Substation to add 500MW to Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm
The Seagreen 1A substation has been unanimously approved by East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee.
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ABB wins $30M order to support integration of offshore wind energy
ABB has won a $30 million order from ScottishPower Renewables to supply two STATCOMs that will smooth out the voltage fluctuations that are an inherent feature of intermittent wind energy.
Kolektor Etra to supply power transformers for Dong’s 448MW project
Slovenia: Kolektor Etra has been granted a deal to supply transformers to the offshore substation for Dong Energy’s 448MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 project in the German North Sea.
BVT to supply transformer stations for wpd offshore farm
Germany: wpd has begun construction of offshore wind farm in Nordergründe in German North Sea, laying first monopile deep foundation at the 111MW project.
Transformer platform for Sandbank offshore goes to sea
After 16 months of construction work, the transformer substation for the offshore wind farm Sandbank is on its way to the construction site 90 kilometres west of Sylt in the German North Sea.
Contract awarded for one of the largest HVAC substations ever
STX France has been awarded a contract to design, build and install one of the largest HVAC offshore substations ever built.
E.ON and Statoil building Arkona Offshore Wind Farm
Germany: E.ON and Statoil have announced their final investment decision on the development of the 385 MW Arkona offshore wind farm, also known as Arkona Becken Südost, in the Baltic Sea, Germany.
TenneT to invest $24B in electricity infrastructure over next decade
The Netherlands: The Dutch government-owned electrical grid TenneT has announced its plan to invest €22 billion ($24.25 billion) in new onshore and offshore electricity infrastructure in the coming decade.
RTE France places &25M transformer order with ABB
Switzerland, Zurich: The electrical transmission system operator RTE France has awarded ABB a contract worth around $25 million for the supply of transformer products and services for the ongoing offshore wind power projects that will help boost France’s renewable energy supply.
ABB to supply transformers for new UK wind farm
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order to provide substations and related power infrastructure for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm situated off the Sussex coast, as well as the onshore substation to efficiently integrate the new wind farm into the country’s transmission grid.
CG to equip Butendiek offshore substation with power transformers
India, Mumbai: Crompton Greaves (CG) will equip the Butendiek offshore substation, built as part of the German Butendiek offshore wind farm project for Western Power Distribution (WPD) Offshore Solutions GmbH.