Prysmian completes the cabling of the offshore wind farm within the English Channel | EUROtoday

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Prysmian has efficiently examined the inter-array cable system for the Fécamp offshore wind farm, situated within the English Channel, roughly 24 kilometers from the French coast, in Normandy (Seine-Maritime division). The group introduced it in a word. The Fécamp offshore wind farm consists of 71 wind generators with a complete energy of virtually 500 megawatts, able to producing an quantity of fresh electrical energy equal to the power wants of over 770 thousand folks. Prysmian was awarded this mission in 2020 with the order awarded by Edf Renewables and its companions.

«For Prysmian this mission represents one other decisive milestone, being one of many first giant offshore wind farms situated in France, inside which the group had full EPCI duty for the provision and set up of inter-array cables – declared Alberto Boffelli, chief working officer tasks Bu of Prysmian Group –. Which service supplier on the mannequin “one-stop-shop”, Prysmian was answerable for the design, manufacturing, set up, burial, connection and testing of a complete of 118 km of 33 kV submarine cables with 630 mm2 sections and each aluminum and copper cores to attach the 71 wind generators with a capability of seven MW every to the offshore substation. Prysmian – concluded Boffelli – has additionally made its strategic expertise and intensive capability accessible to supply a whole and complicated set up resolution, whereas guaranteeing cautious monitoring of the complete provide chain”.