Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has been awarded a contract by Northwind NV, a joint venture of the Colruyt Group and Aspiravi NV from Belgium.
The scope of the agreement is for supply of infield array cables, cable accessories and offshore services for the Northwind Offshore Wind Farm, which will be constructed on the Bank Zonder Naam (Lodewijkbank) off the coast of Zeebrugge, Belgium.
The order encompasses the design, production and delivery of 51 kilometers (31.7 miles) of 36-kilovolt (kV) subsea power cables with built-in fiber-optic communication lines from Parker’s Energy Products Division.
The cables will be used to construct the inner array electrical grid for the Northwind Offshore Wind Farm, and will connect all 72 3-megawatt wind turbines to an offshore base station.
Each individual cable array will be spooled onto reels and shipped from Parker’s deep-water quay in Tønsberg, Norway, during the spring of 2013. Parker will also supply cable accessories and provide experienced offshore service teams to perform termination and testing of the supplied cables.
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Offshore WIND staff, August 13, 2012; Image: imdc