Sembcorp Marine and GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions began early design works for the project in July 2020, after being chosen as the preferred supplier of the HVDC electrical transmission system.
Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) and GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions have secured a contract worth approximately GBP600 million ($1.12 billion) from RWE Renewables to supply the high voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical transmission system for the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm.
The wind farm, located off the northeast coastline of the UK, will have a capacity of 1.4 gigawatts that will power the equivalent of nearly 1.2 million UK homes, making it one of the largest wind farms in the world when completed.
