Enshore Subsea Secures Inch Cape Export Cable Contract

Posted on 17 March 2025

UK-headquartered Enshore Subsea has secured the export cable installation contract for 
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, one of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm projects 
which is set to play a significant role in support of the Scottish and wider UK’s offshore 
wind targets. 

Inch Cape will have two 85 kilometre, 220kV, 3 phase export cables which, based on their 
diameter and weight, are amongst the largest export cables in the world. Each cable will be 
delivered in three sections and will require offshore field joints. 

During the project Enshore Subsea will be responsible for the export cable installation 
including transfer from port to site, lay and burial, support during jointing and deployment 
of the cable protection system.   

Enshore Subsea will also be responsible for all pull-in operations and installation of the 
export cables, into both the transition joint bay (TJB) at Cockenzie, East Lothian, and the 
offshore substation located off the Angus coastline.  

Pierre Boyde, Enshore Subsea Managing Director, said: “Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm is a 
significant project for the UK, and we are proud that we can play our part. We are looking 
forward to working with the Inch Cape team and other partners to bring the development 
to life.” 

The project, which is located 15 to 22km off the Angus coastline, will see Enshore Subsea 
begin offshore works in summer 2025. Cable laying will be carried out using the CMOS 
Installer cable lay vessel. The cable will be buried using assets from Enshore Subsea’s fleet 
of subsea trenchers.  

John Hill, Inch Cape Project Director said: “We are delighted to have UK-based Enshore 
Subsea signed to carry out the installation of our two 85-km export cables. The landfall 
construction site is now being prepared in readiness for the first cable’s arrival later this 
year.” 

At almost 1.1 gigawatts, Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm is in water depths ranging from 40 
to 59m, and will be made up of 72 wind turbine generators, each standing up to 274 metres 
tall.  

The Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm project follows Enshore Subsea’s inter-array trenching 
contract for an offshore wind farm located off the east coast of the United States, and 
Enshore’s ongoing works on the Senegal Power Compact Project for client MCA-Sénégal II.