RWE NPower Renewables Changes Plans on Wind Farm Grid Connection (UK)

RWE NPower Renewables has changed their plans for connecting a 1,2 GW wind farm to the grid.

They initially planned to bring power to the grid trough a 50 mile network of pylons across East Lindsey.

The National Grid gave the company an offer to connect the wind farm to the existing electricity transmission network at the Bicker Fen substation with an underground direct current (DC) cable.

In 2003, RWE NPower renewables was awarded a license to develop a 1,200 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm called Triton Knoll. The wind farm is located off the east coast of England, approximately 20 miles off the coast of Lincolnshire and 28 miles from the coast of North Norfolk.

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Offshore Wind Staff, January 30, 2012; Image: RWE