Crompton Greaves Limited : CG's robust technology to power Belgium's Northwind offshore wind farm project
03/22/2012| 07:29am US/Eastern
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CG has been awarded the contract for the grid connection
study and supply of main transformer 275 MVA and 2 reactors
of 65 MVAr at the Northwind offshore wind farm in Belgium.
The Northwind wind farm, previously named "Eldepasco", will
have an installed production capacity of 216 MW. The
connection between the Offshore High Voltage Substation
(OHVS) and the onshore grid connection will be realised with
a 220 kV submarine export cable. Eventually, the Northwind
wind farm will be connected to the future 165 MW Belwind 2
wind farm, which is also situated in front of the Belgian
coast. For this connection, a second 220 kV subsea cable with
a length of approximately 10 km will be installed.
CG's scope in this project would be to design and supply the
high voltage installation including all necessary measures to
comply with ELIA (Belgian Transmission System Operator) grid
connection requirements. This comprises mainly the Offshore
High Voltage Substation (OHVS) and the onshore location
including all auxiliary systems to ensure proper functioning
of the HV installation. In addition to this engineering study
for grid compliance and connection, CG will also provide the
main transformer 225/33 kV 275 MVA and two reactors of 33 kV
65 MVAr for reactive power compensation.
The mechanical construction of the offshore platform takes
place in Aalborg Denmark on the construction site of Bladt
Industries. Then the platform is shipped to Belgium for its
final destination on a monopole foundation. Energisation of
the offshore substation is expected September 2013.
This contract is the fifth contract for CG, following the
earlier Belwind1, EON Amrumbank West, WPD Butendiek and EON
Humber Gateway contracts. This contract also marks CG's
growing expertise and experience in the developing offshore
wind market in Europe and creates substantial pull through
benefits and valued references for other supporting products
of CG.
The picture shows the project team at its first project
kick-off meeting in Mechelen. The team has participants from
CG, "ENSOL" (the owners engineer) , "SEMCO Marine" (the
engineering partner of main contractor "BLADT Industries" in
Denmark, and "COLRUYT" (the main shareholder in the Northwind
project) .
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