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Triton Knoll generates first power

By: Tom Russell 01/03/2021 RWE

General Windfarms

RWE has announced that first power has been achieved at its Triton Knoll offshore wind farm off the Lincolnshire coast. The generation milestone follows the delivery of onshore and offshore electrical infrastructure on schedule, and despite the challenges of constructing during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The RWE-led Triton Knoll project began installing its 90 offshore wind turbines in January and has since completed the required commissioning activities on the project’s transmission system to enable the export of power to the UK National Grid for the first time.

Tom Glover, Chief Commercial Officer RWE Renewables and RWE UK Country Chair, said: “Achieving first power at Triton Knoll reinforces our position as a leading player in offshore wind and demonstrates our commitment to helping deliver the UK’s ambition to grow offshore wind capacity to 40 gigawatts by 2030. Today’s milestone is the result of many years’ collaboration with our local and national supply chain partners, and local communities with whom we have worked hard to deliver local benefits, jobs and investments, while investing in new renewable energy for over 800,000 UK homes.”

Julian Garnsey, Project Director for Triton Knoll and RWE, said: “It’s fantastic to see Triton Knoll generating clean renewable electricity for the first time. I would like to thank the entire project team and all our supply chain partners for achieving this milestone safely and on time despite the significant challenges presented by the Corona pandemic.”

First generation is being followed by a period of rigorous testing and commissioning, while the project continues to install the remainder of its 90 Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines. All turbines are being handled at Able Seaton Port in Teesside where RWE, through Triton Knoll, has invested in establishing new turbine handling capabilities at the port for the first time in its history. Further investments in the region also include the creation of a new, multi-million pound operations base in Grimsby, which will generate up to 70 new, skilled jobs locally.

Vestas’ Isle of Wight and Fawley blade facilities is at the heart of turbine component production, and has manufactured the turbines. Installation is being carried out by DEME, using the jack-up vessel Wind Osprey, provided by Cadeler. Turbine commissioning is expected to be completed in 2021, with final project completion expected to follow in early 2022.

Triton Knoll will have an installed capacity of 857 MW, capable of supplying green electricity equivalent to the annual demand of over 800,000 UK homes. It is located over 32 kilometres off the Lincolnshire coast. It is jointly owned by RWE (59%), J-Power (25%) and Kansai Electric Power (16%), with RWE leading the wind farm’s construction and long-term operation and maintenance works, on behalf of the project partners. The total planned investment volume amounts to approximately £2 billion.

Triton Knoll was awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) by the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy in September 2017. In 2018, it secured a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Ørsted, under which the company will offtake 100% of the power produced by the wind farm.
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