Jan De Nul – Princes Amalia OWF Cable Repair – October 2021 to January 2022 – Array Cable Pull-in, Termination & Testing

Jan De Nul approached Correll to support them with the Cable Pull, HV and FO services associated with the Princes Amalia cable repair/replacement project.  Correll were responsible for the Termination & Testing of the IAG cables between Wind Turbine Generators, including:

• Mobilising 20 Technicians and 2 Offshore Installation Manager
• Pre-project meetings
• Procurement of High Voltage and Fibre Optical materials
• Site visits
• Creation of RAMS
• Creation of quality documentation
• Project HIRA meetings
• Post Lay Testing (continuity, insulation resistance, Time Domain Reflectometry and Optical Time Domain Reflectometry).
• On the offshore assets:
  • Cutting of existing array cables ready for extraction
  • Cable Pull operation.
  • Stripping the array cables to expose the HV cores and FO cable
  • Complete the permanent hang-off
  • Route the HV and FO cable into the OSS/WTGS
  • Cleat the HV cores from the hang off to the GIS
  • Terminate and splice the FO cable into the cabinet
  • Terminate power cores into the GIS
  • Deliver an Inspection and Test Plan for the installed and tested system, forming part of key payment milestone.