2024-11-25
http://w3.windfair.us/wind-energy/news/35689-national-grid-orsted-cable-repair-block-island-wind-farm-usa-seabed-transmission-cable-electricity-replace-segment-sea2shore-transmission-burial-depth

Block Island Wind Farm Cable Repairs Start This Fall

National Grid and Ørsted want to achieve greater burial depths of the cables beneath the ocean floor.

Official Press Release National Grid US:

National Grid, Ørsted Mobilizing Teams to Begin Block Island Wind Farm Cable Repairs This Fall

National Grid and Ørsted announced today they have begun mobilizing teams that will work throughout this fall and winter to replace limited segments of the Block Island Wind Farm and sea2shore transmission cables to achieve greater burial depths beneath the ocean floor.

The effort includes replacing approximately 1,700 feet of National Grid’s sea2shore submarine cable that carries electricity between Block Island and mainland Rhode Island, and approximately 3,100 feet of Ørsted’s submarine cable that carries electricity from the Block Island Wind Farm to Block Island. The submarine cables were installed in the spring/summer of 2016 and subsequently experienced challenges with sediment coverage over the cables.  After extensive due diligence,... ... More: Official Press Release National Grid US

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National Grid, Ørsted, cable repair, Block Island, wind farm, USA, seabed, transmission cable, electricity, replace, segment, sea2shore transmission, burial depth







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