4C is now TGS

We are excited to announce a significant milestone in 4C Offshore's journey. Our integration into the TGS family marks the beginning of a new era in offshore wind market intelligence.

Learn what this means for you!

OCA oversees Nexans manufacture of first U.S. export cable

By: Tom Russell 10/05/2022 OCA

Cables General

Nexans High Voltage USA Inc, the first US-based high voltage subsea export cable fabricators, has completed its inaugural cable load-out operations at its facility in Goose Creek, South Carolina.

As part of a larger European offshore wind development project, Offshore Construction Associates (OCA) has been providing third-party oversight of Nexans’ cable manufacturing and load-out operations.

Nexans' new factory has 475,000 square feet (~44128 square metres) of space, with 210 employees, and manufacturing DC and AC cables, ranging between 245 kV, 400 kV, 420 kV and 525 kV. The company believes that the newly extended cable factory will support the rapidly expanding US offshore wind market.

Nexans has secured contracts for the Revolution Wind and South Fork Wind offshore wind projects, joint ventures between Ørsted and Eversource. They will be Nexans’ first cable installation projects in the US as part of the frame agreement with Ørsted-Eversource. The Export Cable Framework Agreement, providing the opportunity to supply up to 1,000km of high voltage subsea cables in the US by 2027, was signed in December 2019 between Orsted Wind Power North America LLC and Nexans.

The HVAC cables will be manufactured at Nexans’ new subsea high voltage plant in Charleston, South Carolina.

For more information on subsea cable projects worldwide, click here

Premium

4C Offshore Premium, our most popular subscription, gives you full access to use the 4C Offshore WebApp which includes exclusive offshore wind, transmission and vessel reports, news and downloads.

Request a 30 minute Demo

OCA oversees Nexans manufacture of first U.S. export cable

Back to News

Trending News!