Nexans, Bureau Veritas form offshore wind power cable partnership – Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine

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PARIS Bureau Veritas (BV) and Nexans have signed a partnership agreement to reduce risk and promote best practices for turnkey deliveries of high voltage power cables used for connecting offshore wind farms to onshore grids.

Nexans provides high voltage cables to transfer the energy generated by offshore wind farms. As offshore wind farm installations are farther away from shores and in deeper waters, the risk of failures could increase, making the reliability and quality of cables, and their installation, key. The partnership builds on BVs maritime expertise and extensive experience in risk management to help the offshore wind market reduce operational risk.

With thorough risk management and compliance with industry best practices, BV said it can offer its assurance on Nexans end-to-end engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) operational model. Effectively managing risk provides operational assurance and reliability with less downtime, reduced repair and replacement costs, and increased trust.

Nexans CEO Christopher Gurin, said: Together, we will certify the Nexans Way of managing EPCI projects and risks, develop new standards for the offshore wind farm and interconnection industry, reduce the risk profile of such projects and develop improved standards.

Matthieu de Tugny, executive vice president Marine & Offshore at Bureau Veritas, said: At Bureau Veritas, we help shape a world of trust. By creating standards and verifying all criteria are met, we can help Nexans build further trust. Our marine expertise and experience in risk management and subsea to surface connections combined with state-of-the-art software tools will make this collaboration a success.

03/30/2021

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