Subsea Electrical Systems and Cables Forum
Promote collaboration | Data sharing | System-based holistic design | Align shareholders to mitigate risk | Generate industry-led guidance
The Subsea Cable Systems Forum focuses on the core production conduit for offshore wind, addressing reliability and risk issues across the sector.
• Current challenges with fixed wind static cables affect project risk and insurability, and these problems are expected to compound in highly dynamic floating wind projects.
• The forum’s Cables Steering Group drives task forces and workgroups across the full lifecycle, including design, manufacture, testing, handling, installation, operations & maintenance, insurance and monitoring. This ensures a holistic, system-based approach to subsea cable development and deployment.
• Available to steering group by invitation only, and sub-group by application.
Progress to date
In February 2025, Global Underwater Hub published its "Tackling reliability and performance of subsea cable systems" whitepaper.
The Steering Group met in Newcastle, the Forum chair was appointed, and group sub-structure was agreed.
In July 2025, guidelines for pro-active cable monitoring were published, and the GUH supported the National Cable Reliability and Insurance Conference held in London.
In September 2025, the GUH supported the annual Cables conference in conjunction with Renewable UK in Blyth.
Participating forum members
GUH Member benefit
Opportunity to be part of, and support, sub-working groups as part of the Forum improving your ability to develop solutions, reduce risk and engage in a focused, high-value way.
Direct access to knowledge and data from the group providing direct access to a coordinated supply chain approach.
Access and utilise the technical guiderails and best-practice guidelines for cable development and deployment produced by the group.
Better-designed GUH programmes and events that are shaped and driven by insights from the group which are aligned with industry priorities and real project needs.
Related resources
Reports
• Cables Monitoring Guidelines 2025
• GUH Subsea Cable Systems Whitepaper 2025
• Market Intelligence Report - Subsea Cable Systems 2024
News
• Umbilicals conference returns to explore dynamic future of offshore energy
• Speakers confirmed for Global Underwater Hub’s Cables 2025 conference
• GUH launches guidelines for undersea cables to tackle failures which could derail global wind ambitions
• POWERING PROGRESS: The UK’s subsea system opportunity