Deutsche Offshore Consult is to start supervising the inner array cable installation works at Trianel’s 200MW Borkum West 2.2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
DOC’s task will begin with cable loading and the necessary preparatory work for the cable pull-ins at the substation as well as on board the cable-laying vessel Seaway Aimery, the contractor said.
The cable laying and burial works will be carried out by Seaway Aimery and Seaway Moxie.
The cabling consists of a total of four loops. The inner array cables are magnetised so that they can be located once they have been laid and buried.
Quality assurance and communication with the project office on land are also part of DOC’s work package.
The wind farm will feature 32 Senvion 6.3MW turbines and is scheduled to be fully operational before the end of 2019.
The project will export power via the existing substation of the 200MW Borkum West 2.1 wind farm which went online in 2015.
Image: Trianel/TWB II
DOC on Borkum 2.2 cable role
By EBS