Safely and precisely laying subsea power cables is crucial for transmitting power from offshore wind turbines to the onshore grid. Belgian company DEME depends on Nortek’s vessel-mounted ADCP system to provide real-time, high quality current data across the entire water column, ensuring stable and secure subsea cable installations.
Subsea cables are required to connect offshore wind turbines to the power grid onshore. Precise and successful installation of these cables is challenging due to the dynamic and varied subsea environments they must be laid in.
Marine services company DEME uses a vessel-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler system, the VM Operations, to provide real-time information on current speed and direction throughout their cable laying operations. This data enables the team on the vessel to make adjustments during installation, ensuring precise cable routing and extending the lifespan of these crucial wind farm elements.
The global transition to renewable energy sources, such as wind power, is crucial to slowing the effects of climate change. Governments worldwide are pushing the growth of offshore wind, resulting in a large uptick of offshore wind farms in the last decade. This trend is predicted to continue for at least the next decade, according to the Global Wind Energy Council’s 2023 Global Offshore Wind Report.
