The laying of the cable is part of the construction of the Ocean Energy Test Bed, off Ireland.
The site located at Galway Bay, Ireland, will be used for the purposes of testing, demonstrating and validation of renewable energy devices and marine environmental sensors and technologies.
Galway Bay test site will be expanded with the subsea cable observatory.
The project involves the installation of 4 km hybrid optical-electrical cable that will terminate at an underwater node and provide up to nearly 8 kW of power and data communications.
Several optical and electrical connectivity options will be available.
According to Port of Galway, the subsea cable will be laid next week at the test site.
The deployment of a floating ‘Sea-station’ facility designed to provide power to OEC devices in addition to supplying high-speed data transmission for real-time monitoring is also planned for the site.
Ireland’s one quarter scale marine test site is located 1.5 km offshore in water depths of up to 23 m within Galway Bay.
It is used by developers to conduct sea trials and validation of devices and components at various technology readiness levels. Marine Institute holds the license for the site since 2006.
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Image: Port of Galway