The project began with the deployment of the required panels on the offshore site. With this in place, they worked closely with Ocean Winds own teams throughout the entire project, while also engaging with Siemens Energy, when necessary, to ensure the design of the underlying network was fit for purpose and could be successfully implemented, with ample room to scale in the future. This also included managing the entire supply chain throughout the project execution, so if the geopolitical landscape impacted the availability of certain elements, alternatives could be sourced, on time and to budget.
Once the site’s networking requirements had been established, highly resilient 300Mbps circuits were deployed, which would serve as the foundation of all external communications, including telephony, along with secure 3rd party access for both the substation and the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) base.
For the next stage, Vysiion worked closely with Siemens Energy to implement a Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) for Moray West, ensuring the dataflows required to optimise the site’s performance and resilience could be maintained at all times, without any additional security risks.
