Tekmar Energy awarded Innogy’s Triton Knoll cable protection by Boskalis

29/03/19

Image Caption: Tekmar Cable Protection System being installed offshore. High resolution image can be downloaded here.

Tekmar Energy are pleased to announce that Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) have selected the patented TekLink® Cable Protection System (CPS) Generation 8 for the Innogy Triton Knoll offshore wind farm (OWF).

Triton Knoll is located 32 kilometres off the coast of Lincolnshire and consists of 90 turbines in water depth of 15-21m. The project will provide a total of 860 MW providing sustainable renewable energy to over 800,000 homes in the UK when complete.

Russell Edmondson, Managing Director of Tekmar Energy said: “We are delighted to continue our trusted relationship with Boskalis following many years of success together. Further, this is our third project with Innogy following the completion of Galloper late last year, also with Boskalis.”

For the project Tekmar will be providing 196 systems for protecting the array and export cables; bellmouths for the substations; with sister company AgileTek Engineering performing engineering analysis on the project.

Tekmar will be supplying the latest TekLink® Generation 8 cable protection system which offers reduced cost, improved installation efficiency and is the ultimate subsea protection solution for power cables within offshore wind.

The project will mark Tekmar’s 71st project within the industry, taking Tekmar’s record on being trusted to protect over 24GW of electrical infrastructure worldwide. The product will be produced within Tekmar’s state of the art manufacturing facility in the North East of England.

Tekmar Energy Limited is one of Tekmar Group plc’s four primary operating companies, in addition to Subsea Innovation Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited and Ryder Geotechnical Limited. Tekmar Group’s vision is to be the partner of choice for the supply and installation support of subsea protection equipment to the global offshore energy markets.

Discover more at https://www.tekmar.co.uk/

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For further information contact: Steve Pugh, Head of Marketing and Strategy, Tekmar Group plc, stevepugh@tekmar.co.uk

 

ABOUT TEKMAR GROUP

Tekmar Group plc’s vision is to be the partner of choice for the supply and installation support of subsea protection equipment to the global offshore energy markets. The Group has four primary operating companies; these are Tekmar Energy Limited, Subsea Innovation Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited and Ryder Geotechnical Limited. http://investors.tekmar.co.uk/

Tekmar Energy is a global market leader in subsea cable, umbilical and flexible pipe protection systems. Tekmar have been trusted to protect billions of Euros worth of assets in the offshore wind, oil & gas, wave, tidal and interconnector markets since 1985: https://www.tekmar.co.uk/

Subsea Innovation is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of complex engineered equipment and technology used in the offshore energy market. Its products include large equipment handling systems which operate on the back of pipelay installation vessels; emergency pipeline repair clamps (EPRC) which protect major oil and gas pipelines, and bespoke equipment for use in the construction of offshore energy projects: https://www.subsea.co.uk/

AgileTek Engineering is an award-winning subsea engineering consultancy for offshore energy projects. AgileTek helps its clients de-risk projects through advanced computer simulation and analysis. https://agiletek.co.uk/ AgileDat, a division of AgileTek, provides software development, cloud architecture and data analytics services. https://agiledat.co.uk/

Ryder Geotechnical provides expert geotechnical design and consulting services to the offshore wind and subsea oil and gas sectors. Services include offshore structure foundation design, geohazard assessment and subsea cable routing and burial assessment. https://www.rydergeotechnical.com/

Tekmar Energy and Tekmar Group plc is headquartered in Newton Aycliffe in the United Kingdom; AgileTek operates from an office in London; Subsea Innovation have their head office and manufacturing centre in Darlington, United Kingdom; Ryder Geotechnical have their office in Newcastle, UK. Tekmar Group plc also has representation in South Korea, USA, China and the Middle East.

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