Subsea power cables and umbilicals supplier JDR has been awarded a contract by VBMS (UK) to supply intra-array cables for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia One (EA1) offshore wind farm.
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JDR says that the contract is the industry’s first commercial 66kV array cable project to date, and will see the company design and manufacture 155km of array cables including end terminations.
“The innovative 66kV high voltage technology will enable increased power transmission back to shore from large, high powered offshore turbines over 33kV cables,” says JDR. “JDR will also provide a unique cable management system at each offshore wind turbine generator, which allows for a 66kV topside connection to the switchgear cables.”
With an overall capacity of up to 714 MW, EA1 is the first of four projects in the East Anglia Zone. The offshore wind farm will consist of up to 102 wind turbines and will be located 43km off the Suffolk Coast in the southern North Sea. The wind farm is expected to power 500,000 homes when fully operational in 2020.
JDR will manufacture the cables at its state-of-the-art facility in Hartlepool, UK, with delivery scheduled for Q1 2019.
“Our technology group has successfully completed the development, testing and deployment of our 66kV range through 2015 and 2016 by working closely with customers and the industry – resulting in two major project awards in a matter of months,” says David Currie, CEO of JDR.
JDR was also awarded a non-commercial 66kV contract for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) demonstrator project in December 2016.
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