The following article is based on a forthcoming White Paper on the subject of cable routing.
The planned development of wind farms off the east coast of the United States brings into sharp focus some of the key considerations and constraints associated with their installation, and the maintenance of offshore and inter-array cables.
Although I’m discussing the US, the principles will be the same wherever a wind farm array is planned and are therefore applicable to the industry as a whole. This short article aims to give potential developers an outline framework for consideration early in the planning process of the engineering of cable routes of a newly proposed offshore wind farm installation.
