CABLE PROTECTION FEATURE
SECONDARY KEY CONSIDERATION A second key consideration was to ensure a high level of quality, both of the end product and of the input material used. Consequently Blue Ocean Projects teamed up with a large, high quality and highly mechanised UK based ‘automotive grade’ foundry which specialises in ductile iron castings, for quality, consistency of fitting, material traceability and dependable lead times. This arrangement also enables large orders to be met in short lead times. All casting tooling is manufactured directly from 3D CAD software models for quality and precision. Each casting is finished by robot grinding to ensure no sharp edges, and first time fit.
ACCESSORIES A range of accessories has been developed, including male/male adaptors with cable clamps, female/ female adaptors, end pieces, pulling heads, and I/J tube centralisers. Cable protectors can be supplied ‘self coloured’ or in a range of subsea grade coatings to reduce corrosion allowance.
Blue Ocean Projects has to date supplied such protectors for use on offshore wind farms, power cable river crossings, at tidal and wave energy development sites, for telecom cables on hurricane exposed Caribbean landfalls, and larger diameter products for protection of PE pipe marine outfalls.
One area of current development at the company is to develop products for ‘J-tubeless’ cable protection systems, which is an increasing requirement in the offshore wind industry to suit monopile foundations in deeper water, where the use of conventional J tubes for routing the cable from the seabed up to above water level on the turbine foundation becomes less practical, and alternative, cost effective solutions are sought by the market.
Blue Ocean Projects Limited
www.blueoceanprojects.com
With industry assistance, Subsea Energy Solutions can significantly contribute towards the reduction of offshore wind farm design, construction, operational, maintenance and de-commissioning costs.
EXPERIENCE AND INDUSTRY ADVICE With their industry and project wide experience, the unique patent pending SUBFLEX Cable Protection System offers many unrivalled and unparalleled technical and commercial features.
SUBFLEX CABLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Subsea Energy Solutions has been founded as a direct request from the renewable energy industry for the necessity for increased competition, reduced system costs and enhanced solutions, within a limited Cable Protection System market place.
DEMAND FOR COST REDUCTION They are an ISOQAR 9001 : 2008 registered company, which has risen to the urgent industry challenge to the demand for offshore wind farm long term sustainability, through means of cost reduction.
Subsea Energy Solutions have sought industry advice during the development of the SUBFLEX Cable Protection System and taken into consideration many requirements such as purchase cost, rapid offshore assembly, rapid installation, rapid burial, enhanced cable protection, elimination of maintenance requirements, standardisation of components to name just a small selection of features.
CABLE INSTALLATION IMPORTANCE Offshore windfarm cable installation is a high cost/high insurance claims theatre and it is well documented that 70% of insurance claims from windfarm operators relate to cable damage, so there has never been a greater, more important time, for the renewable industry to come together and support a rapidly emerging company in developing a fully coordinated and fully standardised approach to monopile J-tube & J-tube-less installations.
Subsea Energy Solutions
www.subenesol.co.uk
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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