Statoil has awarded Nexans the contract to supply static and dynamic cabling and associated accessories for the world's first floating wind farm, following a successful demo that has been in operation since 2009 in Norway.
The contract, worth approximately €10.2 million, is for service to the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park wind farm. Nexans will deliver cables to the site, located 30 km off the coast of Aberdeenshire.
The offshore cable systems will be tested, sealed off, prepared for pull-in and delivered in individual lengths ready for installation. They will be tested and manufactured at Nexans' specialised facility in Halden, Norway, before completing delivery by the end of 2017.
The pilot 30 MW array will be made up of five WTGs connected through an inter-array cable network before feeding into a single export cable carrying energy back to the coast at Peterhead, Scotland. The project is expected to demonstrate technological improvements, installation and operation of multiple floating wind turbines, and also to examine the cost efficiency of the park configuration.
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