ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has agreed a contract with Nexans and DeepOcean to fabricate and install the export cables for the 714MW East Anglia 1 offshore wind farm off the UK’s east coast.
The cables will carry the electricity from the project to shore in Suffolk, via two 85km submarine cables with embedded fibre optics.
Delivery will start in summer 2018.
DeepOcean commercial director for cables & trenching Pierre Boyde said: “There are significant opportunities for local suppliers to support DeepOcean for this scope of work and we also look forward to helping our customer deliver on the supply chain plan for the project.”
Nexans Vincent Dessale, executive vice president subsea energy system business line, said: “We were happy to find a company with a base in the UK that shares our mission of providing opportunities for local companies.”
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By EBS