E.ON has awarded CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, with a contract to install a fibre optic cable at the Rampion offshore wind farm, under construction 13 kilometres off the coast of Sussex, UK.
Upon completion, the cable will run from the shore to an offshore substation, providing a communications link for the 400MW wind farm. The installation is expected to be completed later this month.
The installation will centre on a 96-fibre armoured cable supplied from Hexatronic , installed by the CS Recorder using the Hi-Plough to ensure appropriate cable protection in the hard chalk seabed.
“It is a pleasure for CWind to continue working with Rampion,” said Lee Andrews , Managing Director for CWind, part of Global Marine Group.
“In a very tight timeframe, the CWind team has engineered a solution for a complex project that accommodates the existing on site infrastructure. We now look forward to successfully conducting the installation and will naturally embrace our “right first time” ethos throughout the project.”
The Rampion offshore wind farm, owned by E.ON, the UK Green Investment Bank plc and Canadian energy company Enbridge, is expected to be commissioned in 2018.