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More tests for Polar Pod

Work continues on the Polar Pod, a brainchild of intrepid French adventurer, scientist, medico and sailor Jean-Louis Etienne. Following concept testing in 2014, a new model of the Polar Pod spar-buoy laboratory recently underwent tank t… […]

STX substation for Arkona windfarm

On 12 July, STX France’s Saint-Nazaire yard began assembling the substation for the Arkona offshore windfarm being developed by German power utility E.ON, Norwegian group Statoil and German company 50Hertz. The Baltic windfarm, comprising sixty 6-MW Siemens turbines generating enough electricity to power 400,000 homes, is scheduled for completion in 2019.

The 385-MW substation, for delivery in Q2 next year, will be one of the most imposing structures of its type anywhere in the world.

 

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STX scalable offshore substations

“High quality and customisable, but based on standardised base modules,” is how Frédéric Grizaud, Head of the Offshore Energy Business Unit at STX France, describes the new SeeOs (Scalable Efficient Evolutive Offshore Substation) range launched recently by the Saint-Nazaire-based contractor.

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