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The fully assembled offshore substation for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm has been loaded out at HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherlands.
Both the jacket and the topside are now on the barges, and the structures are being prepared for sail-away to their destination off the Danish coast.
In 2022, RWE, the owner and developer of the Thor offshore wind farm, selected HSM Offshore Energy as the preferred supplier for the offshore substation. The company is responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning of the substation topside and its jacket foundation.
The first steel was cut at HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in December 2023.
The substation will function as the central hub, collecting electricity generated by Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD wind turbines and transforming it to transmission-level voltage.
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Thor, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, is currently under construction some 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland.
The first monopiles are already installed at the site. Recently, Jan De Nul completed the export cable pull-in for the 1,080 MW offshore wind farm.
Once complete in 2027, Thor is expected to produce enough renewable energy to supply the equivalent of more than one million Danish households.