Areva Transmission and Distribution has won a €60 million contract from Norway's StatoilHydro to supply offshore and onshore substations for the 315-MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm in UK waters, Areva said December 22.rnAreva is to supply two offshore substations as well as an onshore gas-insulated substation with all related equipment including transformers, circuit breakers and reactive power compensation, the French company said.rnStatoilHydro contract manager Lars-Petter Mariussen said Areva's experience in the sector had played a key role in the award. Areva had developed a substation plan that took into consideration "the respective grid codes which we must comply with for this wind farm project. The successful completion of the Barrow and Robin Rigg offshore wind farms, both of which Areva played an integral role, gives us great confidence that they will help us meet the Government's target of producing 15% of its energy from renewable by 2020," Mariussen said.
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