nkt cables has entered a contract with E.ON Climate & Renewables Central Europe GmbH at a value of around € 20 million for the offshore wind farm Amrumbank West.

For nkt cables, Amrumbank West will be another project with armoured 33 kV submarine cables. The cable will be manufactured at the production facilities in Cologne.

The German wind farm Amrumbank West will be situated in the North Sea Region, north of Helgoland and west of Amrum. The Amrumbank West wind farm consists of 80 wind turbines of 3.6 MW each.

The inner park array cabling shall be realised in 12 lines which are connected to 33 kV medium voltage switchgear on offshore substations.

The offshore substation shall transform the voltage to the level of 155 kV and transmit the power of up to 288 MW to the high voltage cable termination point on this substation.

With this project nkt cables again sets a landmark for infield cable solutions (33 kV with up to 90 km system length).

Subsea World News Staff , December 15, 2011; Image: nkt cables