KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 (Bernama) -- Hitachi Energy has won a major order from Ørsted, the world’s leading renewable energy company, to provide two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems to transmit green electricity from the Hornsea 3 wind farm, located more than 120km off the UK east coast.
The wind farm will have the capacity to generate up to 2.85 gigawatts of renewable electricity, enough to power more than three million UK homes, according to a statement from Hitachi Energy, the global technology and market leader in power grids.
“Offshore wind is a critical part of the clean energy transition and our HVDC technology is vital for effective transmission to the mainland power grid,” said Niklas Persson, managing director of Hitachi Energy’s grid integration business.
“To address the rapidly growing offshore market, partnerships and collaboration are key to deliver at the speed and scale required to reach our decarbonisation and energy security goals.”
Meanwhile, Ørsted vice president, programme UK, Patrick Harnett said: “Together with Hitachi Energy, we are demonstrating that renewables like offshore wind are a huge part of the world’s sustainability journey.
“Hornsea 3 will not just provide low cost, clean energy for millions of homes in the UK, it will also deliver thousands of high quality jobs and billions of pounds of investment in the offshore wind supply chain in the UK and beyond.”
With more than 200 wind turbines installed across almost 700 square kilometres, this will be the single largest offshore wind farm in the world.
Hitachi Energy has supported Ørsted with the grid connection of Hornsea 1 and Hornsea 2, but Hornsea 3 will be the first phase to use HVDC application in the Hornsea cluster.
The overall HVDC system, including the offshore platform, is delivered in partnership with Aibel. Hitachi Energy will supply two HVDC Light converter systems, while Aibel will deliver two HVDC offshore converter platforms.
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