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EUROPE NEWS
DeepOcean Group's subsidiary, DeepOcean
1 UK, is to install inter-array cables for the
165MW Bligh Bank Phase II offshore wind
farm. The 50-turbine project, 45km off
the North Sea coast of Belgium, is under
development by Nobelwind.
The turbines will be connected in strings
with 33kV inter-array cables, linked back
to the Nobelwind offshore high voltage
substation which, in turn, will be linked
to the existing 220kV Northwind offshore
substation by an export cable.
DeepOcean will be responsible for pre-lay
surveys, pre-lay grapnel runs, installation
and trenching of 50 array cables, as
well as design and supply of the cable
protection systems. The company will also
be responsible for the installation and
trenching of a coupling cable between
the Nobelwind and Belwind I offshore
substations.
Ottar Maeland, DeepOcean’s executive
vice president, greater North Sea, said:
“
This award of array cables installation
for Nobelwind is the first commitment for
DeepOcean’s new chartered cable lay
vessel, currently being constructed by
Damen Yard for delivery early 2016.”
DeepOcean will use its own fleet of vessels,
including
Deep Helder
and
Volantis
, to
carry out the trenching and cable laying.
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