Orient Cable (NBO) has been awarded a €240m EPCI contract for a 1GW offshore wind farm project at Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China.
The unnamed project is being developed by Guangdong Energy and the contract includes supplying, engineering, transportation, installation and pre-commissioning of 2 circuits 60km 500kV 3-core export cables.
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This is the first commercial application of an 500kV HVAC subsea cable at an offshore wind farm in the world, Orient said.
It said in a statement on social media: “It is another key milestone for Orient Cable in the high-end EHVAC power transmission technology following the successful delivery of 500kV 1 x 1800mm2 subsea cable project 500 kV HVAC interconnection project for China state grid since 2019.”