Siemens has confirmed an order from Semco Maritime to provide the main electrical equipment for the offshore platform for the up to 1600MW Mayflower Wind offshore wind farm off the US east coast.
The contract is for the delivery of the high-voltage electrical equipment for the platform, including three 275kV/265MVAr shunt reactors, a 72kV HV gas insulated switchgear, three 275kV MV GIS systems, integrated conditioning monitoring system and SCADA and protection systems.
Siemens will supply the components by 2022.
Danish companies Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime were chosen by Mayflower Wind – a joint venture of Shell and EDP Renewables – earlier this year to design and construct the electrical service platform of the offshore project Mayflower.
The system solution is specifically designed to significantly reduce both the size and weight of the platform, lowering the need for the use of steel in the construction and thus making the platform more resource- and cost-effective, Siemens said.
Siemens Energy transmission division chief executive Beatrix Natter said: “We are proud of the opportunity to bring our expertise in offshore transmission to Mayflower Wind, a project that will lead the way for increasing the share of clean, renewable energy in the US energy mix.
“The offshore Center of Competence in Denmark did an outstanding job in creating a comprehensive, tailor-made solution for this exciting new project, making the best use of our broad transmission portfolio.”
Semco Maritime senior vice president of renewable energy Carsten Nielsen said: “At Semco Maritime, we have for a number of years created a very strong track record to deliver competitive quality projects in electrical infrastructure for offshore wind.
“We are looking forward to the cooperation with Siemens, who is a competent and reliable partner.”