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UK cable producer JDR recently held a
technology event for key customers to
introduce its latest 72.5kVcable. Attendees
learnt about the cable’s qualification
program as well as cable development,
high-voltage and full-scale wet-age
testing, cable splicing, joints, connectors
and thermal analysis.
JDR invited a few key supply chain
partners to the event, including Tekmar,
who provided an overview of the cable
protection systems, and ORE Catapult,
who provided electrical testing services
throughout the development, product
qualification and type test program. The
introduction and presentations were held
at Hartlepool College of Further Education,
with whom JDR is building strong links to
the local community and partnering to
develop future skills.
Cable technology event
New connection between SIPA and Dura Vermeer
J Murphy & Sons has been appointed
to carry out the onshore work for the
European Offshore Wind Deployment
Centre (EOWDC), also known as the
Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (AOWF).
The contract includes the pre-construction
design, onshore cabling, substation
construction, and connecting the wind
farm to the national grid before it begins
operations in 2018.
Pre-construction was underway in August
2016; work on site will begin in October,
and the final electrical system testing will
bring the project to completion in March
2018.
Murphy previously partnered with
Vattenfall on the Kentish Flats Offshore
Wind Farm, installing new cables to
transport electricity from the wind farm to
the local substation.
The EOWDC is Scotland’s largest offshore
wind test and demonstration facility. It will
bepoweredby 11 turbines withan installed
capacity of up to 92.4MW, with a 132kV
transformer completing the connection.
Scottish power project