About the project
The main objective of SEASNAKE+ is to scale up and demonstrate (TRL6-7) the dynamic medium voltage cable (dMVC) with improved lifetime by: easy-clean paint, in-line in-situ paint application chamber, in-situ cleaning robot, and giving the cable a new and scalable protection system and monitoring system. The SEASNAKE+ dMVC will be validated first at a small scale in nearshore conditions in two different sites (Swedish west coast and Mediterranean Sea), and once the full-scale prototypes are ready, in a real ocean environment in the Mediterranean Sea.
SEASNAKE+ objectives and activities are based upon the learnings and proof-of-concept (TRL4) of a new lightweight (no armouring) and flexible cable carried out within the previous SEASNAKE (OCEANERANET COFUND). SEASNAKE+ expands those efforts on a European level as key gaps and opportunities have been identified during the projects for scaling up the production and integrating the protection system application into the production along with new sophisticated and innovative ways to measure cables’ movement (shape sense) and failure modes in an integrated fibre optic solution.