CG has installed its transformer substation at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm, which is located 100km off the German coast in the North Sea.
Expected to enter service in the autumn of 2015, the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm extends across 32km² and was constructed along with CG`s consortium partners Fabricom GDF Suez, Iemants and GeoSea.
With the installation of 80 technologically advanced 3.6MW turbines, the wind farm will have a total combined capacity of 288MW, which is enough to power 300,000 households.
Amrumbank West is a unit of E.ON Climate & Renewables Central Europe.
The wind farm is capable of displacing more than 740,000 metric tons of carbon emissions per year.
Avantha Group Company CG CEO and managing director Laurent Demortier said, "The Amrumbank West offshore wind farm is an outstanding engineering feat, and we are delighted to be playing a major role in its development and implementation."
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By GlobalDataIn addition to designing and supplying all critical high voltage power equipment to connect the 33kV and 155kV networks, the company provided power transformers, high and medium voltage switchgear, and protection and automation equipment.
The transformer substation, once operational, will collect power produced from the 80 turbines, transform the voltage to 155kV, and transmit it to the HelWin converter station.
The power will then be transmitted to the electricity grid operated by TenneT TSO.
The wind farm’s service station on Helgoland will operate the transformer substation and will be monitored and controlled from E.ON`s Offshore Marine Coordination Center in Hamburg.
Image: Amrumbank West offshore substation. Photo: courtesy of CG.
