Patent ID: 9184533
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: E02B,H01R,H02G,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for electrically connecting an offshore first electrical plant to a second electrical plant, the offshore first electrical plant being an offshore wind turbine generator, the method comprising: providing a transition cable terminated at one end with a first connector part, the transition cable being connected or connectable at the other end to the offshore wind turbine generator above a water surface; providing a cable terminated at one end with a second connector part and connected or connectable at the other end to the second electrical plant, the second connector part being adapted to mate with the first connector part to form a connector; securing the transition cable to a structure that supports the offshore wind turbine generator so that the transition cable extends from the other end, which is connected or connectable to the offshore wind turbine generator, towards a bottom of the sea and back up to the water surface to locate the first connector part above the water surface; lifting the second connector part from the bottom of the sea to the water surface or providing the second connector part above the water surface; mating the second connector part with the first connector part above the water surface, wherein the first connector part and the second connector part are dry mateable.