Siemens hits Sylwin1 grid-link snag

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 claims the link can still be grid-connected on time

Siemens has confirmed a delay at the SylWin1 offshore wind converter platform in the German North Sea due to an unexpected geophysical problem.

The German group now expects to finish the installation of the platform in 2014 instead of this year, Siemens said.

Despite the setback, Siemens claims SylWin1 can still be grid-connected in the second half of 2014 as planned.

Siemens is running the installation of the SylWin1 grid-link project for transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT. The platform will flow 864MW of electricity to the German mainland from offshore wind projects like Dan Tysk and Butendiek.

The delay occurred after new geophysical studies of the seabed encountered an unexpected soft ground-layer under the sand, obliging the…

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