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| ABB wins contracts to supply Dutch wind project The Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB said it has won contracts worth a total of $33 million to provide power equipment and cable connections for the Dutch offshore wind farm, Q7. ABB will supply 24 kV (kilovolt) underwater power cables connecting 60 wind turbines to a 150 kV offshore transformer station, plus a 170 kV underwater power cable linking the offshore transformer station to the grid onshore. Q7 will be the largest wind farm in the Dutch North Sea when it commences operation in 2007, about 30 kilometers from Amsterdam. Each turbine will generate about two MW (megawatts) of power, totaling about 435 gigawatt/hours per year - enough to power roughly 140,000 homes, and reduce CO2 emissions by 255,000 tons annually. The contract includes a study to help ensure the project complies with Dutch grid codes. The Dutch government is aiming for offshore wind power production of 6,000 megawatts (MW) by 2020. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |