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ABB land Mersey cable contract

An ABB Power Technologies product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Dec 12, 2005

ABB wins £6m contract from Seascape Energy to supply all the submarine cables for the 90MW Burbo Bank offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay.

ABB has won a contract valued at around £6m from Seascape Energy to supply all the submarine cables for the 90MW Burbo Bank offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay.

Seascape Energy, which is owned by Elsam Kraft of Denmark, will begin construction in spring 2006 on behalf of owner and operator Enxco.

For the project, ABB will deliver 40km of XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) armoured 36kV three-core AC cable, with integrated optical fibre for remote monitoring and control.

The cable will connect 25, 3.6MW wind turbines on Burbo Bank at the entrance of the River Mersey, and transport the power 6.5km to the shore.

The wind farm is expected to produce some 315GWh per year, enough electricity for around 75,000 homes.

The XLPE cable will be made at ABB's high voltage cable production facility in Karlskrona, Sweden.

An ABB installation team will carry out the termination and testing work on each turbine.

The project is expected to be completed towards the end of 2007.

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