Hot on the heels of the final turbine installation, RWE has now completed all the major onshore electrical system construction works for Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm.
Work began three years ago to lay 57km of high voltage underground cable from landfall on the Lincolnshire coast to a new dedicated onshore substation.
The 220kV connection between Anderby Creek and Bicker Fen was the longest cable route ever installed on a 海角视频 farm.
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A further 1.8km of 400kV cabling connects the new substation to the existing National Grid facility there.
Julian Garnsey, project director for RWE at Triton Knoll, said: “We have worked closely with all our supply chain to ensure that construction progressed safely and efficiently, even during the coronavirus pandemic. We’d like to thank everyone involved for their dedication to ensuring the safety of all whilst building this nationally significant infrastructure project.
“We’d also like to thank the local communities and landowners for their understanding and cooperation while we completed the construction works. Land has been handed back to owners ahead of schedule in many locations and reinstatement works are complete, with the vast majority of the land already returned to agricultural use.”
Siemens Energy was responsible for the construction of both the onshore and offshore substations and the installation of the 400kV cabling.
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Electricity was first generated in February last year, and it has a capacity of 857MW - enough to meet the needs of around 800,000 homes each year. The final turbine was installed last month.
Phil Manley, project director for Siemens Energy, said: “I’m incredibly proud of the Siemens Energy team who has delivered this vital infrastructure project in challenging times. As a responsible contractor, it has been important to us that the only mark we leave on the landscape is the state-of-the-art substation which will feed the clean electricity generated offshore to the thousands of homes and businesses in the area. We are delighted this work is now complete and the wind farm takes a step towards completion.”
Construction and engineering company J Murphy & Sons carried out the 57km onshore cable installation, having moved slightly south from working on Orsted’s Hornsea One.
Graham Carr, managing director for energy at Murphy, said “It’s a great honour to be involved in delivering one of the 海角视频’s most significant infrastructure projects, and the longest cable route of any offshore wind farm ever installed in the 海角视频. This was a great project that demonstrated the skills and capabilities of our teams and helped deliver renewable energy safely and reliably to thousands of homes and businesses.”
Triton Knoll sits 32km off the Lincolnshire coast, with 90 cluster-leading 9.5MW Vestas turbines making up an array spanning 145 sq km.
It is operated and maintained out of Grimsby - the seventh offshore wind farm to be - with RWE recently confirming it is bringing its 1.4GW Sofia project to the Humber port too.
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