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UK: RWE s Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm generates first power
01 Mar 2021
Successful commissioning of transmission system ensures export to UK National Grid
RWE has taken a significant step towards achieving full power at its Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, with the first generation of electricity. The generation milestone follows the successful delivery of vital onshore and offshore electrical infrastructure on schedule, and despite the challenges of constructing during the Coronavirus pandemic. The RWE-led Triton Knoll project began successfully installing its 90 offshore wind turbines in January and has since completed the required commissioning activities on the project’s transmission system to enable the export of power to the UK National Grid for the first time.
Van Oord Cable Laying Vessel Nexus DUTCH maritime contracting company, Van Oord, has been selected by electricity generation company, RWE, as the supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the monopile foundations and array cables for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, in North Yorkshire. The Sofia is sited on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres from the North East coast, where Van Oord, through its Teesside UK branch MPI Offshore, will create a logistics hub to deliver the comprehensive scope of work. Van Oord will deploy its offshore installation vessel Aeolus to install the 100 extended monopile foundations without transition pieces, while the 350 kilometres of array cables will be installed by cable-laying vessel Nexus.