Hitachi Energy’s equipment for ScottishPower wind farm
Hitachi Energy will provide onshore and offshore grid connection equipment and power quality solutions to ScottishPower Renewables.
East Anglia One offshore wind farm. Image credit: ScottishPower Renewables
UK: Hitachi Energy will provide onshore and offshore grid connection equipment and power quality solutions to ScottishPower Renewables, part of the Iberdrola Group. The project will enable the integration of 960 MW of renewable electricity from the East Anglia TWO (EA TWO) wind farm, 32 km off the Suffolk coast of England. This will provide enough green power for the equivalent of nearly one million homes and contribute to the UK’s 2030 energy targets.
“Connecting the clean, green generation from our turbines to the grid is a vital part of any renewables project and it’s great to be in such capable hands with Hitachi Energy for East Anglia TWO. This £4 billion windfarm will have the capacity to power almost one million homes with green electricity and will help drive the country forward on its clean energy mission. We can only achieve that by partnering with leading companies like Hitachi Energy and we look forward to working together to make that happen,” Ross Ovens, ScottishPower Renewables’ Managing Director for Offshore, said.
“We are proud to work with ScottishPower Renewables to accelerate the clean energy transition. Integrating bulk renewables such as wind power is critical to accelerating the energy transition and is also an effective and long-term solution to decarbonize power. We are playing our part in integrating renewables and enabling Europe to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050,” Niklas Persson, Managing Director of Hitachi Energy´s Business Unit Grid Integration, commented.
Hitachi Energy will provide Grid-eXpand™ Offshore solutions and onshore grid connection equipment using an EconiQ™ gas-insulated switchgear. The Grid-enSure™ solution, SVC Light STATCOM, will play a role in using power electronics and advanced control systems to ensure reliable and stable power despite the intermittent nature of wind power.
Source: Hitachi Energy
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