VIDEO: Sandbank Inter-Array Cables Setup

In the summer of 2016, VBMS completed their scope of work for Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm.

A total of 76 inter-array cables were installed and post-lay buried in approximately two and a half months.

VBMS deployed its multipurpose vessels Stemat Spirit, Ndurance and Ndeavor in order to simultaneously perform cable installation and placement of messenger wires, cable burial, cable connection, and cable testing works.

For this project, VBMS also launched its in-house post-lay burial ROV 107-1100.

The Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm is situated in the German Bight, next to the DanTysk Offshore Windfarm. The 72 wind turbines will generate a total capacity of 288MW.

The investment costs for Sandbank are around EUR 1.2 billion. Vattenfall holds a 51% stake in Sandbank Offshore GmbH, which was set up to implement the project, while SWM holds a 49% stake. Sandbank is planned to be fully commissioned in 2017.