Marlinks, a provider of subsea cable integrity monitoring services, has secured a contract in Taiwan on the 1044MW Hai Long offshore wind farm.
The contract involves the cable health monitoring of the export and inter-array cables of Hai Long.
The contract awarded covers the design, supply, installation, commissioning of monitoring hardware, and ongoing provision of integrity monitoring services, including Depth of Burial, RTTR, DAS monitoring and Termination Monitoring.
Tim Kittelhake, CEO of the Hai Long Project, said: “Hai Long is very much looking forward to delivering this key project in Taiwan, utilising Marlinks’ experience in continuous cable health monitoring works.
“We are happy to select Marlinks as our partner and are confident that through the cooperation, we can ensure the project’s cables are well protected and performance optimized during O&M period.”
The Hai Long wind farm is located up to 50 km offshore with water depths up to 55 metres.
Marlinks is well-positioned to deliver the necessary cable health monitoring services, leveraging its extensive global expertise in the field with projects in Europe, East Asia, and the United States.
Roel Vanthillo, co-founder and CEO, of Marlinks, echoed this sentiment, adding: “We can only encourage Hai Long’s choice to select a complete cable health monitoring package, covering not only services based on temperature monitoring but also on vibration monitoring.
“We look forward to working with the Hai Long project team on monitoring its cables in these challenging sea conditions to ensure the power cables’ integrity remains intact throughout its operational lifetime.”
As Marlinks continues to invest in the East Asian market, it is opening a branch office in Taiwan in 2023 after having set up a representative office in 2022.