Nexans has won a contract with Parkwind to provide turnkey services to maintain cables at four Belgian offshore wind farms.
The contract covers the Northwind, Belwind, Nobelwind and Northwester 2 facilities, with a combined installed capacity of 771MW.
The five-year partnership will see Nexans providing a range of services such as pre-engineering of potential repairs, periodic spare inspections and emergency call outs with a repair vessel for both array and export cables.
Nexans said Parkwind gets “exclusive access to a one-stop shop solution” as well as upcoming Nexans innovation upgrades.
Parkwind CEO Eric Antoons said: “Built on many years of joint experience with our Belgian wind farms and underpinned by our continuous drive to bring innovation to both wind farm design and maintenance, this agreement with Nexans sets a new maintenance standard in the industry.
“With this level of contingency, we are able to manage the risk of cable failure in an unprecedented way and maintain the availability of our offshore wind farms at its highest.”
Nexans is involved in several major offshore wind projects around the world, including the Seagreen project in Scotland.
Meanwhile, its partnership with Orsted will see Nexans supply all the cables that will connect offshore wind farms to the grid in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.