The Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS) for the new Dutch offshore wind farm, Eneco Luchterduinen (129 MW), has been installed. A crane vessel was deployed for the spectacular operation.
With its 80-metre-high booms, the floating crane picked up the station in IJmuiden.
Offshore High Voltage Station
The Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS, approximately 900 tonnes) is four storeys high, 24 metres long, 23 metres wide, and 16 metres high and is equipped with transformers and switch gear. The transformer station, which will collect the power that will soon be generated by 43 wind turbines and convert it from 33kV to 150kV, will serve as the departure point of the power cable that will transport it more than 25 kilometres to the mainland.
The construction of the wind farm is in full swing. Last autumn, 44 foundation piles were installed. Van Oord, the main contractor, will begin installing the 43 Vestas wind turbines in April. The Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm will be operational by the end of 2015 and will generate power for nearly 150,000 households.
