Sustainable energy for 1.2 million British homes
One of the largest wind farms in Europe, Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, will be realised 195 km off the coast of North East England, in the area known as Doggersbank. With 100 wind turbines, totaling a capacity of 1.4 GW and an innovative High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter platform, this wind farm will supply approximately 1.2 million British homes with sustainable energy in the future. Iv-Offshore & Energyis providing the detailed design of the topside and jacket of the HVDC converter platform. As an engineering partner of Sembcorp Marine, Iv-Offshore & Energy is fully responsible for the engineering and platform system integration, purchase of all auxiliary equipment and we support Sembcorp Marine with engineering-related issues in consultations with RWE Renewables (end customer) and GE (partner), among others.
Technical data
Client: Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms Pte Ltd (SMOP)
Dimensions:
Topside: 80 x 43 x 45 m (excl. Helideck) (lxwxh)
Jacket: 58 x 39 x 44 m (lxwxh)
Weight:
Topside: 11,000 t
Jacket: 4,350 t
Water Depth 28,5 meters below sea-level
Field Power capacity: 1.4 GW
No of Offshore Substations: 1
No Of WTG’s: 100