据全球能源新闻网2019年11月2日伦敦报道，瑞士知名技术公司ABB日前赢得了一份把世界上最大的海上风电场(OWF)连接到英国电网的大合同。
ABB日前已被两家全球著名能源公司英国SSE可再生能源公司和挪威能源巨头Equinor选中，根据合同，ABB将向两家公司提供其高压直流(HVDC)转换器系统，把建在北海Dogger Bank地区的全球最大风电场连接到英国的输电网络。
ABB将为英国海上风力发电市场首次使用高压直流技术，这是对环境影响最小的技术之一，因为其最紧凑的电站设计结合了电力行业最低的能源损耗。
ABB将提供HVDC光转换器系统，而挪威油服公司Aibel将交付两个HVDC海上转换器平台。2016年，ABB和Aibel宣布了他们在海上风能连接的设计、工程和优化方面结成合作伙伴关系。
Dogger Bank开发包括3个风电场项目——Creyke Beck A和Creyke Beck B以及Teesside A。这个项目将对英国政府制定的在2030年前英国三分之一的电力来自海上风力发电的目标做出重大贡献。ABB已经获得了Creyke Beck A和Creyke Beck B的合同。
根据国际能源署(IEA)的预测，全球海上风力发电能力到2040年前可能会增加15倍，并吸引大约1万亿美元的累计投资。这是由竞争力增强、政府政策支持和一些显著的技术进步推动的。
李峻 编译自 全球能源新闻
原文如下：
ABB to Connect World’s Largest OWF
Swiss technology company ABB has won a big contract to connect the world’s largest offshore wind farm (OWF) to Britain’s electricity grid.
ABB has been selected by energy companies SSE Renewables of the UK and Equinor of Norway to supply its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter systems to connect wind farms in the Dogger Bank region of the North Sea to the UK transmission network.
In the first ever use of the HVDC technology in the UK’s offshore wind market, ABB will supply technology with one of the smallest environmental footprints, due to the most compact station design combined with the lowest energy losses in the power industry.
ABB will supply the HVDC Light converter systems, while Aibel will deliver two HVDC offshore converter platforms. In 2016, ABB and Aibel announced their partnership on the design, engineering and optimization of offshore wind connections.
The Dogger Bank development consists of three wind farm projects – Creyke Beck A and B, and Teesside A. It will significantly contribute towards the UK government’s goals of sourcing up to a third of its electricity from offshore wind by 2030. ABB has been awarded contracts for Creyke Beck A and Creyke Beck B.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global offshore wind capacity may increase 15-fold and attract around $1 trillion of cumulative investment by 2040. This is driven by increased competitiveness, supportive government policies and some remarkable technological progress.
