ABB to connect offshore wind with HVDC
UK: ABB has been selected by energy companies SSE Renewables and Equinor to use its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter systems to connect the world's largest offshore wind farms to the UK transmission network.
UK: ABB has been selected by energy companies SSE Renewables and Equinor to use its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter systems to connect the world’s largest offshore wind farms to the UK transmission network.
The contract to connect two wind farms in the Dogger Bank region of the North Sea is the first use of the HVDC technology, already deployed to connect international interconnectors to the UK grid, in the UK’s offshore wind market.
ABB will supply its patented, highly compact HVDC converter systems, while Aibel will deliver two HVDC offshore converter platforms.
The Dogger Bank development consists of three 1.2 GW wind farm projects – Creyke Beck A and B, and Teesside A – which are being developed by a 50:50 joint venture between Equinor and SSE Renewables.
ABB has been awarded contracts to connect Creyke Beck A and Creyke Beck B.
This will be the first offshore HVDC solution in the UK which opens up new markets and opportunities
ABB’s proprietary HVDC convertor system will convert alternating current (AC) at 66 kV to direct current (DC), via offshore inverters platforms built by Aibel.
At two onshore convertor stations, built by ABB, the transmitted power will then be converted back to 400 kV AC for export to two nearby National Grid substations, at Creyke Beck in east Yorkshire and Lackenby in Teesside.
Source: Networks