Bandweaver has been awarded the contract to supply a real time thermal rating (RTTR) systems to Centrica for the Lincs wind farm.
The Bandweaver RTTR system is used in conjunction with two Distributed Temperature Sensing systems and is used to protect two twin export cables. These are 60km in length and rated to 220kV. The data from the RTTR system will exported to a Siemens’ SCADA system. The project was supplied in partnership with Sensornet.
The Lincs Wind Farm is a 270 MW offshore wind farm. It is situated 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) off of Skegness, on the east coast of England. The total cost of the project is estimated at £1 billion including electrical transmission links.
The scheme has 250 MW of generating capacity, with an additional 20 MW of turbine generating capacity constructed within the nearby Lynn Wind Farm and Dowsing Wind Farm but connected to the Lincs project transmission system.
The project uses 75 three blade 3.6 MW Siemens wind turbines. Transmission of electrical power to land is by 145 kV cables supplied by Nexans. The wind farm has an expected lifespan of 40 years. However, electrical equipment and wind turbines expected to be replaced after 20 years.