TKH supplies cable systems for offshore wind farm Kaskasi

TKH-subsidiary TKF has been awarded a contract by Seaway 7 for the delivery of 33 kV aluminium inner array grid cables for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm project by energy company innogy SE, located in the German North Sea.

For this project, TKF manufactures and delivers 52 kilometers 33kV aluminium core inner array grid cables with different cross sections. In addition, TKF will provide the associated cable accessories.

The offshore wind farm Kaskasi is located 35 kilometers north of the island Heligoland and comprises of 38 wind turbines of with a capacity of up to 9 megawatts.

Walter Heerts, Business Line Director Subsea at TKF: “We are pleased to contribute to the Kaskasi project with our unique cable technology in terms of high performance and installation efficiency, and to support this project with our dedicated project team.”

The delivery and installation of the inner array grid cables will start in 2021. It is expected that the offshore wind farm Kaskasi will start operations in the summer of 2022 and will finally have a capacity of 342 megawatts.