BiMEP has completed improvement work on the electrical connection subsystems of submarine cables 2 and 4 and mooring areas 1, 2 and 4 of its offshore platform located off the coast of Armintza.

The work has been carried out by the Galician firm UTE KALEIDO LOGISTICS, S.L., NORTHCOM DIVING, S.L. and GLOBAL MARITIM, which was awarded the contract as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan financed by the European Union within the Next Generation EU funds.

In the past, initiatives such as the Penguin prototype from the Finnish company WELLO, the Marmok-A wave energy project and the Arrecife Systems catamaran, among others, have been located in these anchorage areas.

During testing with these devices, BiMEP found that there was room for improvement in the operation of the connectors used, either because they were difficult to install and uninstall, because they were impractical, or because they did not allow more than one user to connect simultaneously, among other shortcomings.

The aim of this upgrade work, already completed, has been to ensure that static cables 2 and 4 have a ready-to-use connection solution at the sea end, with its recovery system. In addition to the improvements to the cable connection subsystems, all underwater obstacles that hinder anchoring have been removed from areas 1, 2 and 4.

In recent years, remnants of ropes, cables, chains, deadweight systems and other objects have been deposited in these areas. Their removal cleans the space of obstacles that could complicate the anchoring of future projects and users.