Offshore staff
ESSEN, Germany – RWE’s Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea has generated renewable electricity for the first time.
This follows the installation of the first of Triton Knoll’s 90 Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines in January 2021 and the successful energization of the project’s transmission system including the offshore substation platforms, offshore export cable, onshore cables, and onshore substation.
Triton Knoll is located more than 32 km (20 mi) off the Lincolnshire coast. It is jointly owned by RWE (59%), J-Power (25%) and Kansai Electric Power (16%), with RWE leading both the wind farm’s construction and the long-term operation and maintenance works.
Total planned investment is estimated at £2 billion ($2.8 billion).
Installation is being carried out by DEME, using the Cadeler’s jackup vessel Wind Osprey.
With complete turbine commissioning due in 2021, and final project completion expected in early 2022, the 857-MW Triton Knoll wind farm is expected to power more than 800,000 UK homes. At the time of full operation, Triton Knoll will become RWE’s largest offshore wind farm.
03/01/2021
