Nexans is supplying the turbine cables for the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating offshore wind farm off the Portuguese coast.
JDR, which is supplying the 66kV inter-array cables for the project, chose Nexans to provide the connectors that terminate the inter-array cables, as well as a flexible connection inside the turbine between the transformer and switchgear.
When it comes online later in 2019 the wind farm, being developed by a group which includes EDPR and Mitsubishi, will be the world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm operating at 66 kilovolt (kV).
WindFloat Atlantic is situated off the north-west coast of Portugal in water depths of 100 metres. It will use three MHI Vestas V164-8.4 MW turbines installed on ballasted, triangular, semi-submersible foundations, supplied by Principle Power.
Chinese cable manufacturer Hengtong is supplying and installing the 18km 150kV export cable to Rede Electrica National, the Portuguese grid operator, for the project.
The project, which is due online in 2019, is being developed by a group which includes EDPR and Mitsubishi Corporation.