Power technology giant Hitachi ABB Power Grids has inked a memorandum of understanding with BW Ideol to develop an industrial-scale floating substation design for floating wind farms.
The design, which will be based on BW Ideol’s low-draft ‘damping pool’ platform, will feature transformers, switchgear and other high-voltage technology being specially developed by Hitachi ABB for the sector.
The two companies have “worked closely together for several years to co-create a standardised and modular solution” that answers market requirements for wind power production in “in the most challenging environmental and seabed conditions”, said BW Ideol CEO Paul de la...
