Alstom to deliver turnkey substation for second 400 MW offshore-project of Windreich AG in Germany

The consortium Alstom Grid and SIAG Nordseewerke GmbH has been awarded a turnkey contract by Nordsee Offshore MEG 1 GmbH, a fully-owned subsidiary of Windreich AG, for delivery of an offshore wind farm substation. This turnkey project involves the supply and installation of a self-floating and self-installing 33/155kV offshore substation to connect the MEG 1 offshore wind farm to the German High Voltage Direct Current system.

Alstom Grid, the global electrical grid expert, is partnering with the Emden based SIAG Nordseewerke GmbH for the steelwork, secondary equipment of the platform as well as offshore transport and installation. 

Nordsee Offshore MEG 1 GmbH plans to construct and operate the offshore wind farm MEG 1 that will guarantee the efficient and ready access to wind energy in Germany. This offshore wind farm will be able to feed-in a total power of 400 MW into the public grid, which is sufficient to energize 450,000 households and will save 1.35 million tons of CO₂ emissions annually. 

With this new success Alstom demonstrates once again its competence and leading position for offshore grid connections. The complex challenges that are given with its short realisation periods in the offshore business can be best-solved with strong, local partnerships, commented Gerhard Seyrling, Regional Vice-President for Central & Eastern Europe and Russia of Alstom Grid. 

The offshore wind farm MEG 1 will be located in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the German North Sea 45 km north of the island of Borkum and will consist of 80 wind turbines with a power output of 5 MW each. The start of the commercial operation is planned by the end of 2014.

About Alstom 

Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world. It provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 92,700 people in 100 countries and had sales of 20.9 billion in 2010/11. 

Alstom Grid has over 100 years of expertise in electrical grids. Whether for utilities or electro-intensive industries or facilitating the trading of energy, Alstom Grid brings power to its customers projects. Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with an annual sales turnover of more than 4 billion. It has 20,000 employees and over 90 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide. At the heart of the development of Smart Grid, Alstom Grid offers products, services and integrated energy management solutions across the full energy value chainfrom power generation, through transmission and distribution grids and to the large end user. 

About Nordsee Offshore MEG 1 GmbH MEG 1 is the second 400 MW project of Windreich AG in the German North Sea. Windreich AG has been working on on- and offshore wind projects since 1999 and has installed more than 1,000 wind turbines. The executive committee of Windreich AG consist of the most experienced offshore experts, Heiko Roß and Tim Kittelhake. The chairman of the board of directors and sole shareholder of Windreich AG, Willi Balz, was just recently given an award for the predecessor project Gobal Tech I as best wind project of the year. Based on this experience, MEG 1 will set a new benchmark.

About SIAG Nordseewerke GmbH SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG has grown from a classical steel construction company to the leading supplier of the power generating industry in the past 15 years. Worldwide, the SIAG Group employs 1,800 staff at 11 locations across Europe, Africa, Asia and the USA. Our core competency is divided into two business units: Wind Energy Technology Onshore and Maritime Systems / Offshore. SIAGs target markets are wind turbine manufacturers for onshore and offshore wind farms as well as companies active in the field of high technological steel construction and mechanical engineering. SIAG combines the benefits of being a medium-sized industrial company with the effectiveness of an international Group. Due to a fast and efficient decision-making process, SIAG is able to respond to market challenges without delay. 

Press contacts

Beatrix Fontius (Alstom Germany) Tel: +49 621 329 2070    

beatrix.fontius@power.alstom.com 

Aline Besselièvre (Alstom Grid) Tel: + 33 1 49 01 69 04

aline.besselievre@alstom.com 

Website www.alstom.com, www.alstom.com/grid,