Vysiion has been awarded further contracts to support the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm development located some 35 kilometres off the coast of Cromer in North Norfolk.
The company has been working to support the Dudgeon development since its inception and its most recent contract award, through Siemens Transmission & Distribution, is to support the communication infrastructure.
The scope includes the design, project management, supply, installation, configuration, testing and onsite commissioning at the onshore 132kV substation in Necton and remote Marine Operations Centre at Great Yarmouth, as well as the offshore substation platform and its associated 67 wind turbines.
The company’s relationship with this project commenced in 2015 and before the Necton site was completed when Vysiion were asked to install a temporary 100Mbp/s leased line circuit to the site in order to provide both Siemens and construction site workers access to Internet services.
In addition to the main link, Vysiion also provided a number or analogue voice (PSTN) lines and a fully equipped voice (IP based) and data network within the site accommodation cabins. Once the Necton Control Building is completed in 2016, Vysiion will install a fully redundant, permanent 100Mbp/s link to that building.
In a separate contract for Carrillion plc, Vysiion also provided the onshore fibre optic cabling infrastructure connecting the beachhead to Necton substation.
“The relationship with Siemens and Carillion on the Dudgeon project is of particular interest because it highlights Vysiion’s ability to work with high quality primary contractors and also deliver, from day one, at many levels of the infrastructure programme,” Michael Grimshaw, Vysiion’s Infrastructure Sales Manager, said.
“At Dudgeon for instance Vysiion is currently delivering consultancy services to ensure that 3rd party systems comply with Statoil’s stringent Information Security policies, including a comprehensive Risk and Vulnerablity assessment.”
Dudgeon, operated by Statoil, Statkraft and Masdar, is a GBP 1.5 billion project. All of the offshore and onshore construction is scheduled to be completed and fully commissioned by late 2017.