A Study on Insulation Fatigue Due to Increased Thermal Load in Dynamic HV Cables for Floating Offshore Wind

The offshore wind sector is a rapidly developing area of UK growth, which could help meet a large proportion of the UK’s energy needs. However, for development to continue, wind turbine generators need to move further offshore into deeper waters, and floating offshore wind becomes necessary. This poses significant challenges to the durability of high-voltage (HV) cable systems which already contribute the majority of costs to windfarm repair bills [1] .