A contract worth £19m has been awarded for producing power cables to connect the planned Sheringham Shoal offshore windfarm with the mainland. Nexans, a worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded the contract to supply submarine export cables for the project, which is planned for a site about 12 miles off the north Norfolk coast.
The full execution of the cable contract is subject to offshore development consent from the government and a final investment decision during the second half of 2008 for the project itself. The power cables will be manufactured at Nexans’ factory in Norway for delivery in mid April 2010.
