HSM Offshore Power has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Thor Offshore Excessive Voltage Station (OHVS) at its yard in Schiedam, the Netherlands.
RWE, the proprietor and developer of the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm within the Danish North Sea, chosen HSM Offshore Power and its key subcontractors, Iv-Offshore & Power and GE Renewable Power, for the engineering, procurement, development, set up, and commissioning of the offshore excessive voltage substation and its jacket basis in 2022.
The open design of the substation, which could have a capability of greater than 1,000 megawatts (MW) and total weight under 3000MT is alleged to be ”a gamechanger within the offshore wind market, providing finest AC energy / weight ratio within the historical past.”
In response to HSM Offshore Power, this reduces the usage of structural metal and the power wanted throughout manufacturing – with metal sourcing and fabrication in Europe.
Each constructions, the offshore substation and the jacket, will likely be constructed at HSM Offshore Power’s yard in Scheidam.
RWE will construct the THOR wind farm off the Danish west coast – roughly 22 kilometres from Thorsminde on the west coast of Jutland.
To attach the wind farm to the Danish grid, RWE will construct two new substations – one at sea and one on land.
As soon as absolutely commissioned in 2027, the 1 GW challenge will change into Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm and will likely be able to producing sufficient inexperienced electrical energy to produce the equal of a couple of million Danish households.
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