The primary of a complete of three offshore substations (OSS) for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind undertaking has been delivered to Bladt Industries in Denmark, the place it’ll now endure additional outfitting.
The primary 880 MW OSS has been shipped from Spain, the place it was fabricated by Tecade on behalf of Bladt Industries.
A consortium of strategic companions Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime was awarded a turnkey contract for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind undertaking by the Dominion Vitality Virginia again in November 2021.
The contract contains three 880 MW OSS models that may represent the spine of {the electrical} infrastructure for the two.6 GW offshore wind undertaking.
The scope of labor on the undertaking consists of design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing and set up. Bladt Industries is liable for design, procurement and manufacturing of metal buildings and jacket foundations, whereas design, procurement and set up {of electrical} tools, emergency techniques and inter-array cables will likely be managed by Semco Maritime.
The undertaking, situated roughly 23.5 nautical miles off Virginia Seaside, has been authorised for building and operation by the U.S. authorities in November 2023.
It can function 176 offshore wind generators, every rated at 14MW, provided by Siemens Gamesa.
DEME Offshore and Prysmian secured Stability of Plant (BoP) contract for the set up companies from Dominion Vitality.
DEME Offshore will likely be accountable for transport and set up of 176 monopile transition piece foundations, three offshore substations, scour safety and the provision and set up of export and inter-array submarine cable techniques, whereas Prysmian is accountable for the cable provide and the set up works.
The two.6GW offshore wind farm will likely be able to supplying electrical energy to as many as 660,000 households, whereas decreasing carbon emissions by over 2 million tons per 12 months.
