Carillion is responsible for the onshore connection of the £1.3bn ($1.8bn) project. In particular, the firm will install 26km of cables from landfall near Shoreham on Sea to Bolney, West Sussex.
Under the contract, Vysiion will supply, splice and test a 108km cable link from the onshore substation at Bolney to the beachhead.
Vysiion infrastructure sales manager Michael Grimshaw said: "The Rampion wind farm project contract is another example of how the team at Vysiion is able to support the infrastructure requirements of the UK’s wind power industry.
"Throughout the UK and on a number of on-going wind farm developments Vysiion’s fibre, communications and infrastructure expertise is proving to be both an additive and assured element of the construction."
Being developed by E.ON and UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) off the UK’s Sussex coast, the project will feature up to 116 Vestas V112-3.45 MW turbines to generate electricity required to power around 300,000 homes.
Planned to be completed in 2018, the project is designed generate electricity required to power 300,000 homes annually.
The project expects to contribute to the UK’s plan to generate 15% of its total power from renewable sources by 2020.
In 2015, ABB was selected to provide substations and related power infrastructure for the Rampion offshore wind farm.
The company was responsible for the supply of onshore substation including high-voltage air-insulated switchgear, gas-insulated switchgear, transformers and substation automation as well as control and protection systems for the project.
Image: UK plans to generate 15% of its total power from renewable sources by 2020. Photo; courtesy of ABB.
