The Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm reached an important milestone on April 12, when the first of the two Siemens Offshore Substation Platform® (OSP) - the offshore substation platforms - were shipped and installed.
The OSP left the ENGIE Fabricom yard in Hoboken on April 6 and reached its offshore location a few days later on April 12. Here, the platform was successfully installed on the monopile foundation by Subsea 7's heavy lift vessel Seaway Strashnov: the transition piece and cable deck produced by Smulders on the Wallsend yard near Newcastle.
The OSPs stabilize and maximize the voltage of the current received offshore before the electricity is transported to land. The OSPs weigh 1,400 tons each and are 41 meters high with an area of 560m². Both are installed on a monopile foundation, of which about 16 meters below sea level.
The wind farm is being built some 32 km off the coast of Lincolnshire, England, with a potential capacity of 856MW. The wind farm will provide approximately 800,000 homes with green energy.
The used transit systems from MCT Brattberg ensure an airtight and fireproof transit of the cables in the OSP modules. The cable entries also help to minimize maintenance. If no adjustments are made, it is no longer necessary to look at it for at least 25 years.