe VIVA Bahrain has expanded its global IP net- pacities and low latency for companies do- secure, reliable, flexible and cost-effective work footprint with the deployment of new ing business in the European market,” said and support their business needs. points of presence (PoPs) across London Ulaiyan Al Wetaid, VIVA Bahrain CEO. With the PoPs deployment in London and and Frankfurt. “With this, we will be ensuring our com- Frankfurt, considered major financial hubs Through this network deployment, which prehensive suite of network solutions at and busiest centres for internet traffic in the is being labelled as ‘Euro Gate’, VIVA Bahr- affordable and competitive offers that are world, VIVA customers will have “access to ain will support the growing demand of its readily available to our existing and grow- direct and reliable connectivity through its wholesale and enterprise customers across ing business customer base to provide key partnerships with Tier 1 regional and GCC and other international markets with them with an enhanced level of service and global network carriers”, the company said. high-quality networking services - IP, capa- customer experience.” Al Wetaid added: “With a focus on expan- city, voice and signalling coupled with lo- VIVA’s investment into the new PoPs has ding our presence across other regions, we west possible latency. been spurred by rapidly increasing require- will continue with our ongoing investment “The PoPs expansion is a significant and ments of its business customers in Bahrain of strengthening the overall infrastructure strategic addition to VIVA’s global infrastruc- with presence across the region and global- to meet the global needs of our business ture to cater to the heightened demand for ly, looking for high-quality network perfor- customers across Bahrain and international optimal connectivity services with high ca- mance, a diverse range of services that are markets.”

VODAFONE WHOLESALE Vodafone expands fibre-optic network in West Africa Vodafone Wholesale, a subsidiary of Voda- “The latest project affirms our commitment the country to support additional capacity fone Ghana, has constructed a second to driving Ghana’s digital agenda. We are requirements into the landlocked coun- fibre-optic network link that connects Gha- providing our customers an alternative tries.” na to landlocked countries within the West route into the landlocked countries in West The Dakola link is currently facilitating the African sub-region. Africa. Customers now have the option to World Bank-funded West Africa Regional The move into the West African sub-region, choose between the interconnection at Communications Infrastructural Project which includes countries such as Burkina- Dakola and Cinkase to transport internet for the government and people of Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and Togo, services beyond Ghana. Additionally, cu- Faso. Vodafone Wholesale has contribut- enhances the company’s fibre-optic foot- stomers currently on the Cinkase link can ed significantly to the increased access to print. The link, which is located at Dakola, now fall on the Dakola link as backup in the data services in Ghana and across the sub- a border town between Ghana and Burkina event of any downtime,” Angela Mensah- region by providing innovative bandwidth Faso, will provide reliable internet services Poku (pictured), managing director of Voda- products to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to operators and corporate customers see- fone Wholesale. and mobile network operators. king to expand their services to the landlo- “We have also invested over GHS14m cked countries within West Africa. [£2,245,229] to complete a third ring across

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WAVE ENERGY SCOTLAND Scotland Injects £1.4M in Wave Energy Projects

Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is awarding Minister for energy, connectivity and the Scotland is the ideal location for wave ener- contracts with a total value of £1.4 million islands, Paul Wheelhouse, said: “With su- gy development and well placed to benefit to three innovation projects designed to stained Scottish Government support, WES from the enormous global market for mari- support further investigation of promising continues to lead the development of new ne energy.” structural materials and manufacturing wave energy technologies with the funding Tim Hurst, WES’s managing director, said: concepts to be used in the construction of of these three projects. The results from this “These three projects represent the best of wave energy devices. research will help the wave energy sector the ideas for materials and manufacturing ARUP will evaluate new ways of using con- grow and contribute to establishing a mari- processes that can be applied to wave en- crete, CorPower Ocean will lead a team to ne energy industry in Scotland. ergy converters. The projects will make a si- assess the viability of polyester/E-Glass and “Scotland’s wave energy resource can make gnificant contribution to knowledge of ma- the final project, led by Tension Technology a valuable contribution to our renewable terials best suited to manufacturing wave International, is researching new materials energy portfolio. Together with our sup- energy converters and will take the sector for flexible structures. Each of these projects portive policy environment, skilled supply closer to developing a winning solution for will take place over the next 9 months. chain and expertise in energy innovation, wave energy.”

WIND A new 3,000 tonne cable storage contract for WIND WIND has been awarded a cable storage “This is a valued long-term client of ours. investing in two new 1,200 tonne cable ca- contract for a major European offshore In fact, all their export cables are stored by rousels. Moreover, in carrying out the load- wind farm. The project is already underway us,” says WIND’s Commercial director Erik out operations, the company is providing and the first 1,050 tonnes of cable has arri- Thomas. “We were chosen once again for an all-inclusive service that also includes ved at WIND’s storage facilities in Velsen, the our reliable service and short mobilisation documentation, supply of equipment and Netherlands at the beginning of July 2018. times – all to the highest standards of sa- cable handling personnel, management This long-term storage contract will conti- fety.” and engineering, and load-out operations. nue in Q4 2018 when a second 2,000 tonne To complete this storage contract – for six shipment of cable will arrive at the yard. different types of export cable – WIND is

XODUS GROUP Xodus Adds New Advanced Engineering Lead contractor and engineering consultants in more than 12 years’ experience and will also both Thailand and the UK. Dr Tao Zhao said: be responsible for advising and supporting “I am pleased to be joining a company with operators on the environmental and social such a strong reputation for engineering impacts associated with oil and gas activi- and thinking outside the box. I’m excited ties. Steve Swindell, CEO of Xodus Group to work alongside a highly talented team said: “Tao joins with a wealth of experience and hope my experience and knowledge and several exciting ideas. His ability to sol- will strengthen our capabilities in the off- ve complex engineering problems through Xodus Group has appointed Dr Tao Zhao shore energy sector.” The appointment of numerical design tools and analytical for- as its new advanced engineering lead. Dr Zhao follows the recent additions of Da- mulations will be a real strength to the With over 15 years’ experience in subsea vid Livermore and Gareth Jones. Livermore company. “We are also pleased to welcome pipeline and riser design and analysis, Dr joined as a technical safety and human fac- David and Gareth to the company, who are Zhao joins Xodus from Heerema Marine tors consultant, who specializes in the hu- excellent additions to the technical safety Contractors. Throughout his career, he has man element of risk. Joining as a principal and decommissioning teams respectively.” provided a range of analysis for offshore consultant in decommissioning, Jones has Page 137 SCN OUTLOOK SubCableNews.com

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