As development work continues on New York’s first offshore wind farm, James Fisher Renewables is finishing up its second contract for the mission. Following the deployment of the corporate’s bubble curtain throughout basis set up this summer time, James Fisher is now engaged within the remaining cable work on the South Fork Wind offshore wind farm.
The James Fisher Renewables staff began working underneath the brand new contract in August 2023, overseeing the testing and termination of export and inter-array cables and dealing as consumer representatives. The corporate will make sure the cable termination in any respect twelve South Fork wind generators and the substation meets the standard necessities and complies with all related trade requirements.
The corporate says that resonance testing is in use on the web site to detect and forestall set up errors, and James Fisher Renewables’ expertise with this technique will assist guarantee asset integrity.
“Our important experience in testing and terminations of the export and inter array cables makes us properly positioned to help this mission. We sit up for working with all stakeholders to make sure the protection and high quality of the set up,” mentioned, Maida Zahirovic, product line director at James Fisher Renewables.
As reported in 2022 and firstly of this yr, the offshore export cable was provided by the French cable producer Nexans and the inter-array cables had been delivered by the Greek cable specialist Hellenic Cables.
In August this yr, Correll Group issued a press launch saying the corporate was awarded a contract by Hellenic Cables for the termination and testing work on the mission’s inter-array cables.
On the South Fork Wind web site, positioned some 30 kilometres southeast of Block Island and a few 56 kilometres east of Montauk Level, development is properly underway, with the primary Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbine anticipated to be put in within the coming days.
For James Fisher Renewables, that is the second contract for the offshore wind farm.
This summer time, the corporate’s bubble curtain answer was utilised through the set up of wind turbine foundations for noise mitigation.
The 132 MW South Fork Wind mission, developed by Ørsted and Eversource, is anticipated to provide its first electrical energy by the tip of 2023.
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