The BorWin gamma topside has been successfully installed on its jacket foundation in the German North Sea. The giant float-over installation procedure was safely completed on October 11. The platform will supply more than one million German households with clean electricity from wind power.
Heavy lift vessel Xiang He Kou transferred the 18,000 tonne platform topside to the installation site, almost 130 kilometres off the German coast from Dubai shipyard Drydocks World. The vessel had started its journey from the Middle East in early September.
Petrofac, in consortium with Siemens, were awarded the BorWin3 offshore grid connection project contract in 2014 by TenneT. The platform is scheduled to go online in 2019, and will house a HVDC converter station that will convert the alternating current produced by the wind turbines to direct current before transmitting it onshore to the German national grid. From there it will supply more than one million German households with clean electricity from wind power.
Roberto Cecchini, Project Director, commented on the occasion:
I am delighted that the topside has been safely installed at its home in the North Sea. The focus remains on safe and efficient delivery to complete the project in 2019.
