First Subsea has secured a second contract with Spanish developer and construction company, Cobra Group, to provide dynamic bend stiffener connectors for the Kincardine Floating Offshore Windfarm. Following the initial supply to the pilot turbine last year, a further eleven connectors will be supplied to the 50MW Kindcardine floating offshore windfarm project, 15km offshore Aberdeen.The floating offshore wind dynamic bend stiffener connector is based upon a joint development between First Subsea and Trelleborg, utilising established knowledge and expertise from First Subsea on offshore mechanical connection systems and from Trelleborg on dynamic bend protection of flexible pipelines, umbilicals and cables for life of field. Comprising primarily of a diverless subsea connector and a conical polymer bend stiffener, the connector system attaches around the power cable and is pulled into a female receptacle on the floating wind turbine platform. The connection is secured in a single pull-in operation, locking in for immediate service.
