Today, two transformers are being installed in the substation for Fryslân Wind Farm in Breezanddijk. The station will collect the power generated by the future 89 wind turbines in the wind farm and convert it from medium voltage to high voltage. The wind farm is planned to become operational in 2021.
Siemens Gas and Power is responsible for the station. The transformers were transported to the substation by transport company M.J. van Riel B.V. , Windpark Fryslân reports on LinkedIn. The transformers will convert the electricity from medium voltage to high voltage in order for it to be transported via a 55 km cable connection to TenneT’s high-voltage grid in Oudehaske.
Construction planning
According to the latest update by Windpark Fryslân, the construction activities in the IJsselmeer will commence in the first week of September with the pile driving activities for the foundations. These activities will continue until January 2021. In October of this year the concrete work platforms of 76,000 kg each will be installed. The platforms are being built by Aarsleff in Poland. In September, the first 24 will already arrive by vessel to Harlingen, where they will be temporarily stored by Kraanverhuur Transport Friesland. Windpark Fryslân informed earlier this month that the internal platforms are ready. These were built by Bijlsma Constructies in Winsum.
The infield cables, with a total combined length of approximately 90 km, will be installed between December and February.
The construction of the turbines is expected to start in March 2021. In the run-up to construction, the components are already delivered in batches to to the storage sites. On 16 August, a first shipment with 24 rotor blades arrived in Alaskahaven in Amsterdam. These are stored by TMA Logistics. The rotor blades are 63 m long and weigh 19 tons each. They are manufactured in Siemens Gamesa’s factory in Morocco. Later this year these will be transported to Oude Zeug to be assembled with the hub to form a complete rotor.
For the installation of the foundations and turbines, a floating work platform, also known as Soccer Pitch Ponton, is used. The platform was designed by Van Oord, who, with partner Siemens Gamesa through the Zuiderzeewind consortium, is responsible for the construction of the wind farm, and crane specialist Sarens. The platform is currently being prepared just outside Lelystad.
