Study for Tusass Connect 1 (TC1)
This project aims at surveying the marine ground between Qaqortoq in southern Greenland and Aasiaat in Disko Bay, as well as exploring synergies with international cable initiatives.
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Locations |
Greenland – cities of Qaqortoq and Aasiaat on the Disko Bay, and all relevant towns and cities between or adjacent to them. |
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Project start - end date (duration) |
(14 months) |
What will it provide?
By deploying new submarine cables along the south-west coast of Greenland, from the city of Qaqortoq on Greenland’s southern-most point to the city of Aasiaat on Disko Bay, and covering all relevant towns and cities between and near them, the Tusass Connect Vision project will address the need for redundancy, high-speed connectivity, and greater access to digital services for Greenland’s citizens, society and businesses, as well as international businesses and partners.
The future submarine cable will also open the possibility for valuable international connections with other submarine cable systems, namely between Canada and Greenland, as well as between Europe and the US, potentially including connections to Ireland and the French ‘Overseas Country and Territory’ (OCT) Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Canadian coast.
The Tusass Connect Vision submarine cable system is foreseen to be an open cable system consisting of at least two fibre pairs with repeaters, using either Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology or Smart cables.
To enable the supply of capacity to other interested initiatives in the region covered by the project, the system can be designed with a higher number of fibre pairs depending on the supplier.
The CEF Digital Call 2 project TC2 will use this study to build the landing stations and the terrestrial parts in Aasiaat and Qaqortoq.
How will it work?
The first set of studies will primarily consist of marine route surveys and related activities in order to prepare for the establishment of submarine connectivity along the south-west coast of Greenland; a survey distance of approximately 2.094 km.
The second set of studies will explore possible synergies between these new submarine cables and international initiatives, focusing on potential alternative cable routes, cable landing locations and types, location of Cable Landing Stations (CLSs), cable systems and other technical matters.
How is it financed?
The Tusass Connect 1 study has a total budget of €17.7 million, of which €8.8 million funded under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital programme.
Who is involved?
The Tusass Connect 1 studies are being undertaken by Tusass, as coordinator.
