Function
Cable accessories provide electrical termination and mechanical support for cables both during and after installation.
What it costs*
About $104 million for a 1 GW floating offshore wind farm.
Who supplies them
UK suppliers for the Asian market:
Balmoral, Bekaert, CRP Subsea, First Subsea, JDR Cable Systems, Synaptec, Tekmar Group, Enshore Subsea
Japanese suppliers:
Furukawa Electric Co., Sumitomo Electric Industries, and Tekmar Japan.
South Korean suppliers:
Tekmar Korea, and Panduit subsea solutions.
Key facts
Array and export cable systems require a range of different accessories to connect cables to structures, protect cables at vulnerable locations, maintain dynamic cable configurations, and connect lengths of cable together.
Cable accessories are usually included in either the cable supply or cable installation scope.