Asso.subsea completes cable work at Croatian interconnector (Gallery)

Asso.subsea has actually finished the setup of roughly 30 kilometers of cable televisions for the Adriatic Sea Islands Interconnection in Croatia, reaching depths of 70 meters.

Asso.subsea carried and set up 4 unique 110 kV cable television systems, with the northern part linking the landing websites Mali Bok– Merag and Osor bay on the islands of Krk, Cres, and Lošinj, and the southern part connecting Prapatna– Medvidbad and Travna– Slatina in between the islands of Brač, Hvar, and Korčula.

The task was performed in cooperation with professional Končar on behalf of the Croatian transmission system operator (TSO) HOPS, and the activities were carried out utilizing the Atalanti cable television laying vessel (CLV).

The replacement of old cable televisions along these paths with 3x 630 mm2 submarine cable televisions, amounting to around 30,500 meters, was likewise carried out.

The business kept in mind that onshore pull-in activities required preparation works before pull-in activities to all websites, which together with pull-in operation positioned considerable obstacles, with 2 operations requiring HDD pipelines determining around 120 and 60 meters in length, respectively.

In addition, due to high slopes with turns at different websites, Asso.subsea stated it had actually created and made particular rollers. Gradients of as much as 40% were experienced at places such as Prapatna and Slatina.

Atalanti and pull-in groups onshore carried out 3 successive landing activities.