Heerema to build platform for HelWin2 offshore wind link

Siemens-Servicemitarbeiter vor dem Offshore-Windpark Lillgrund zwischen Malmö und Kopenhagen in Schweden. Siemens hat im Projekt Lillgrund 48 Windenergieanlagen des Typs SWT-2.3-93 mit einer Leistung von jeweils 2,3 Megawatt (MW) installiert. Der Windpark mit einer installierten Gesamtleistung von 110 Megawatt (MW) wird vom schwedischen Energieversorger Vattenfall betrieben und wurde im Juni 2008 offiziell in Betrieb genommen. Der Offshore-Windpark Lillgrund produziert genug Strom, um 60.000 schwedische Haushalte zu versorgen.Siemens service personnel in front of the Lillgrund offshore wind farm Lillgrund in the Øresund between Malmö and Copenhagen. For the Lillgrund project Siemens installed 48 SWT-2.3-93 wind power systems each rated at 2.3 megawatts (MW). The wind farm with a total installed capacity of 110 MW is operated by the Swedish utility Vattenfall and officially came on line in June 2008. The Lillgrund offshore wind farm produces enough electrcity to supply 60,000 Swedish households.

Siemens is supplying HelWin2's high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology

Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) of the Netherlands has won the contract to build and install the platform for the HelWin2 offshore wind transmission link in the German North Sea.

HFG will construct the platform for Siemens, which is supplying the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology for the 690MW HelWin 2 project on behalf of German grid operator Tennet.

The topsides will be built at HFG’s Zwijndrecht yard, while the jacket and bridge will be constructed at its Vlissingen facility. Fabrication will start in November 2012 and is scheduled for completion in mid-2014.

Installation by HFG’s sister company Heerema Marine Contractors is planned in the third quarter of 2014. HelWin2 is due to be operational by spring 2015.

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