The 15-month project would test the case for doing away with the steelj-tubes currently used to protect cables between the seafloor and thetransition piece that joins the turbine’s foundation to its tower.
WGK tells Recharge the study would flesh out of the feasibility of usingstatic cables in dynamic marine environments, and any design changes needed touse “unarmoured” cables offshore, with an eye on the cost-savings potential ofa new cable concept.
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