Technology advances: Triton Knoll removes planned IEC

Use of latest power flow management techniques will further minimise costs at wind farm / Removal of the Intermediate Electrical Compound is welcomed by Orby Parish Council

The team behind the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm have confirmed that they have been able to remove the Intermediate Electrical Compound (IEC) from their final design. The IEC, which was originally planned to be built near Orby in Lincolnshire, would have had a footprint of around 1.8 hectares and was considered necessary to manage power flows along one of the longest, high voltage, underground cable routes in the world. But based on technical modelling and subsequent collaboration between the project team and contractors, the IEC has now been designed out of the electrical system altogether and... ... More: Official Press Release Triton Knoll

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