Subsea cable protection specialist Tekmar has been awarded a major contract for a wind farm on the north west cost of England.
Tekmar will provide systems for the Burbo Bank Extension. Operator Dong Energy will use 65 systems including one export and nine bellmouths for the 32-turbine Liverpool Bay development with Tekmar supplying its sixth generation TekLink system for the first time. The installation work is due to start in early 2016.
The installation contract is with dredging and marine construction specialist, JDN.
Tekmar chief executive James Ritchie, said: “Burbo Bank Extension is the first project of its kind to use Vesta 8 MW turbines and to implement the sixth generation of TekLink.
“It also builds on our relationship with JDN in that while it will be the first time we will have worked with them on a major offshore windfarm array cable project, we were recently involved together on an oil and gas project in Qatar.”
Tekmar’s TekSpace cable crossing solution was utilised in Qatar to protect two power cables as they crossed over existing seabed infrastructure.
Dong has committed much of the production work for Burbo Bank to the UK supply chain particularly Teesside where all Tekmar’s manufacturing work will be carried out from its new facility and headquarters at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
The Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm is located 8km off the UK coast in Liverpool Bay and once complete, it will be capable of generating clean energy to power approximately 180,000 homes.
The development is an extension to the existing and operational Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and is located west of the operational wind farm in Liverpool Bay.