Prysmian has finalised its contract with RWE Renewables for the delivery of the high voltage submarine and land export cable connection for the 1400MW Sofia offshore wind project, worth over €200m.
Prysmian had already announced the preferred bidder agreement for the turnkey project in November 2020 for the UK wind farm, being built in the central North Sea.
Prysmian will be responsible for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of an HVDC symmetrical monopole cable system that will connect Sofia’s offshore converter station with the onshore converter station in Teesside.
The project involves more than 440 km of 320kV submarine export cables with XLPE insulation, and 15 km of 320kV land cables with P-Laser insulation.
The offshore cable operations will be performed using the Leonardo da Vinci, Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel.
Commissioning of the project is scheduled by the end of 2026.
RWE Renewables global offshore wind chief operating officer Sven Utermohlen said: “Our signing of the contract with world leading cable supplier Prysmian shows RWE is once again driving innovation as Sofia will be the first project to employ their latest HVDC cable technology and the first to use the brand new Leonardo da Vinci.
“Today’s signing is another tangible step for the project that is now officially in its construction phase.”
Prysmian project business chief operating officer Alberto Boffelli added: “This is a prestigious project for Prysmian, and we are delighted to have been selected by RWE to provide our state of the art cable technology for the transmission of green energy from Sofia Offshore Wind Farm to supply enough power to meet the needs of 1.2 million UK households each year.”