Tekmar Energy Hits Walney Trifecta

Tekmar Energy, a cable protection systems specialist (CPS) for offshore wind farms, has recently been awarded a contract with DONG Energy to supply 184 of its TekLink CPS on the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

This comes after Tekmar’s previous involvement in the Walney 1 and Walney 2 projects where Tekmar supplied earlier generations of its TekLink CPS to protect the cables as they enter the wind turbine foundations.

On the Walney Extension project Tekmar will supply its latest 7th Generation of CPS.

Tekmar has also recently been awarded similar contracts by DONG Energy to supply its latest generation of CPS on the Race Bank and Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm projects which will both start offshore construction, along with the WOW Extension project, within the next two years.

The Walney Extension project is located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 kilometres off the coast of Cumbria.

The CPS will be installed along with the power cables in the summer of 2017 by VBMS who also worked on the Walney 1 and Walney 2 projects, along with Tekmar.

This contract marks the tenth time Tekmar have worked on a DONG Energy project and the eleventh time Tekmar have worked alongside VBMS who will install the cable and cable protection systems.

Jack Simpson, Senior Manager for Offshore Wind at Tekmar, said: “We are immensely proud that DONG Energy has once again chosen Tekmar for this prestigious project, particularly following our involvement in the Walney 1 and Walney 2 projects. This marks a step forward for the industry in its goal to standardise in order to reduce cost and risk.”