Marais Laying Technologies & Nexans Olex Unite to Build the Largest Wind Farm in Australia

The project got underway in the fourth quarter of 2018, when the trenching and laying of power cables, fiber optics and earthing cables for the first collector group of 13 turbines began. 

Nexans Olex’s role in the consortium was in providing our WINDLINK® cable solutions for wind farms. Our unique ability to manufacture cables in a continuous style enabled us to optimise the cable network layout with a minimum number of joints. As part of our end-to-end services, we also supplied the underground junction cabinets for the cables, the indoor terminations for the substation connections, and the tower end ring main unit (RMU) connections.

As the largest wind farm in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, Stockyard Hill Wind Farm consists of 149 turbines that power 390,000 homes while saving around two million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. The project created around 300 jobs during construction peak times, and employs around 25 permanent staff, supporting local families and the community for the long run.