UAE Business: Proserv to deploy CMS at Equinor’s floating wind farm in UK – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Proserv to deploy CMS at Equinor’s floating wind farm in UK – Gulf Digital News

Proserv Group has been signed up by Norwegian global energy specialist Equinor to deploy its pioneering holistic cable monitoring system, ECG at one of the group's top performing offshore wind farms in UK - Hywind Scotland.

A leading controls technology company, the Proserv Group incorporates two divisions - Proserv Controls and Gilmore, providing tailored solutions to clients right across the energy sector. Proserv operates worldwide and has offices in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Proserv said it is set to deliver its cable monitoring system to analyse the condition and integrity of export and inter-array cables across the wind farm utilising the fibre optic cores within the cables.

The demonstration, focused on ECG’s data analytics abilities, is scheduled to extend until April 2024 with installation and commissioning at the wind farm set to take place in Q3 of this year.

Located off the coast of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire in north-east Scotland, Equinor’s Hywind Scotland became the world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm in 2017.

ECG represents a step change in traditional monitoring methods, offering comprehensive visibility across cable assets as an integrated, scalable and multi-faceted single package, said Proserv in its statement.

The technology has been initiated and driven by Proserv with vital