Hitachi Energy to connect offshore wind farm to UK grid
UK: Hitachi Energy has announced winning a major order from Ørsted to provide two HVDC systems to transmit green electricity from the Hornsea 3 wind farm.
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UK: Hitachi Energy has announced winning a major order from Ørsted to provide two HVDC systems to transmit green electricity from the Hornsea 3 wind farm.
The wind farm is located more than 120 km off the UK east coast and it will have the capacity to generate up to 2.85 GW renewable electricity, enough to power more than three million UK homes. With more than 200 wind turbines installed across almost 700 sq. km, this will be the single largest offshore wind farm in the world. This project is a significant step towards the British Energy Security Strategy ambition of sourcing up to 50 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030.
Hitachi Energy has supported Ørsted with the grid connection of Hornsea 1 and Hornsea 2, but Hornsea 3 will be the first phase to use HVDC application in the Hornsea cluster.
The overall HVDC system, including the offshore platform, is delivered in partnership with Aibel. Hitachi Energy will supply two HVDC Light® converter systems, while Aibel will deliver two HVDC offshore converter platforms.
“Offshore wind is a critical part of the clean energy transition and our HVDC technology is vital for effective transmission to the mainland power grid,” said Niklas Persson, Managing Director of Hitachi Energy’s Grid Integration business. “To address the rapidly growing offshore market, partnerships and collaboration are key to deliver at the speed and scale required to reach our decarbonization and energy security goals.”
Source: Hitachi Energy
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