Siemens Energy Management has received a firm order to design, supply and build the grid connection for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm by German customer innogy SE.
The Triton Knoll wind farm, 32 kilometres off the Lincolnshire coast, will comprise 90 MHI Vestas 9.5MW turbines and will have an installed generation capacity of circa 860MW after its completion in 2021.
Siemens will lead on the construction of a new four-hectare onshore substation at Bicker Fen, as well as offshore infrastructure, including two Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs).
Work is already underway to construct a new bellmouth entry point and 3.8km access road to the new substation construction site. The onshore substation construction will start early 2019 and Siemens’ engineers have been working with the Triton Knoll team leading up to the start of construction, taking part in the project’s pre-construction Public Information Days.
The project will be delivered from Siemens’ Manchester office and it is anticipated a number of further supply chain contracts will be available for UK supply chain companies, with details due to be announced in the coming months.
Innogy’s Triton Knoll project director, Julian Garnsey , said: “Siemens share our goal to use our investments to the benefit of UK businesses and suppliers, and their involvement represents a very real opportunity for competitive regional and UK companies to benefit from our project. This project will trigger a capital expenditure investment of around £2 billion into much needed UK energy infrastructure.”
During construction of Triton Knoll, the project is expected to support around 3,000 jobs and 170 during operation.