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Kaskasi substation installed in the North Sea
Image: RWEOfficial Press Release RWE Renewables:
‘Wedding’ on the high seas: 1,400 tonne substation for RWE Kaskasi wind farm installed
Installation of wind turbine foundations and transition pieces underway / Test of innovative foundation solutions and recyclable rotor blades / 342-megawatt wind farm to supply green electricity to over 400,000 households
Kaskasi is RWE’s sixth wind farm off the German coast, the 342 megawatt project is being built 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland and recently celebrated a ‘wedding ‘on the high seas. A ‘wedding’ is what the construction process is called when the substation topside is successfully placed on the foundation. The offshore substation is the heart, where electricity generated by each wind turbine flows together to be converted to the necessary transmission voltage. The journey of the 1,400 tonne substation... ... More: Official Press Release RWE Renewables
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