Vattenfall has signed agreements with Vestas for 3 large-scale offshore wind initiatives within the Norfolk Zone, UK, the place the developer plans to make use of the brand new V236-15 MW wind generators. This marks a swap within the wind turbine mannequin deliberate for the initiatives because the developer first named Siemens Gamesa as the popular provider in 2021.
For the 1,380 MW Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind farm, Vattenfall and Vestas inked a capability reservation settlement that makes the Danish wind turbine producer the popular provider of the venture’s 92 generators.
The businesses additionally signed an exclusivity settlement for the 1,380 MW Norfolk Vanguard East venture. Moreover, whereas Vattenfall has not resumed with bringing the 1,380 MW Norfolk Boreas to realisation after pausing its growth observe in July this 12 months, the corporate signed an exclusivity settlement with Vestas for this venture as effectively, thus choosing the V236-15 MW generators for the whole Norfolk Zone.
In its interim report this Summer time, Vattenfall mentioned it was pausing the event of Norfolk Boreas attributable to difficult offshore wind market situations. Whereas larger inflation and capital prices had been affecting the whole power sector, the geopolitical state of affairs had made offshore wind and its provide chain significantly susceptible, the corporate mentioned in July.
In a press launch issued on 20 December, Vestas states that the capability agreements comply with the UK authorities’s latest announcement in regards to the parameters for the subsequent Contracts for Distinction (CfD) spherical “which despatched a really optimistic sign to renewable power traders”.
The now-signed agreements additionally embody long-term operations and upkeep (O&M) service contracts underneath which Vestas will service the venture(s).
Signing the capability reservation and exclusivity agreements with Vestas represents a swap within the wind power technology expertise that’s deliberate for use for Vattenfall’s Norfolk initiatives.
Particularly, as reported in November 2021, Vattenfall chosen Siemens Gamesa as the popular wind turbine provider for, what had been on the time, two initiatives, Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas.
The mannequin Vattenfall opted for 2 years in the past was the SG 14‑236 DD offshore wind turbine which, identical as Vestas’s flagship mannequin, has a 236-metre-diameter rotor and a technology capability of as much as 15 MW, whereas the distinction is that Siemens Gamesa’s expertise is predicated on direct drive.
Norfolk Vanguard initiatives are positioned greater than 47 kilometres off the Norfolk Coast. They’re adjoining to the Norfolk Boreas web site, which is positioned roughly 72 kilometres from shore at its nearest level.
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