Offshore wind industry faces 'thousands' of cable failures unless performance improves

Incidents across offshore wind farms highlight how weaknesses at various stages of a power cable’s lifecycle can lead to failures, outages and substantial financial loss

Export cables during installation on Orsted's Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the UK
Export cables during installation on Orsted's Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the UKPhoto: NKT
Published 6 August 2025, 10:24Updated 6 August 2025, 10:24
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