Anholt remedial works begin

Following this revelation Energinet.dk and  NKT Cables mutually agreed in August to replace sections of the submarine cable which analysis indicated were at risk.

Over the last few months, Energinet.dk has been making arrangements in preparation for the installation of the two new sections of cable.The cable at fault is approximately 400 meters of submarine cable near Grenaa and four km cable at Energinet.dk's substation.

The work is expected to last 4-6 weeks depending on weather conditions.

The Anholt cable was also hit by a fault last year. On 30 September, the onshore part of the power cable short-circuited the part of the cable buried a few kilometres west of the town Grenå. The failure was in a relatively small and a limited part of the cable was effected. In order to make the most appropriate repair, a larger piece of the cable, approx. 20 metres, had to be cleared, cut off and replaced by a new piece of cable.

The Anholt offshore wind farm is Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm with an overall capacity of 400MW and covers 4% of Denmark’s total power consumption based on CO2-free power.This is a significant contribution to meeting Denmark’s objective of ensuring that the percentage of renewable energy reaches above 35% by 2020.  

Located between Djursland and the island of Anholt in the Kattegat the wind farm is comprised of 111 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 turbines. It was fully commissioned in September 2013 after the final turbine was connected to the grid in June.