As part of a four-company consortium with Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited, Furukawa Electric Co. Limited, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Limited, NYK Group has been participating in the development of construction methods for the installation of cable protecting systems and the development of new cable-laying vessels. The projects are subsidized by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
Dec 10, 2024
NYK Group, a Japanese shipping company, has obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK for the design concept of a cable-laying vessel for the construction of a long-distance subsea direct current transmission network in Japan.
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Since suitable locations for wind-power generation, such as Hokkaido, are far from areas of major electricity demand, developing a power transmission network is crucial to increase the amount of electricity generated in the future One possible solution is the construction of a long-distance subsea DC transmission network using cable-laying vessels.
As part of a four-company consortium with Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited, Furukawa Electric Co. Limited, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Limited, NYK Group has been participating in the development of construction methods for the installation of cable protecting systems and the development of new cable-laying vessels. The projects are subsidized by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
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Cooperating with Sumitomo Electric, NYK Group is developing the basic technology for cable-laying vessels that will contribute to the development of a domestic DC subsea transmission network and they have obtained the AiP from ClassNK with the cooperation of Furukawa Electric.
