The cable system consists of Nexans’ High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) cabling which will link the wind turbines to two offshore substation platforms (OSPs). The cables will be manufactured at Nexans’ plants in Halden and Rognan, Norway, Charleston, USA, and Charleroi, Belgium.

December 27, 2021

Nexans has won a turnkey contract with Ocean Winds to design, manufacture, install and protect the 220kV subsea and onshore export cable system for the Moray West offshore wind farm. The Moray West project is an 860 MW offshore wind farm situated in the outer Moray Firth, located off the northeast coast of Scotland.

Linking the project’s substation to the national grid electricity transmission system at Blackhillock, Keith, the cable system consists of Nexans’ High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) cabling which will connect the wind turbines to two offshore substation platforms (OSPs). The 220kV cabling solution, with 170 km of land cables and 100 km of subsea cables, will be installed from each offshore substation platform.

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Adam Morrison, Project Director for Moray West, said, “Nexans will deliver more world-class high voltage cable for Moray West to ensure the project can reliably export green electricity to consumers across the UK.”

The cables will be manufactured at Nexans’ plants in Halden and Rognan, Norway, Charleston, USA, and Charleroi, Belgium, and installed by the cable-laying vessel Nexans Skagerrak. The construction of the cable system is expected to start in 2022 and its completion is expected in 2024.

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Ragnhild Katteland, Executive Vice President Subsea & Land Systems of Nexans, said, “The UK has significant ambitions to develop the offshore wind market and this contract is another example of how Nexans can contribute its extensive experience and expertise to the renewable energy sector. We look forward to supporting this significant offshore windfarm project and helping Scotland and the broader UK to achieve its net-zero ambitions.”