UNITED KINGDOM – A consortium of Siemens Energy and Iemants has been chosen to supply technology for the Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project.
Under the agreement, Siemens Energy will supply Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) technology for use on the platforms of the 860 MW project.
Iemants is a subsidiary of Smulders, alongside Smulders Projects UK, based in Wallsend, Newcastle.
For the Moray West wind farm project, inter-array cables will be installed to channel the power from the wind turbines to the two OTMs.
An export cable, operating at 220 kV from each OTM, will then connect to the onshore substation, also provided by Siemens Energy, which will step-up the voltage to 400 kV, and on to the National Grid, reports reNEWS.biz.
"This project will be an important step forward in reaching the UK Government target of increasing offshore wind power to 40 GW in the next decade,” said Phil Manley, Siemens Energy project manager for the UK and Ireland.
"Local or UK content sits high on the agenda and together with our strategic partners, we strive to increase local content going forward in this very competitive international market,” said Tom Coosemans, Smulders Projects UK general manager.
Upon a successful financial close for the Moray West project, Siemens Energy is assured of supplying all the offshore platforms for wind farms in the Moray Firth, including the three on the adjacent Moray East project and the two on the Beatrice project.
Source: reNEWS.biz