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The Problem
Hammerfest Strom, one of the leading tidal power generation companies was in the process of installing the tidal device, HS1000, and the European Marine Energy Centre in the Orkneys, North of Scotland. Hammerfest Strom had prepared the foundations for the device and was planning to install a wet mate connection to enable deployment within 16 weeks. They were let down by the Wet Mate supplier and the whole project which was due to be completed by Christmas was in jeopardy of being postponed for over 6 months.
The Challenge
The Problem:
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in the Orkney Islands, is the first development and test facility in the world for wave and tidal energy devices. The site had nine cables installed at their facility, with each cable consisting of three power cores, an LV core and fibre optics. The cables had been installed for five years, but EMEC did not possess the capability to test the cables prior to offering to a developer. Furthermore, a termination did not exist on the end of the cables to aid connection - as yet there had been no development in this segment of the industry.
