French cable-maker Nexans has reeled in the €150m job to supply the near-shore export line for the 1.4GW Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm being developed by Orsted off the UK.

The deal will encompass delivery of over 200km of 245kV high voltage alternating current cable from Nexans’ Halden, Norway, factory.

The three-core cross-linked polyethylene insulated submarine line will link the wind farm’s offshore reactive power substation to the onshore substation, at North Killingholme, in the north-east England.

Located 89km offshore, Hornsea 2 will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm in the world once operational in 2022, flowing electricity to over 1.3 million homes.

Nexans has already been signed up to supply the 139km 36kV export cable for Orsted’s Hornsea 1.

Meanwhile, Norway’s NKT has inked a pre-construction agreement (PCA) with the eponymous developer of the prospective Inch Cape offshore wind farm to supply the export cable for the long-anticipated 784MW project off Scotland.

The PCA, signed with developer parent company Red Rock Power, is a key step towards a final order for the wind farm, which is among the contenders for a Contract for Difference (CfD) in the auction slated to be held in Q2 2019.

The value of the delivery, of 170km of 220kV offshore export cables, would be in the range of EUR 80-120m, said NKT.

If the wind farm moves ahead, the cables will be delivered for installation “in 2022-2023” by contractor Boskalis.

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Nexans lands cable deal for UK’s Hornsea 2 megaproject