Wind Energy – Cable Installation
Prysmian has successfully concluded the installation of submarine and land power cables to connect the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to the Scottish mainland power grid.
The offshore wind farm, located 15.5 km off the Fife coast in the east of Scotland, will produce up to 450 MW of green and renewable energy to supply clean and cost-competitive power to around 375,000 Scottish homes, helping towards Scotland’s targets to reduce its CO2 emissions.
Prysmian designed, supplied and installed two HVAC 220 kV three-core extruded export submarine cables with single-wire armouring which reach land at Thorntonloch beach in East Lothian. The company also provided two 220 kV extruded land cables circuits that link the landfall area to the substation at Crystal Rig and two 400 kV extruded land cables circuits to link the Crystal Rig substation to a Scottish Power substation. The submarine cables were manufactured at Prysmian’s center of excellence in Pikkala (Finland), while the land cables were produced in Gron (France).
The project is now in the testing and commissioning phase and the system is scheduled to go live during 2024. Prysmian can be proud to underline that it timely completed its scope with the satisfaction of the customer and all the involved Parties.