CG to power offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea

Avantha Group Company CG (formerly Crompton Greaves) will provide power transformers and gas insulated switchgear (GIS) to Denmark's national electricity transmission system operator Energinet.dk for a wind farm project in the Baltic Sea.

The financial terms of the contract were not immediately disclosed.

CG will provide power for Kriegers Flak, Denmark's largest offshore wind farm project, which is to be developed in partnership with Sweden and Germany. The planned 600 MW offshore wind farm will act like a 'Supergrid', transmitting renewable energy through power grids to all three countries.

It will be built in the waters between Møn, Denmark, southern Sweden and north Germany and its 130 wind turbines will produce around 2.1 TWh of electricity.

''Our equipment will contribute to bringing renewable energy to European consumers, increasing the security of energy supply to Denmark, Sweden and Germany, and assisting these countries to further reduce their carbon emissions,'' CG's CEO and Managing Director Laurent Demortier.

The order consists of two onshore 500 MVA 410/235kV autotransformers (frame contract), four 220 MVA 32/225kV offshore platform substation transformers and nine bays 220kV Gas Insulated Switchgear for the offshore platform substations.

CG's equipment will maintain the overall short-term and long-term security of electricity supply from the wind farm.

The wind farm is planned to go into operation sometime between 2018 and 2020. It will help to more than double Denmark's wind power energy capacity to 42 per cent and provide electricity to over 600,000 homes in the three countries.