Offshore Substations for Gennaker Wind Farm En Route to Baltic Sea (VIDEO)

The topsides and jackets for two offshore substations (OSS) that will connect the 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm to Germany’s onshore grid have departed the Netherlands for installation in the Baltic Sea.

The offshore substations, OSS Zingst and OSS Darß, form part of the OST-6-1 offshore grid connection developed by German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz. Each substation has a capacity of approximately 450 MW.

The topsides and jackets for OSS Zingst departed from Schiedam, and those for OSS Darß sailed from Vlissingen on 9 October.

The HSI Joint Venture, comprising Smulders HSM and Iv, is responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, transport, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of both offshore substations. The joint venture completed the fabrication and load-out of the substations in September.

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