A Japanese consortium of Mitsubishi and Chubu Electric Power have been selected as the preferred bidder for a $1.5 billion offshore transmission project in the UK.
The new electricity transmission assets include subsea cables, land cables, offshore substations and an onshore substation, which will be connected with the 1.2 GW Hornsea 1 wind farm project, reports NS Energy.
The wind farm will include approximately five HVAC collector substations which are connected via inter-array cables of 30 kV to 70 kV, two offshore HVDC converter stations, and an offshore HVAC reactive compensation substation.
Following the acquisition of Hornsea 1 offshore wind project electric transmission link, Mitsubishi will now operate nine out of 23 offshore transmission assets in the UK, through its wholly owned subsidiary Diamond Transmission Corporation (DTC).
Expected to be fully commissioned this year, the wind project will have a lifespan of about 25 years and will generate enough electricity to power more than one million homes.
Source: NS Energy