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Tekmar Energy Limited has secured a contract award from French cable installation specialist Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, to supply TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm.
The contract marks Tekmar Energy’s first offshore wind project in France.The company will supply 160 patented TekLink Mechanical Latch CPS to protect the 33kV inter-array cables manufactured by Louis Dreyfus TravOceans consortium partner Prysmian Group. With Prysmian tasked by project developers Eolien Maritime France manufacture the projects cable, Louis Dreyfus TravOcean has been tasked more than 100km of 33kV inter-array cabling.
Russell Edmondson, Managing Director of Tekmar Energy said: “We are thrilled to secure our first contract in France and pleased that Louis Dreyfus TravOcean has selected Tekmar Energy’s industry-leading TekLink CPS for Saint-Nazaire, a project characterised by its rocky seabed that requires the most robust and dependable cable protection solution.”
The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm will be located between 12 km and 20 km off the coast of the Guerande peninsula in western France. Water depths at the site range between 12 and 25 metres. The project is expected to generate enough electricity to supply 20% of the Loire-Atlantique department‘s power. It being developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a project company co-owned by EDF Energies Nouvelles Group and Enbridge. |
