NKT Cables lands submarine project
MARITIME INDUSTRY: NKT Cables has signed a contract with RWE Innogy in Germany for the manufacture and delivery of a High Voltage Submarine Cable to the coming Welsh offshore wind farm 'Gwynt y Môr'.
In total, NKT Cables will produce 85 kilometres 132 kV High Voltage Submarine Cables and accessories for the transmission system. Contract value is around 260m kroner.
The cables are to be produced at the newly built cable factory in Germany and production begins late 2011 for delivery mid 2012.
'Gwynt y Môr' wind farm, which with a capacity of 576 MW will be one of the world's largest wind farms, is expected to be finalized in 2014. The energy from a total of 160 wind turbines will be carried 13 km to shore, and connected to the grid on land at St Asaph.
Source: NKT Cables / maritimedanmark.dk