ABB has bagged an over $100 million cable system order from Energinet.dk, a transmission system operator in Denmark, to build an alternating current (AC) cable system for transmission of power from the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm to the mainland grid.
Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm will increase the country’s wind power capacity to over 40 percent, capable of providing electricity to meet the demand of over 600,000 homes. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in 2018.
Denmark’s Green Energy plans to become fossil fuel free by 2050. The 600MW wind farm will help strengthen regional energy markets and increase the security of supply by boosting transmission capacity.
ABB’s cable system will connect the offshore wind farm platforms Kriegers Flak A and B to Rrdvig, in Denmark. ABB will supply and install three high-voltage alternating current 220 kilovolt three-core submarine cables with a length of about 100 kilometers – 44 km from each of the platforms to shore and 11 km between the two platforms.
“Cable links are playing a key role in integrating renewable energy into the grid and transmitting clean electricity to millions of people,” said Claudio Facchin, president, ABB Power Systems division.
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