Wolfe Island

Project description:

•  The Wolfe Island Wind Project consists of 86 2.3 MW wind turbines located on Wolfe Island, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, in operation from 2008. 

Customer challenges:

• Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC), a subsidiary of Canadian Hydro Developers Inc., needed design, manufacturing and supply of a world record-breaking high-voltage submarine power cable for the Wolfe Island Wind Project, near Kingston, Ontario, in Canada. 

Nexans'  solutions:

• The 7.8 km long cable was at the time the world’s first 3-core XLPE submarine cable to achieve a voltage rating of 245 kV.
   
• The Nexans cable will be laid on the bottom of the St Lawrence River, at a maximum water depth of 23 m.