Eversource Energy has announced it and JV partner Orsted have started installing the export cable for the 132MW South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm.
Laying the 68-nautical-mile submarine cable involves relocating boulders from the path of the cable, surveying to identify debris along the cable route, and clearance of debris, where necessary.
DEME is using its cable-laying vessel Living Stone to perform some of the work.
It picked up crew at ProvPort in Rhode Island in early February before sailing to South Carolina to pick up the submarine export cable at the Nexans cable facility.
The work is being completed by New York union construction workers, under Orsted’s National Offshore Wind Agreement with the Building Trades.
Nearshore cable laying, nearshore cable burial, offshore cable laying, and finally offshore cable burial will now take place, lasting until the end of April.
The cable laying process will take approximately a week, with burying taking another three weeks to complete, according to Orsted.
South Fork Wind is set to be fully operational by the end of 2023.