Cable Laying Precautions in Offshore Wind Farms with Reactive Power Compensation

This paper combines both analytic and practical aspects of submarine power cable to transmit offshore wind energy to grid. Factors should be considered during laying submarine cable are shortly presented. Cable design, laying and compensation of its reactive power are also presented. Cable laying costs [1-3] times of the cable cost itself. Compensation of reactive power to both unity power factor and near unity but more economic is performed and tabulated. Three cases are performed in Zaafarana, Egypt. The results are compacted and simulated.