Nexans has efficiently put in the export cable for Ørsted and Eversource’s South Fork Wind Farm in Lengthy Island, N.Y.
The corporate equipped and spliced the 2 export cable lengths working from the offshore substation to shore, carried out the transition joint between the export and land cables, and put in the GIS terminations on the offshore substation. The cable was manufactured at Nexans’ facility in Charleston, S.C., and the extra work was accomplished by means of a collaborative effort of native contractors, union staff and Nexans specialists. The 110 km 138 kV high-voltage alternating present (HVAC) subsea export cable will quickly transmit 132 MW of electrical energy to Lengthy Island, energizing over 70,000 houses.
The South Fork Wind Farm contract is the primary to be accomplished inside a framework settlement between Nexans and Ørsted Wind Energy North America LLC. In keeping with the identical framework settlement, Nexans is presently manufacturing the cable for Ørsted and Eversource’s Revolution Wind Farm in Rhode Island, with set up scheduled for 2024.
“The completion of the work at South Fork Wind Farm is a monumental step within the power transition in the USA,” says Nexans’ Pascal Radue. “New York’s dedication to produce as much as 9 GW of offshore wind energy to the state by 2030 is an unimaginable alternative, and we’re trying ahead to persevering with work within the state and within the broader area.”
