Fugro’s surveys will help Terna design the most cost-efficient and feasible route for the East Link of their 480 km HVDC submarine cables in southern Italy and the Tyrrhenian Sea (cable route shown as red line).
Rome, Italy, 25 March 2021 – Fugro has been selected by Terna SpA, owner of the Italian national transmission grid (NTG) for high and extra-high voltage power, to perform a large multidisciplinary survey for part of the Tyrrhenian Link, a nationally strategic project to install two undersea HVDC electrical power cables connecting the Italian peninsula with the islands of Sicily and Sardinia.
The Tyrrhenian Link interconnection is part of a 10-year plan to provide an increasingly secure and resilient electricity grid, operated with the most cutting-edge and reliable technology. Fugro has won the contract to survey the East Link section of the project, which will connect Campania on the mainland to Sicily via the installation of two 480 km submarine cables and two submarine electrodes. The reconnaissance multibeam survey begins this month and will be followed by a detailed marine geophysical survey utilising Fugro’s state-of-art remote operation vehicles (ROVs) and team of specialists; both surveys will acquire comprehensive Geo-data that will be used to provide geohazard risk mitigation advice to help Terna identify the final cable installation routes.
Rodolfo D’Addario, Country Manager for Fugro in Italy, said: “The Tyrrhenian Link interconnection is strategically important infrastructure for Italy’s energy transition and the results from our surveys will help Terna design the most cost-efficient and feasible route. The ‘invisible’ undersea cables will increase transmission capacity and allow the best use of energy flows from renewable sources for an increasingly decarbonised system.”
About Fugro
Fugro is the world’s leading Geo-data specialist, collecting and analysing comprehensive information about the Earth and the structures built upon it. Adopting an integrated approach that incorporates acquisition and analysis of Geo-data and related advice, Fugro provides solutions. With expertise in site characterisation and asset integrity, clients are supported in the safe, sustainable and efficient design, construction and operation of their assets throughout the full life cycle. Employing approximately 9000 talented people in 61 countries, Fugro serves clients around the globe, predominantly in the energy and infrastructure industries, both offshore and onshore. In 2020, revenue amounted to EUR 1.4 billion. Fugro is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
