EDS Bags Hohe See OWF Cable Termination and Testing Deal

EDS HV Group (EDS), a part of James Fisher and Sons, has received a contract from cable manufacturer Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTT) to complete cable termination and testing work at Hohe See offshore wind farm. 

EDS will be responsible for the installation, termination and testing of 155kV cables on the offshore platforms and is due to start the project in the first quarter of 2018.

This is the company’s first contract with ZTT which manufactures subsea power and fibre optic submarine cables.

Simon Wyles, group director at EDS, said: “This relationship with ZTT and the opening of opportunities in the EU market is an exciting development for EDS’s future. We have a dedicated, highly competent and experienced team and we look forward to sharing our expertise with ZTT and making an important contribution to this project.”

Hohe See offshore wind farm, based in the North Sea 98 km off the German coast, has an expected capacity of 497 MW and will feature 71 turbines.