Prysmian Scores North Sea Offshore Wind Brace

Milano-headquartered cable manufacturer Prysmian has secured two new contracts for offshore wind farms in Germany and Denmark.

Prysmian will deliver inter-array cable systems for the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany and the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark.

For the Merkur offshore wind farm, Tideway B.V contracted Prysmian to design, engineerg, manufacture, test, and supply approximately 90 km of 33 kV submarine inter-array cables and related accessories.

Developed by Merkur Offshore GmbH, the offshore wind farm will occupy an area of 47 square km and will generate a nominal active power output of approximately 400MW.

The Horns Rev 3 project is located in the North Sea, approximately 25 km off the coast of Denmark and consists of 49 wind turbines with a total capacity of 406.7 MW.

Prysmian was awarded the contract for the Danish wind farm by VBMS B.V., a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.

The contract involves the design and supply of more than 100 km of 33 kV submarine inter-array cables in various cross sections.

“These two new important awards confirm the market recognition of the significant investments made in our production capabilities for the specific inter-array market segment as well as in our improved project management skills aimed at offering global project solutions to our customers,” said Alessandro Panico, Sales Team Manager – Offshore Wind, Prysmian Group.