Seville (Spain), June 11 (EFE).- The Sevillian firm Tecade, within the south of Spain, has accomplished a large-scale undertaking such because the manufacture of two full electrical substations for an offshore wind farm in Virginia (United States), one of many largest on the planet, which has allowed this household firm to take a leap by coming into a sector the place multinationals function.
Tecade introduced this Tuesday within the Port of Seville the substation, with a weight of two,200 tons and which has been positioned in a fancy operation on a barge for its switch, after having left the opposite substation on the finish of 2023, and it’s the first time that in Seville full substations have been constructed totally, which locations Tecade on the stage of multinationals similar to Dragados or Navantia in Cádiz.
The final director of Tecade, Antonio Camino, highlighted the dedication of this household firm, specialised in metallic constructions and based mostly in Los Molares (Seville) and within the Port of Seville, for this sort of electrical substations for offshore wind farms and superior its intention to advertise a enterprise cluster to determine a fundamental base on this area to fabricate this sort of megastructures.
These substations are a milestone for Tecade as a result of innovation and worldwide projection of this household enterprise, which with this undertaking has generated about 300 jobs and a million hours of labor per worker, including to the workforce of about 300 staff.
2,200 ton megastructures
Every substation has a weight of two,200 tons and dimensions of sixty meters in size, thirty meters in width and twenty-five meters in peak, and have been manufactured within the Tecade amenities in Los Morales and in these within the Port of Seville, the place it has been assembled on the Armament Dock.
The work lasted roughly a 12 months and a half and was commissioned by the corporate Dominion Vitality for an offshore wind farm in Virginia, which will likely be accomplished in 2026 and is taken into account one of many largest on the planet, as it can generate 2.6 gigawatts. of renewable power by way of 176 generators to provide some 660,000 properties, equal to the province of Seville.
To move power to land, the park is provided with three substations, of which Tecade has manufactured two and in addition heavy parts for the third.
The primary substation set sail on the finish of final 12 months from Seville, down the river and crusing to Denmark, the place the consumer, Bladt Industries, is situated, which has not too long ago been absorbed by CS Wind, a pacesetter in power options.
On Monday he’ll go away for Denmark
Subsequent Monday, June 17, the Port Authority of Seville in coordination with the Maritime Captaincy, the Company of Pilots of the Port of Seville and the Guadalquivir Estuary, Tugs, Moorings, TECADE, Bladt Industries and Sevitrade will coordinate the departure operation of {the electrical} substation.
The massive construction will cross the lock aboard a platform pushed by the tugboat Centaurus and can navigate by way of the Guadalquivir estuary in the direction of Denmark, the place the set up of the gear will likely be accomplished, and the ultimate vacation spot of the construction would be the wind farm. marine situated 24 nautical miles offshore, on the Atlantic coast of the USA.
“This motion represents a milestone for the Sevillian port, because it consolidates the potential in industrial manufacturing and strengthens it as a nationwide strategic middle for undertaking cargo,” highlighted the president of the Port Authority, Rafael Carmona.
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2024-06-13 13:30:25