Babcock has won a contract to construct a reactive compensation substation for Dong Energy’s 1.2GW Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm off the Yorkshire coast.
The kit will be constructed at the engineering outfit’s Rosyth facility. Dong said the kit will be a world first.
It will be deployed mid-way between shore and the 174-turbine site some 120km off the UK coast to enable a high voltage AC transmission system to work on longer cable lengths than previously used on offshore wind farms.
The substation build will kick off this summer and will be completed in 2018.
Hornsea project director Duncan Clark said: “Dong Energy is absolutely committed to investing in the UK and we are delighted to be working with Babcock on this world first structure which will play an important part of the world’s largest offshore wind farm.”
Babcock energy and marine business managing director Ian Donnelly added: “Babcock is delighted to be working with Dong Energy on the construction of the world’s first offshore reactive compensation station at our facilities in Rosyth, Fife. This contract will sustain around 100 jobs within our operation here.”
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