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ABB wins $125 million offshore wind connection order in Belgium

Zurich, Switzerland - ABB has won an order worth $125 million from the Belgian company C-Power NV to link a wind farm 30 kilometers off the coast of Belgium to the mainland grid.

The transmission link is part of an expansion of the Thornton Bank wind farm, as ABB reports. In the first phase of its development, six wind turbines with a capacity of 30 megawatts (MW) were built and temporarily connected to the mainland by ABB. The second and third phases of the project involve adding 48 REpower 6M wind turbines to the wind farm and permanently connecting all three phases, taking its overall capacity to 325 MW. ABB will be responsible for the system engineering, design, supply and commissioning of the offshore substation and the platform that will house it as well as the underwater and land-based cable systems.



Source: IWR Online, 26 Nov 2010