Cable Installation Start

DELAYED +1mo (Apr 2026): The Inch Cape construction page (updated April 2026) states that the second 85 km export cable will be installed in three sections, starting in summer 2026. Weekly Notices of Operations up to mid‑April 2026 describe ongoing burial of Export Cable 1 and seabed preparation but no imminent Export Cable 2 lay in early May. This suggests the detailed construction schedule has shifted EC2 installation into the summer window, later than the previously modelled 8 May 2026 start. Aligning the cable installation start to early summer 2026 is more consistent with the current developer programme and vessel scheduling. --- Installation and burial of Inch Cape’s second 85‑kilometre, 220 kV offshore export cable (EC2), again to be laid in three sections between the offshore substation and Cockenzie landfall by Enshore Subsea, is scheduled to begin on 8 May 2026 during a dedicated 2026 export cable campaign.