wiredInUSA November 2018

Power of three?

Phase two underway

Antonio Cammisecra

Equinor and its partners have awarded a $121 million contract to NKT for two HV subsea cables. The cables will supply power from shore to the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea. NKT previously fabricated and installed the power cables for the first phase of Sverdrup, with installation completed this spring. The new consignment will be produced at the company’s plant in Karlskrona, Sweden, and laid from Haugsneset in Tysvær municipality, north of Stavanger, to the Sverdrup field center. The cables will then be pulled up to the second processing platform, scheduled for installation in 2022. The cables will be buried in the seabed or covered by rocks, as appropriate. Equinor has assigned Siemens for delivery of HVDC transformer equipment to be installed on the second processing platform (P2) at Johan Sverdrup and at Haugsneset. Equinor estimates that the program will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from Sverdrup field by 460,000 metric tons per year. Two HV subsea cables will supply power from shore to the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea. Photograph courtesy of Øyvind Gravås - Woldcam / Equinor

Three wind energy facilities totaling 128MW, located in Aragon’s Teruel province, are expected to begin operations by the end of 2019, generating an annual 412GWh. The projects are part of the 540MW package awarded to Enel Green Power España in the Spanish government’s May 2017 renewable tender. The three projects are the 46.8MWMuniesa, the 41.4MW Farlán and the 39.9MW San Pedro de Alacón wind farms. “With the start of construction of these three projects we are further expanding our presence in Spain’s competitive renewable energy sector, and the company is committed to bringing its global expertise and sustainability leadership to the country,” said Antonio Cammisecra, Enel’s head of global renewable energy business line, Enel Green Power (EGP). “This milestone represents the first of a number of new EGP developments that will help to diversify Spain’s energy mix through wind and solar capacity, and will assist the country to reach its renewable targets.”

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