Saipem and Siemens Energy to design new floating substation
Saipem has teamed up with Siemens Energy to jointly develop a concept design for a 500 MW HVAC floating electrical substation for use in offshore wind farms.
Saipem has teamed up with Siemens Energy to jointly develop a concept design for a 500 MW HVAC floating electrical substation for use in offshore wind farms.
Zurich, Switzerland: Hitachi Energy today launched its OceaniQ™ portfolio for the offshore energy environment.
Netherlands: TenneT, an electricity transmission system operator, has contracted Arcadis to develop a standard design for 2GW land converter stations.
USA, Massachusetts: The amount of offshore wind power in the pipeline is poised to roughly double with the selection of projects from both Vineyard Wind and Mayflower Wind.
UK: Moray West offshore wind farm has selected the Siemens Energy/Iemants consortium to supply the project’s two offshore substation platforms.
Germany: DNV GL has signed a four-year framework agreement with TenneT to provide project certification for new HVDC substations linked to offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.
United Kingdom, London: The U.K. government will provide 810 million pounds ($1.1 billion) for new clean-energy technologies in an effort to reduce pollution and ensure electricity supply.