Building an Offshore Wind Farm
This diagram shows the major components, and complexity, of building an offshore wind farm with up to 99 turbines that all have to be built and connected to the electrical grid.
Offshore substation
Onshore substation
Turbines
Array cables
Installation vessels
Export cables
Operations & maintenance
SOURCE: Ørsted
DOMINIQUE DeMOE / Staff Artist
Building an Offshore Wind Farm
This diagram shows the major components, and complexity, of building an offshore wind farm with up to 99 turbines that all have to be built and connected to the electrical grid.
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1. Turbines
2. Array cables
3. Installation vessels
4. Offshore substation
5. Export cables
6. Operations & maintenance
7. Onshore substation
SOURCE: Ørsted
DOMINIQUE DeMOE / Staff Artist
