Damaged cable takes RWE's Sofia offshore wind farm offline
2026Published 13 Nov 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
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What happened
A damaged cable has taken RWE's Sofia offshore wind farm offline, according to a report by EnergyWatch published on 12 November 2026. RWE expects to resume generation at the end of November and to have all turbines running by the end of the year. RWE expects to claim compensation from a third party. The article is only partly available to non-subscribers, so the location, capacity, date of the damage and number of turbines affected are not confirmed in the text available.
Contributing factors
The report gives only the damaged cable as the cause. The source does not say how or when the cable was damaged.
Lessons learned
- Offshore export and array cables are exposed to external damage, so operators should review cable protection, burial depth and monitoring along the route.
- Where a third party may be liable, operators should record damage evidence promptly and preserve the information needed to support a compensation claim.
- Operators should plan spares, repair vessel access and turbine restart sequences in advance, so that outages from a single cable fault are shortened.
More lessons on detection and monitoring, investigation and fleet-wide checks, electrical protection and isolation, from every incident on the register.
Source
Published 2026-11-13. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
