Offshore staff
SAN DONATO MILANESE, Italy — Saipem and Siemens Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop the design for a 500-MW high-voltage alternating current floating electrical substation for offshore wind farms.
According to Saipem, floating offshore substations in deepwater provide benefits such as a lighter substructure, a simpler, asset-light installation in rougher conditions, and reduced final decommissioning costs.
The concept will be based on a proven semisubmersible substructure and designed to operate in extreme offshore environments with enhanced stability, with the potential to scale up in size as requested by clients.
Another goal is to be able to adapt the concept for fabrication and assembly worldwide. Saipem added that it could help reduce the levelized cost of energy of floating wind farms.
Agustin Tenorio, Siemens Energy's vice president of Transmission Systems, said, “The new joint solution will significantly optimize critical technical parameters, such as weight, electrical efficiency and asset longevity, thus lowering the production costs and enabling an unprecedented number of countries to benefit from large-scale offshore wind generation.”
09.06.2022
