Offshore staff
SCHIEDAM, the Netherlands — HSM Offshore Energy has loaded out the N05-A platform topside for operator ONE-Dyas at its yard in Schiedam, soon after lifting the upper part of the jacket onto the lower section.
Once completed, this will be the North Sea’s first gas production platform designed for electrification from the start of operations, and powered by electricity generated by the nearby Riffgat offshore wind farm in the Dutch sector.
The same yard is building the Offshore High Voltage Station and jacket for RWE’s Thor wind farm, 22 km from Thorsminde on the west coast of Jutland, Denmark, under an EPCIC contract.
According to HSM, the substation—with a capacity of more than 1,000 MW and an overall weight of less than 3,000 metric tons—will offer the best AC power/weight ratio. The open design is said to reduce the use of structural steel and the energy needed during manufacturing, with the steel sourced and fabricated in Europe.
It is one of two new substations that will connect Thor to the Danish grid; incoming electricity produced by the wind turbines will be transformed to transmission-level voltage before heading through subsea export cables to the new onshore substation.
Thor will also be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date.
Finally, the HSI joint venture between HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders and Iv is constructing the Jasmund substation and jacket for 50Hertz’ Windanker wind farm, north of Lubmin, Germany. They recently completed the first deck lift and started the erection phase at the HSI Stormpolder yard in Krimpen aan den Ijssel. The finished substation will have a generating capacity of 300 MW.
04.16.2024
