Renewables

DeepOcean completes Race Bank inter-array cables links

Ross McGravie

All 91 inter-array cables have been safely installed and the base scope trenching operations completed at DONG Energy's Race Bank offshore wind farm site off the English coast.

DeepOcean used the Edda Freya vessel to complete the installation and burial of the 91 cables with an approximate overall length of 106 metres.

The scope also included route engineering, pre-lay grapnel runs, and cable protection system installation.

Once fully operational, Race Bank will have a capacity of 573MW to provide sufficient green energy to power over half a million UK homes from the 91no. 6MW turbines off the Norfolk coast.

This project, which is considered to be DONG Energy's most complex to date, is at a challenging worksite with strong currents, shallow waters, widely varied seabed soils and consistently strong winds.