ABB has won an order to provide substations and related power infrastructure for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. ABB will provide power infrastructure for the offshore platform as well as the onshore substation to integrate the new wind farm into the country’s transmission grid.
ABB will also extend an existing substation that will receive the wind power. The wind farm is scheduled for completion in 2018. The 400MW project is being built by energy company E.ON, in partnership with the UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB).The wind farm will be situated off the Sussex coast between Worthing and Brighton and will include 116 turbines, with the nearest located 13 kilometers from shore.
