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28 September 2004 - Areva's Transmission and Distribution division (T&D) has just won a contract in the region of €12m ($14.7m) to design, manufacture and install the UK's first offshore high-voltage substation. Under the contract with the Kellogg Brown & Root/Vestas Celtic Wind Technology Ltd consortium, Areva T&D will also design the entire electrical connection between the Barrow offshore wind farm and the national power grid.
Areva T&D's total design solution for the electrical connection will ensure that high-quality power generated by the wind farm is delivered to the national power network reliably and efficiently.
The Barrow project requires a compact and weight saving high-voltage substation able to operate in severe weather conditions, all important factors in an offshore environment. The substation will be located on a platform close to the Vestas wind turbines, approximately seven kilometres off the coast of Barrow, in the North West of England. The onshore connection will be at United Utilities' existing Heysham substation, making the Barrow project one of the few UK wind farms with a direct high-voltage connection.
The 90 MW project will help the UK Government achieve its goal of having 15 per cent of the country's electricity production derived from renewable energy sources by 2015.
The entire electrical connection and offshore substation will be completed in just fourteen months and will be delivered in November 2005.
Steve Burgin, Areva President for the UK, said: "Areva T&D has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in complex electrical connections gained through decades of designing, manufacturing and commissioning substations. The Barrow project takes that substantial expertise into a new and growing market for high-voltage offshore electrical connections. I am convinced that Areva T&D has been awarded such a prestigious contract thanks to our longstanding experience and our ability to offer a total solution design in a short time-frame, which precisely meets the needs of our customer."
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