The 18,000 tonne topside of the BorWin gamma High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) system has actually been mounted on its coat structure in the German field of the North Sea, where will certainly quickly be made use of to provide environment-friendly power to greater than one million German houses.

The large converter showed up aboard the hefty lift vessel Xiang He Kou which was made use of in the float-over setup of the system at the setup website a little over 80 miles off the coastline of Germany.

The hefty lift vessel Xiang He Kou showed up on website previously this month after finishing its trip from Drydocks World’s Dubai Shipyard, where building of the BorWin gamma has actually been in progress considering that 2014.

A video clip revealing the setup is listed below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoxGV0hS_00

Construction of the system included around 13.5 million man-hours as well as made use of 10,500 tonnes of steel, greater than the weight of theEiffel Tower Inside the system is virtually 550 miles of cable television.

Scheduled to go on the internet in 2019, the 900MW BorWin gamma system residences an HVDC converter terminal that will certainly transform rotating present generated by overseas wind ranches to route present prior to transferring it onshore to the German grid.

TenneT purchased the HVDC web link BorWin Gamma from a consortium making up Petrofac as well as Siemens.

“I am delighted that the topside has been safely installed at its home in the North Sea. This is a major accomplishment and something that the various parties involved should be very proud of, specifically our client TenneT and consortium partner Siemens,” claimed PetroFac job supervisor,Roberto Cecchini “The focus remains on safe and efficient delivery to complete the project in 2019.”