Leading power and automation technology group, has won
an order worth around $130 million from DONG Energy, the Danish integrated
energy company, to supply a high-voltage cable system that will bring power
from the Walney Extension wind park off the northwest coast of England to more
than a million people in the United Kingdom.
The Walney Extension
will provide additional generation potential of 660 MW on top of the existing
offshore wind farm’s 367 MW. When completed, both offshore wind farms will be
capable of providing clean electricity to over 800,000 households, making a significant
contribution to the UK’s target of achieving 15 percent of its total energy
production from renewable sources by 2020 and reducing carbon dioxide
emissions.
“The Walney Extension cable link will help deliver clean renewable power
to more than a million people,” said Claudio Facchin, president of ABB’s
Power Systems division. "This
project reaffirms ABB’s commitment to delivering power and productivity for a
better world and reinforces our position as a leading provider of innovative
high-voltage cable technology."
Europe now has around 8
gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power connected to the grid. UK is the leading
contributor, accounting for nearly half the installed capacity and a further
11.9 GW of offshore capacity under construction or having planning approval.
The existing Walney
offshore wind farm is located 15 kilometers west of Walney Island off the coast
of Cumbria in the Irish Sea, with its turbines covering an area of
approximately 73 square kilometers. The Walney Extension Wind Farm site where the company is supplying the
high-voltage cable system is northwest of the existing installation and will
cover an area twice as large at 149 square kilometers.
The company will design, manufacture, supply and
commission the 220 kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) extruded cable
system. The
link includes more than 157 kilometers of submarine cable to connect the two
wind farm platforms to each other and to shore, as well as 24 kilometers of
underground cable for the grid connection.
Cable links play a key
role in transmitting vast amounts of electricity reliably and efficiently,
often over long distances. With
experience since 1883, ABB is a leader in high-voltage cable systems with an
installed base across applications such as integration of renewables, city
center infeeds, oil and gas platform power supplies and subsea
interconnections. ABB has commissioned more than 25
direct-current (DC) and hundreds of AC cable links around the world.
Source: ABB
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