The 900MW BorWin Gamma platform is set to reach the installation site in the German North Sea “on schedule” on Saturday night, according to transmission system operator TenneT.
Heavy lift vessel Xiang He Kou, which is transporting BorWin Gamma, has passed the islands of Guernsey and Jersey in the English Channel and is now heading towards the Strait of Dover, a TenneT spokeswoman .
In early September, Dubai shipyard Drydocks World shipped out the 18,000-tonne topside that will be installed some 130km off the German coast in water depths of about 40 metres.
BorWin Gamma will be the grid hub of the BorWin3 HVDC connection scheduled to go online in 2019.
In 2014, TenneT ordered BorWin Gamma from a consortium of Petrofac and Siemens.
Siemens supplied the complete HVDC converter technology and main electrical equipment, while Petrofac's remit covered engineering, construction and offshore installation of the platform.
Petrofac awarded the contract to Drydocks World for fabrication, commissioning and load-out of the topside.
Source:renews
