Prysmian to link Virginia offshore wind farm with underwater cables
USA, Virginia: Prysmian Group won a $730 M submarine cable contract from Dominion Energy Virginia, a unit of Dominion Energy.
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USA, Virginia: Prysmian Group won a $730 M submarine cable contract from Dominion Energy Virginia, a unit of Dominion Energy.
The contract has been awarded to a consortium made up of Prysmian and wind power firm DEME Group.
The balance of plant contract includes the complete package for the transportation and installation of the foundations and the substations and the engineering, procurement and construction services for the inter-array and export cables for the offshore wind farm.
The total value of the contract is nearly $1.8 B, of which around $730 M is related to Prysmian for the cable supply and the installation works under its responsibility. The project is expected to be completed by 2026.
The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) is located nearly 43 km off the coast of Virginia Beach. Prysmian Group will provide three 3-core 220 kV HVAC export cables measuring about 62 km each, with XLPE insulation and single-wire armouring, for a total of nearly 560 km.
Prysmian will also supply 320 km of 3-core 66 kV offshore inter-array cables with XLPE insulation. The CVOW project is crucial to helping the commonwealth of Virginia meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2045. The offshore wind farm, made up of a total of 176 turbines, will be capable of supplying clean power to as many as 660,000 households.
The export cables will be produced in Arco Felice, Italy, and Pikkala, Finland, while the inter-array cables will be manufactured in Nordenham, Germany — the Group’s three centres of excellence for submarine cable production.
Source: T&D World
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