New Subsea Connector for Renewables Market
High quality seawater protected electrical connectors – ideal for tidal stream and wave energy arrays and maintenance and inspection systems such as Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs).
Proven in the oil and gas sector and capable of handling loads of up to 8kV/200-300A with a working life of 25 years.
Range of products enabling reliable operation and ease of repeated use during installation and maintenance operations.
“We are extremely pleased to be able to make our range of ‘Wet Mate’ connectors available to the marine renewable energy sector,” said Michael Winfield, subsea business manager of RMSpumptools. “Already well proven in the oil and gas sector, these highly robust products will provide much needed design flexibility as well as reliable operation and maintenance. Marine renewable energy has an important role to play in decarbonizing grid power supplies, and RMSpumptools is pleased to be able to offer system developers and operators an established technology to facilitate the development of the required subsea power cable networks, from individual devices through to farm-scale installations.”