Prysmian Group and Ørsted have recently signed a deal to supply submarine cables for the development of the project

Ørsted and Prysmian Group have signed a contract to supply submarine inter–array cables the 1,386MW Hornsea Project Two. In total, over 300km of 66kV inter-array cables will be supplied by Prysmian Group, with 900km of cable.

The deal motivated Prysmian Group, who is upgrading its Wrexham facility to become the first UK facility to manufacture submarine array cable cores. Following the terms of the contract, Prysmian will be responsible for the design, manufacture, supply, termination and testing of inter–array submarine cables connecting 110 out of the wind farm’s 165 turbines and the offshore substation platform. The cables are expected to be delivered in 2021.