Aker Solutions, a low-carbon and renewable energy projects company, has penned a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway for a new subsea power system technology designed to reduce running costs of the MetCentre’s offshore wind farms.
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The new contract will introduce a new power transmission technology called the Subsea Collector to MetCentre’s offshore wind farm, which currently consists of two wind turbines located approximately 6 miles off the coast of Karmøy, Norway.
The test area is expected to expand the fleet to seven wind turbines from 2026, and according to a press release, the Subsea Collector throws out the traditional daisy-chain pattern used to connect wind turbines, and offers a new star-shaped pattern that enables more flexibility architecturally within the designed wind farm area, reduced cable length between turbines, and…
