Siemens Installs First North Sea Offshore Wind-Power Platform

摘要

Siemens announced August 26 that it successfully completed its first North Sea offshore wind-power platform for Germany’s electric-power grid. The “HelWin1” offshore platform, with a power capacity of 576 megawatts (MW), will link the two offshore-wind farms Nordsee Ost and Meerwind to the German mainland. “Using the Siemens technology installed on the platform, the alternating-current power generated by the wind turbines is transformed into low-loss direct current for transmission onto land,” according to the company.