Wind power |


Baltyk breakthrough for Siemens Gamesa and its SG 14-236 DD


Siemens Gamesa has signed preferred supplier agreements for the MFW Baltyk II and MFW Baltyk III wind power plants with Equinor and Polenergia. These signings represent both the first preferred supplier agreements announced in the fledgling Polish offshore wind market, and the first agreements, albeit conditional, for supply of the SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine. Service agreements are also included.


The two offshore wind park developments, due north of the northernmost point of the Polish mainland, envisage an installed capacity of 720 MW each. They remain subject to conditions, including permitting and final investment decisions, which are planned for 2024.


Right: Location of the MFW Baltyk wind farms. Baltyk I, with a projected installed capacity of 1560 MW, is also a joint venture of Equinor and Polenergia. It is presently the subject of pre- investment site environmental assessments, and the preferred turbine supplier has yet to be announced


Left: SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine


First power is expected to be delivered in 2027. The MFW Baltyk II and MFW Baltyk III developments can be seen as a key steps towards decarbonisation of the Polish grid, with progress having occurred at great pace recently. The contracts for difference round granting


power generators rights to create wind power plants was granted by Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office less than a year ago, in 2021. Poland has set an ambitious target for the installation of 5.9 GW of offshore wind by 2030, and up to 11 GW by 2040.


RWE signs its largest ever PPA with EDF


RWE has signed a fifteen-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with EDF for electricity from its 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, expected to achieve full operation in 2026.


In what represents RWE’s and EDF’s largest renewable energy agreement to date, EDF will offtake all the power that Sofia produces, expected to be about 6.5 TWh per year.


Construction is underway, with offshore installation expected to begin in 2023.


Sofia, one of the largest single


offshore wind farms in the world, will employ 100 wind turbines of the SG 14-222-DD type, the world’s first application of this machine.


As well as Sofia, RWE is currently also constructing the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm. When completed, these new wind farms will expand RWE’s current UK portfolio of nine operational offshore wind farms. In addition, in 2020, RWE signed Agreements for Lease with The Crown Estate to develop extension projects at four offshore wind farms.


Developing floating wind H2 in the Celtic Sea


Source Energie is working with ERM Dolphyn on the development of potential floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea that would produce green hydrogen rather than electricity. The first site under consideration is called “Dylan”. It has a target deployment date of 2027/2028 and is located about 60 km off the Pembrokeshire coast, west of Milford Haven. This site has been identified on the basis of a phased site selection process, which has included regional


resource and constraints analysis, and a high-level shipping and navigation review. Both parties agree that the location is ideal, as it offers good power generating conditions (>10m/s average wind speeds), strong expansion potential, and has a number of viable low impact pipeline routes to areas of existing and growing hydrogen demand. Kevin Lynch, CEO of Source Energie commented: “We are delighted that The Crown Estate plans to assign areas in the Celtic Sea for


28 | April 2022| www.modernpowersystems.com sites


floating offshore wind energy and we are actively engaging in the consultation process.” “Following on from our projects in Scotland and the North Sea, Dylan is an important additional step”, said Steve Matthews, commercial director, ERM Dolphyn, “which will help decarbonise areas around the Celtic Sea region, including South Wales.”


Project Dylan is supported by the Welsh government


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47