Nexans awards contract to supply power export cables for 1,075 MW Seagreen 1 offshore wind project

Nexans has been awarded a major contract by SSE Renewables to design, manufacture and install the high voltage (HV) onshore and offshore export cables for the Phase 1 development of the Seagreen offshore wind farm project in the UK.

Construction on the 1,075 megawatt project, which is located 27km off the coast of Angus, will start next year. When completed in 2022/23 Seagreen 1 will be Scotland’s largest wind farm and single largest source of renewable energy, providing a significant contribution to Scotland’s net-zero ambition and enough clean, renewable energy to power 1 million homes.

Nexans’ factory in Charleston, US will supply the three 65 km offshore export cables. The three 20 km onshore export cables for the project will be manufactured at Nexans’ factory in Charleroi, Belgium.

The export cables for the Seagreen offshore wind farm project will be installed by the Aurora, Nexans’ brand new cable-laying vessel (CLV). The Aurora is currently under construction and will be delivered in the second quarter of 2021.