A 170 T transformer for solar panels and windmills Vlissingen-Oost
Netherlands, Vlissingen - A five meter high transformer weighing 170,000 kg arrived in the port of Vlissingen on 14 February.
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Netherlands, Vlissingen – A five meter high transformer weighing 170,000 kg arrived in the port of Vlissingen on 14 February.
The colossus is intended for the distribution station in Vlissingen-Oost.
Grid operator Stedin is expanding the substation with a view to building new wind and solar energy projects for companies. The high-voltage transformer was built in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana and shipped to Vlissingen by ship. Two cranes lifted the heavy boy there on a low-loader, which delivered the asset 700 m away to the distribution station.
Last year, Stedin already drilled new electricity cables under the Quarleshaven in Vlissingen-Oost. At a depth of 50 m, cables have been laid over a length of 1.5 km. The underground power highway was needed, among other things, to transport the power from the 140,000 solar panels that logistics company Verbrugge has installed in its warehouses at Quarleshaven and Scaldiahaven to TenneT‘s 380 kV HV substation in Borssele.
Second transformer follows
On 14 February, Stedin took a second step: the installation of the first high-voltage transformer. A second will come in March. The transformers convert the sustainable electricity from the solar panels and windmills in the port from 20–150 kV. The current is then transported further onto the high-voltage grid. The solar and wind farms of the entrepreneurs in the port will soon supply as much sustainable electricity as approximately 36,000 households use in a year. With this project, Stedin is investing $19.2 M (€17 M) in the Zeeland’s switch from fossil to green energy. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
Source: PZC
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