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Te company is also hoping two secure ROCs in respect of electricity output from its two principal onshore wind farm developments, Clyde and Griffin. Turbines with a total capacity of 51MW have been energised at Clyde, which means that the first of the wind farm’s three sections remains on course to be completed by the time of SSE’s six-month financial results announcement in November. Te remaining two sections are on course to be completed in 2012. In addition, turbines with a total capacity of 34MW have been energised at Griffin, which means that the entire wind farm (156MW in total) remains on course to be completed in the spring of 2012. Also in the UK, Vattenfall has now completed the installation of the 30th and final turbine at its pioneering Ormonde wind farm off the coast of north- west England (Fig. 1). Ormonde’s 30 REpower 5M wind turbines have a total installed capacity of 150MW. It is capable of generating enough electricity annually to meet the equivalent electricity needs of 100 000 UK households. Ole Bigum Nielsen, Vattenfall’s head of offshore
wind development in the UK, said: “Vattenfall has been pioneering the development of offshore wind for many years, with Ormonde hot on the heels of our recently completed Tanet Offshore Wind Farm, still the world’s largest operating offshore wind farm. Our experience, coupled with the expertise from our construction partners, ode and REpower, has allowed us to develop a wind farm safely and to schedule.” Offshore construction of Ormonde started in 2010
and by the summer of that year all 31 steel lattice quadruped jacket foundations had been installed. Te first wind turbine at Ormonde was lifted onto the foundation and installed on 23 March this year. All thirty wind turbines have been installed. Vattenfall is a leading European energy company.
It is Europe’s sixth largest generator of electricity and largest producer of heat. Vattenfall currently operates 686MW of offshore and 526MW of onshore wind capacity around Europe.
Major supply contract EDF Energies Nouvelles has awarded Vestas a major supply contract covering the US and Europe (Fig. 2). Te contract, which runs from 2012 to 2014, will see EDF order a minimum 50 per cent of its turbines from the US and 30 per cent from Europe. Speaking about the deal, Vestas president Ditlev
Engel said it was worth as much as 2GW to the company. He added that the two companies would also aim to develop new business opportunities in US, UK, Germany and Poland. “It is an important chapter in the history of Vestas and wind power, when a major world-wide player like EDF EN signs up an agreement of this volume proving that today wind power is mainstream. Tis share of wallet agreement is expected to have a potential of up to 2000MW or more for Vestas,” he said. Meanwhile Vestas Wind Systems has received an
order for delivery of a total capacity of 92MW for two wind projects to be installed in Burgos, in the north of Spain. Te order consists of two turnkey projects including civil and electrical works, supply, installation and commissioning of two projects comprising the following: 20 units of the V90-2.0MW turbine with a 105 metre hub height for the Brulles wind power plant and 26 units of the V90-2.0MW turbine with a 105 metre hub height for the Zapateros wind power plant. Te company has also officially announced the establishment of its first assembly facility and a new operations cluster in Brazil, both to be located in a brand-new 10 000m2
facility, including building and
land, in Fortaleza in the State of Ceara. Te new assembly facility will be dedicated to assembly of nacelles. Te assembly facility is expected to start operations in Q4 2011 to satisfy the needs of the project pipeline in Brazil. When fully operational, the facility will have an annual production capacity of approx 400 nacelles of the V90 and V100 turbine type representing an initially estimated annual capacity of 800MW. In technology development news, Suzlon Group
Meeting the demand for subsea cables O
ffshore Marine Management (OMM) has launched a new survey and subsea business to cater for a
growing demand from clients worldwide for the full range of subsea cable services to be available from the one supplier. The new business will focus on the
three strategic areas of survey, cable and structural subsea inspection and subsea engineering. Recently appointed director of survey and subsea, Arron Burrows said this new business offers clients an all-inclusive ‘one
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stop shop’ for cable solutions - with survey, inspection and final deliverables - and will mean an overall better service. “Having these key services in-house sets OMM apart from our cable solutions competitors who tend to rely on subcontractors for this work,” he said. OMM has also secured a contract with
Fluor for the installation and subsequent trenching of 29 inter-array cables at the Greater Gabbard wind farm 14 nautical miles from Felixstowe, East Anglia. Under its contract with Fluor, OMM
will provide a full range of installation services, from front end pre-engineering support, burial trials and installation of the inter-array cables to delivery of the final reporting using in-house survey capabilities. Company operations director Eckhard Bruckschen said that success in securing this contract had been because of OMM’s independence and its ability to deliver at short notice the exact solution required by sourcing the correct vessels, equipment and personnel. ●
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