While the first cabling project will link the 804 MW Park City offshore wind farm to the electricity grid in Connecticut; in the Commonwealth Wind project, a manufacturing facility for submarine transmission cables will be started at Brayton Point (Somerset, Massachusetts).
December 24, 2021
Prysmian Group has won two offshore wind cabling projects in the US for around USD 880 million. The projects have been awarded by Vineyard Wind – a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).
In this, the first cabling project will link the 804 MW Park City offshore wind farm to the electricity grid in Connecticut.
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Prysmian will deploy HVAC 275 kV three-core cables with XLPE insulation and single wire armouring. The cables will be produced in the Group’s centres of excellence Arco Felice, Italy, and Pikkala, Finland, and will be installed by the Leonardo da Vinci and Ulisse vessels. The delivery and commissioning of the cabling projects are scheduled for 2026. The value of this contract is around USD 300 million.
The scope of the projects includes – design, supplying, installing, and commissioning as many as three export submarine power cable links to connect the Commonwealth Wind to the electricity grid in Massachusetts. Prysmian will supply HVAC 275 kV three-core cables with XLPE insulation and single-wire armouring.
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Within the Commonwealth Wind project, Prysmian is planning to build a manufacturing facility for submarine transmission cables at Brayton Point (Somerset, Massachusetts). The submarine cables for Commonwealth Wind are planned to be produced in the new plant in Massachusetts, as well as in Arco Felice and Pikkala. The cables will be installed by the Leonardo da Vinci and Ulisse vessels. Delivery and commissioning of the export cables are scheduled for 2027.
”The renewed partnership with Avangrid confirms the validity of Prysmian’s growth ambition in the fast-developing offshore wind farm industry in the US. Prysmian is also excited to announce significant progress towards its first submarine power cables manufacturing facility in the US,” said Hakan Ozmen, Executive VP at Prysmian Group.
