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SUBSEA CABLING • China: Connected in May 2023, CNOOC’s Haiyou be in the country or within a wider region. Today, interconnec-

Guanlan ? oating wind demonstration turbine supplies part tors not only connect remote locations to main domestic elec- of the power to 13 production facilities in Wenchong oil & tricity networks but also interconnect countries and regions. gas ? eld via a 5km subsea cable. These long cables are generally EHVDC. Interconnectors are

The oil & gas electri? cation segment will likely feature often bi-directional. Today, large international interconnected shorter export cable volumes than for commercial scale wind grids are being developed to deliver easier, lower cost and more farm exporting to shore connections, but this is still expected ef? cient cross-border electricity transmission that allows for a to be a growing sector. more effective balance of international supply and demand.

Cable layers in this segment are evolving from second gen-

INTERCONNECTORS eration export cable layers to third generation CLVs with car-

Interconnectors are being developed to move power from rying capacity of ±25,000 tonnes. where it is most ef? cient to where it is most needed, which can As we can see from the following chart, Europe, Europe-

All charts courtesy Intelatus Global Partners 32 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • August 2024

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