R&M Offers Copper, Fiber Cabling Solutions for Renewable Energy Systems

Dec. 15, 2023
The data cabling products, systems, and services will support vital communications networks in power plants and solar fields.

R&M recently announced it is launching a program through which its copper and fiber-optic cabling systems will support the renewable energy industry. “The R&M solutions network sensors and controllers in power plants and solar fields with computers, monitoring systems, and control centers,” the company said.

“Power plant operators are increasingly using data networks for the digitalization of their operations,” R&M explained. “For example, they use 5G radio, virtualization, and artificial intelligence to manage wind and solar parks more efficiently. These are typically large onshore and offshore installations that can only be controlled remotely. The R&M portfolio was specially put together for the long distances and harsh operating conditions both offshore and at sea.”

The company says operators of wind and solar parks can further reduce material, installation, operating, and maintenance costs. “This is why R&M focuses on long-lasting, low-maintenance, all-purpose platforms and plug-and-play cabling systems,” it added. “The 14 R&M plants around the world can provide preterminated and ready-to-install cabling solutions.”

R&M further points to its Harsh Environment Connector as an example of an intuitively operable cabling product that simplifies and speeds up network installation. It adds that the IDC wiring technology it promotes “guarantees permanent vibration- and corrosion-resistant contacting of copper wires. With a low-shrink plastic jacket developed by R&M, fiber-optic cables retain their shape in all weather conditions.”

Another attribute of R&M’s processes that benefits renewable energy operators is the company’s single-source-supply principle. “The wind farm solution, for example, ranges from control cabling in the individual power plant gondola through outdoor cabling to the connection of the antennas, IoT devices, security systems, operator offices, and data centers or in the cloud,” R&M explains—adding that its on-site support service is an important element of the single-source-supply principle. These support services “range from planning, installing, and commissioning the data and communications networks to user training, quality assurance, and other after-sales services,” R&M adds.

“The cabling products for renewable energy production have passed the tests in existing applications,” R&M concludes, noting that it “uses them in projects in the telecommunications industry—for example, in aerial and underground cabling. The operating environmental conditions there are similar. R&M also has experience in ship cabling, which is as demanding as the network equipment of offshore wind power plants. The DNV certification demonstrates that the R&M cabling products are permanently resistant to moisture, salt air, and vibrations at sea.”

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