Prysmian has commissioned the inter-array cable system for the Fécamp offshore wind farm positioned within the English Channel, some 24 kilometres off the French coast, in Normandy.
The Fécamp offshore wind farm is comprised of 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 wind generators with a complete capability of almost 500 MW, producing clear electrical energy equal to the facility wants of over 770,000 individuals.
Prysmian had secured this mission in 2020 with a contract awarded by EDF Renewables and its companions.
”This vital mission marks an extra vital milestone for the Group, being one of many first large-scale offshore wind farms positioned in France, wherein the Group has full EPCI accountability for the inter-array provide and set up contract,” stated Alberto Boffelli, Chief Working Officer Tasks BU, Prysmian Group.
”As a one-stop-shop service supplier, Prysmian was liable for the design, manufacture, set up, burial, termination and testing of a complete of 118 km of 33 kV submarine cables with 630mm2 cross-sections and each aluminium and copper cores to attach the 71 wind generators with a capability of seven MW every to the offshore substation. Prysmian additionally provided its strategic experience and prolonged skill to offer a posh and full set up answer, while making certain a tighter management over all the provide chain.”
The offshore set up was carried out underneath Prysmian’s full and devoted mission administration.
EDF Renewables and its companions have awarded Prysmian different initiatives resembling these for the Saint-Nazaire and Calvados offshore wind farms in France.
Fécamp is being collectively developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a three way partnership between the French firm EDF Renouvelables; EIH S.à.rl, owned by Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments; and Skyborn Renewables (previously wpd offshore).
The primary wind turbine was put in on the web site in July this yr. That very same month, the five hundred MW offshore wind farm began producing its first energy.
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