UK-based CRP Subsea has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea.
Under the contract, CRP Subsea 142 will provide a NjordGuard cable protection system for inter-array cable termination at the project’s wind turbines. The systems are designed to protect cables from excessive bending, abrasion and fatigue during installation and operations, CRP Subsea said, adding that three different CPS configurations will be designed for single-tube and J-tube interface applications.
The company’s NjordGuard systems will be manufactured at CRP Subsea’s facility in northwest England, with project engineering already underway and final delivery scheduled for February 2027.
Seaway7 has been awarded a contract to transport and install the East Anglia Two interlocking cables in 2024, and Contracting with the Hellenic Cable Company to supply interconnection cables In 2025.
East Anglia Two forms part of ScottishPower Renewables’ wider East Anglia hub alongside East Anglia One North and East Anglia Three. The project, with a capacity of 960 MW, will include 64 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD wind turbine It was installed approximately 46 kilometers off the coast of Lowestoft.
The East Anglia Hub is among the UK’s largest offshore wind projects, with a total capacity of around 2.9 GW.
East Anglia 3 is currently under construction, with the first turbines installed. Intercabling has also been installed at East Anglia Three by Seaway7.
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