wiredInUSA June 2020

Connection consortium

Scotland wind development

The cable-laying vessel Isaac Newton

TenneT has awarded contracts to a consortium of Jan De Nul Group and LS Cable & System to supply and install high voltage cables for the grid connection of the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind farms. The Hollandse Kust Noord and Hollandse Kust West Alpha export cable systems will consist of two220kVACcable systems each. The four cables will cover a total length of 210km, connecting the wind farms to the onshore Dutch power grid near Beverwijk, just north of the port of IJmuiden. Once operational, the wind farms will generate up to 1.4GW. TenneT Offshore project director Dick Lagerweij said: “In Q3 2018 TenneT prepared the project documents for offshore cable installation. Five bidders were qualified to submit their proposals and in early 2020 we concluded that the consortium was best placed to be awarded the contract. We are aiming to complete the project as a whole by 2023.” Jan De Nul Group will be responsible for transportation, laying and protection of the cables, while LS Cable & System will be responsible for thedesignandmanufacture. Jan De Nul will use its cable-laying vessel, Isaac Newton , to collect the cables from South Korea and transport them to the Netherlands for installation.

Image courtesy of Vattenfall

Vattenfall has reached a deal to build its largest UK wind farm in South Kyle, Scotland. As part of an agreement withGreencoat UK Wind, the 240MW wind project is expected to power approximately 170,000 UK homes, saving close to 300,000 tonnes in carbon dioxide emissions every year. The South Kyle project is planned to become operational in the first quarter of 2023. Vattenfall will manage the facility on behalf of Greencoat for at least ten years, and will purchase the power for 15 years.

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