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Written by Vector1Media
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
PR - Siemens Energy has won a major contract from Fluor Ltd. to connect Greater
Gabbard offshore wind farm to the British power grid. The volume of the order
for the grid connection is approximately EUR84 million. With a capacity of 500
megawatts (MW), the Greater Gabbard project will be the world’s largest offshore
wind farm. Siemens will also supply 140 wind turbines for this project, which
will be constructed 25 km off the coast of Suffolk in the UK. The wind farm will
be commissioned in two phases, with the entire construction scheduled to be
completed in 2011. The Greater Gabbard project is owned by Airtricity, the
renewables arm of Scottish and Southern Energy. The project was jointly
developed by Airtricity and Fluor, where Fluor is the balance of plant
contractor.
"Siemens Energy has a unique wind power portfolio. Not only do we manufacture
and supply high-tech wind turbines, we also efficiently connect wind farms to
the grid. This includes carrying out the necessary preliminary network studies,"
said Udo Niehage, CEO of the Power Transmission Division of the Siemens Energy
Sector. As part of the grid connection for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind
farm, Siemens is constructing two substation platforms to be positioned at sea.
The substation platforms concentrate the energy generated by the wind farms.
Subsea cables will transport the power to the feed-in point, which will be
located at the coast. The energy efficient connection of offshore wind farms to
the electrical power grid is an important feature of Siemens’ environmental
portfolio. In 2007, revenue from the products and solutions of Siemens’
environmental portfolio was nearly EUR17 billion. The environmental portfolio is
growing 10 percent annually; the revenue target for 2011 is EUR25 billion.
"Siemens is trusted as the leading onshore substation design and build
provider. We won this project by demonstrating our transferable skills for
offshore network analysis, design, construction and commissioning. Together with
our expertise in wind turbine manufacture, this means our knowledge and depth of
experience is unrivalled." Said John Willcock, Director of Major Projects for
Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd
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