High Voltage on Sea Bottom

Components for offshore energy production
Offshore energy production by means of wind power is one of the most important energy sources of the future. GF Piping Systems offers key components for transporting the energy over long distances.

NORDE.ON 1
In the North Sea, 130 kilometers from the coastline, one of the world’s largest wind farms, NORDE.ON 1, is currently being built. The German firm E.ON Netz GmbH commissioned ABB with construction of the generators. The plastic piping systems used to operate the cooling system of the windmills were supplied by GF Piping Systems.

Challenging location
The PVDF piping systems specially manufactured for this application by GF Piping Systems are implemented for the cooling system required for „High Voltage Direct Current” transmission. This process involves converting electricity at one end of the line from alternating current to direct current and converting it back to network-compatible alternating current on land. Heat is generated in this conversion process and must be conducted away, hence the cooling systems that transport deionized water, which acts as the cooling agent.
The key criteria in this challenging application are the stability of the piping systems and the reliable jointing. The benefits of this system supplied GF Piping Systems are a long service life and operational reliability as well as dimensional stability and resilience under extreme conditions. Moreover, PVDF is a non-conducting high-performance plastic. All in all, PVDF piping systems guarantee a smoothly running operation.