Norddeutsche to supply submarine cables for 219MW offshore wind farm in UK

E.ON has selected Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke for a contract to supply 82km of medium-voltage submarine array cables for its 219MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm to be located 8km off the East Yorkshire coast, north of the mouth of the river Humber, England.

The 219MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm will use 73 wind turbines to produce enough clean energy and upon completion it will sufficiently meet the electricity needs of up to 170,000 UK homes.

Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke managing director Thorsten Schwarz said E.ON has selected the company as the cable supplier for the project.

"In the last months we’ve continued to expand our subsea cable production facilities based on the expectations that offshore wind will take on the expected importance in the future European electricity generation mix," Schwarz added.

"It is good to see that investors like E.ON continue to prove their commitment to offshore wind by investing in projects here in UK, as well as Sweden and Germany."

German-based Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke is a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Cable and provides submarine telecommunication cables and submarine power cables, in particular for renewable energies.

General Cable develops, designs, manufactures, markets and distributes copper, aluminium and fibre optic wire and cable products for the energy, industrial, and communications markets.

E.ON is a Germany based holding company and is an investor-owned electric utility service provider.