Tekmar to Protect Cables for Binhai North H2 OWF in China

Tekmar Energy (Tekmar), the European based specialists in cable protection systems (CPS) for offshore wind farms has been awarded a contract to protect array cables on the 400MW Binhai North H2 offshore wind farm, located in Jiangsu province of China.

The 400MW Binhai North H2 project is currently under contraction and aims to be completed and fully commissioned by the end of 2017.

The cables and cable protection systems will be installed this summer, the company said.

Jack Simpson, Head of Offshore Wind Sales at Tekmar said, “Tekmar are extremely pleased to be working on this large and prestigious project in China. The Chinese offshore wind farm industry is still relatively new when compared to Europe however is set for ambitious growth in the future.”