The facility is claimed to be the first US-based subsea HVDC cable facility.
Nexans will use the plant to meet the growing demand for HVDC subsea cables as utilities in the US seek to connect an increasing capacity of renewable energy generated in offshore plants with mainland grid networks.
The launch follows Nexans signing a deal with utilities Eversource and Ørsted for the provision of subsea cables developed from the facility.
Nexans estimates that it will be able to deliver up to 1,000 km of cables for Ørsted’s and Eversource’s offshore wind farms in North America up until 2027.
