Offshore staff
LANCASHIRE, UK – Ørsted has contracted CRP Subsea (formerly Trelleborg Offshore UK) to provide NjordGuard systems for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.
The company will provide 223 NjordGuard monopile entry cable protection systems, which will protect all the array cables on both projects.
The cable protection systems will also protect the array cables being used to support a new connection configuration, transferring generated energy from Borkum Riffgrund 3 to an offshore converter platform. Ørsted will connect the wind farm to Dolwin Epsilon converter station from grid operator TenneT. This will remove the need for additional export cables.
Production of the 223 NjordGuard systems will take place in the company’s manufacturing facility in northwest England. Project engineering work starts immediately, with installation activities scheduled for execution in 2024.
According to CRP Subsea, NjordGuard facilitates easier installation, reuse, and removal without diver and ROV intervention, optimizing efficiency and maximizing safety.
Borkum Riffgrund 3 will be located 53 km (33 mi) off the Island of Borkum and Gode Wind 3 32 km (20 mi) off the Island of Norderney. The two wind farms are planned to be commissioned in 2024, subject to a final investment decision by Ørsted.
06/18/2021
