ABB has secured a contract to supply a transmission cable system for an offshore wind farm in Germany, reports PennEnergy.
Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT has awarded the order for the Butendiek wind farm located in the German North Sea and 30 kilometers off the island of Sylt.
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ABB will be responsible for the design, engineering, supplying and installing the Alternating Current power transmission cable technology, reports the news agency.
The cable system will have the capacity to transmit 144 megawatts of wind power from Butendiek to the high voltage direct current converter platform SylWin alpha.
With high Voltage Cables and men standing on cable coil, Karlskrona, Germany are among the world’s leading proponents of renewable energy and continues to push for lowering environmental impact, said, Claudio Facchin, head, power systems business, ABB.
ABB with its immense technology expertise and experience in wind domain is pleased to support TenneT with this fast track project, added Facchin.
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This is the sixth offshore wind project in Germany, in jint partnership of ABB with TenneT, says the report.
Last year, ABB announced the delivery of another AC power transmission link connecting TenneT’s Sandbank offshore wind farm to SylWin alpha, equipped with the capacity to transmit 288 megawatt of energy.
The cable system for the Butendiek wind project is expected to be installed and commissioned in 2015.
Sabeena Wahid
editor@greentechlead