Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH is delivering Power Cables for the Wind farm „BARD Offshore 1“

12/6/2007

Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), Nordenham, has been awarded by BARD Engineering GmbH, Emden, for the delivery of a power cable for the 400 MW wind farm „BARD Offshore 1“. The wind farm consists of 80 wind turbines and is located 100 km north-west of the isle Borkum. The medium high voltage cables produced by NSW link the turbines by bundle and conduct the 33 KV alternating current. In addition to the power cable NSW provides not only its know-how gained out of a huge variety of offshore-projects, but also special cable accessories for the wind turbines developed by BARD. It is planned that the wind farm “BARD Offshore 1” will be finalized in September 2010.

Due to the increasing demand from the renewable-energies sector NSW has decided at an early stage to invest € 40 Mio. in the production and development of power cables until the beginning of 2009. Thus NSW will also be in future the qualified partner for successful offshore-projects.

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NSW is a leading manufacturer of communications, submarine, overhead, power and offshore cables, as well as engineering plastics and environmental products. For over 100 years, NSW has been committed to the expansion and improvement of communications. Since May 2007, NSW has been a member of the General Cable Corporation group of companies and embodies the same rigorous and uncompromising service and quality standards. As a general contractor for turnkey installations of submarine cable systems, NSW's products and services include network planning, marine surveys, fiber-optic submarine cables, cable joints, subsea housings and branching units, cable laying and burial, system documentation and repair & maintenance services. NSW is an expert in the integration of offshore oil & energy systems with telecommunication solutions. With its headquarters in Nordenham (Germany) and an agency in Aberdeen (U.K.), NSW’s mission is to be the world’s most innovative, competitive and customer-oriented supplier of the products and services it provides to its clients. Learn more at www.nsw.com.

BARD Engineering GmbH has been founded in October 2003 as a company for project planning and investments with special focus on offshore wind farms. The BARD-Group, in which also the BARD Emden Energy GmbH & Co. KG is included, produces and assembles meanwhile its developed components. The business purpose comprises besides the acquisition of similar projects also the realisation and operation of these projects of their own stock. Thus BARD covers the complete value chain of project realisation. The BARD-Group currently employs nearly 190 people at their locations Bremen and Emden. Furthermore also the Cuxhaven Steel Construction GmbH (CSC), which will start producing the steel groundings for the offshore power plants.

BARD Engineering GmbH, Am Freihafen 1, 26725 Emden, www.bard-offshore.de