Ship begins laying 440km cable to link world’s largest offshore wind farm to UK energy grid

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2023/09/ship-begins-laying-440km-cable-to-link-world-s-largest-offshore-wind-farm-to-uk-energy-grid/

Ship begins laying 440km cable to link world’s largest offshore wind farm to UK energy grid::A massive cable linking what will become the UK’s biggest offshore wind farm with the mainland energy grid has started construction in the North Sea.

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bia@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (2 replies)

That ship is much larger than I expected for "just" laying cables. But then again, I have no idea how they do it...

Zelda_pinwheel1971@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y (1 reply)

It's an amazing vessel. If it ever comes to Southampton I hope to be able to visit. Source: work for Prysmian and it's cool to see us "in the wild" like this 🙂🙂

https://www.prysmiangroup.com/en/new-vessel-leonardo-da-vinci

bia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

I was hoping for more info in the article, so thanks!