Static Cable for Offshore Wind TLP

The Cable JIP is a TKI Wind op Zee research project for floating wind solutions and electrical power offtake cables. The project aims to de-risk electrical cable installations for a deep draught TLP floating wind solution, by understanding and validating the power cable’s behaviour in tank and model tests.

The JIP examines the forces and motions of dynamic cables in extreme (storm) conditions, as well as wind turbine induced fatigue, floater induced fatigue and Vortex Induced Vibration. Subsea cables may be responsible for 80% of failure cases in the renewable
energy industry. For static cables, the main hazards result from human activities. Failures of dynamic cables are less well  understood and are presently subject to investigation. Failure of dynamic offtake cables can result in significant loss of revenue for the operator.

The Cable JIP is executed and managed by MARIN, Bluewater and Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF).