Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MOU) with global power cable manufacturer LS Cable & System to target emerging cabling opportunities in the offshore wind industry.
The collaboration represents a new opportunity for DNV to extend its “Dynamic Power Cables Assurance” service offering to the cabling industry and to leverage the group’s longstanding technological expertise in the oil & gas and power industries for the rapidly expanding offshore wind market, a release by DNV said.
The MOU comes in response to growing global demand for high-voltage, next generation power cables with dynamic capabilities for near-shore and floating wind farms. DNV and LS Cable & System have agreed to leverage their collective resources, individual strengths and distinctive capabilities in the following areas:
- Geotechnics: cable protection and burial assessments
- Installation: environmental screening and cable-laying optimization and scheduling
- Materials technology: cable corrosion protection and mechanical testing
- Electrical design: independent review of electrical features and witnessing of electrical tests
- Structural design: Mechanical analysis and cross-sectional analysis of cables subjected to installation loads
- Forensics: rapid-response investigation into power failures and root cause analysis of third-party cabling
For LS Cable & System, this initiative with DNV represents one of the early collaborations between a cable-focused OEM and an energy expert and assurance provider.
As part of the MOU, DNV will cooperate with LS Cable & System in identifying and reducing risk early in the cable manufacturing process, improving overall decision-making and helping secure pre-approval for floating power cabling products for offshore wind farm developers.
DNV and LS Cable & System will develop specific framework agreements to jointly determine their commercial and working arrangements in relation to these various work areas, the release added.