Prysmian Group has received a contract from Orsted Wind Power to supply inter-array submarine cables for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK.
Under the contract, subject to Orsted taking a final investment decision on the project, Prysmian Group will be responsible for the design, manufacture, supply, termination and testing of the wire system that will connect the wind turbines and the offshore converter station.
The project involves approximately 280km of 66kV inter-array lines with XLPE insulation, which will cover approximately 50% of the overall wind farm’s requirements.
All the cable cores will be produced at the group’s centres of excellence located in Montereau and Gron, France, while the armouring and assembling processes will be performed at the plant in Nordenham, Germany.
The wires are due to be delivered in 2026.
“This award reflects Orsted’s trust in Prysmian’s capabilities to meet the increasing need of submarine cable systems to support the energy transition to smarter and greener power grids,” stated Prysmian Group’s sales team manager offshore wind Juliano De Mello.
“We are very pleased and proud for having been chosen again to undertake such a challenging project supporting Orsted to meet the UK Government’s ambition to deliver 50GW of offshore wind power by 2030 as part of the British Energy Security Strategy. Thanks to our technological and state-of-the-art products and solutions, we will ensure a safe and reliable energy supply to the communities of the area.”
Senior project director for Hornsea 3 Luke Bridgman added: “After working successfully with Prysmian on the Hornsea 2 project, we are delighted to work together again on Hornsea 3. The project represents another leap forward in terms of the size and scale of offshore wind farms, and collaborations with world-class manufacturers such as Prysmian are crucial to executing the project successfully. Prysmian shares our commitment to providing further sources of low-cost clean energy and we look forward to another great co-operation.”