UK-Iceland HVDC Route Survey Contract Awarded

MMT (Sweden) has been awarded a contract for a high voltage direct current (HVDC) route survey for the Interconnector by Atlantic Superconnection Corporation (ASC). MMT will provide bathymetric and geophysical mapping along the entire route corridor between Iceland and the UK. The survey will take place during two months this summer and the route is approximately 1,470km long. The water depth and seabed conditions vary greatly along the route with maximum depths of approximately 1,100m.

MMT and Reach Subsea have mobilised the Surveyor Interceptor ROV onboard Stril Explorer that will conduct the seabed survey on the deepest part of the route. MMT´s Survey and ROV vessel Franklin will continue the survey in the UK waters with a fully equipped ROTV. The survey is the first step in assessing the feasibility of an HVDC electrical Interconnector between the United Kingdom and Iceland.

Image: Surveyor Interceptor ROV. Image courtesy: MMT.