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Press Release27 September 2022Siemens EnergyBerlin
Siemens Energy supplies control system for offshore wind farm
The cybersecurity solution will ensure that the plant meets
the legal requirements for critical infrastructure. Due to its size, the He
Dreiht offshore wind farm is subject to special guidelines from the Bundesamt
für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (German Federal Office for
Information Security).
“Offshore wind farms are a key component of the future
climate-neutral energy mix,” says Tim Holt, Member of the Siemens Energy
Managing Board. “As the facility’s capacity continues to grow, so do the
monitoring, control, and security requirements. We’re pleased to have contributed
to this project with our proven technology.”
“We have an experienced partner for control systems in
Siemens Energy, and we welcome them on board the project for our first unsubsidized
offshore wind farm,” says Hartwig Schnöckel, Project Manager for Offshore Wind
at EnBW. “A key component of EnBW’s strategy is to expand renewable energy. It
will help ensure that at least half our generation portfolio is made up of
renewables by the end of 2025, and it will pave the way to making the company
climate neutral by 2035.”
The offshore wind farm is expected to begin operation in
2025. Siemens Energy received an order back in August 2020 from the grid
operator TenneT to supply the high-voltage direct-current transmission
technology. This system ensures the low-loss transmission of power to shore.
M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n f o r t h e t r a d e m e d i a
As the wind farm expands globally and increases in size, so
does the demand for more and more powerful management and control technology.
Siemens Energy’s Omnivise T3000 control system has proved successful for the
past 17 years in thousands of conventional power plants around the world.
The Omnivise T3000 SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition) system is a higher-level control system that integrates the
automation of switchgear and many secondary systems and also establishes the
interface to the wind farm controller. This integrated solution for the wind
farm enables EnBW to respond quickly to changes in power demand so that the
facility can produce electricity flexibly. Omnivise T3000 is certified under
the IEC 62443 cybersecurity standard, one of the leading standards for IT security. It also includes
the IT infrastructure for connecting the secondary systems according to the
German BSI Kritis regulation.
To guarantee reliable operation under all environmental
conditions as well as conformity with maritime electrical engineering
standards, Siemens Energy will use components that meet the special
requirements of the offshore sector.
During the wind farm’s minimum operating period of 25
years, Siemens Energy will support the operator EnBW with automation
components, software solutions, and cybersecurity. The corresponding service
activities will ensure that the control system continues to operate smoothly
over the long term.
The Omnivise T3000 system’s flexibility and versatility allow
it to be used for conventional and renewable power generation as well as in
hybrid plants, which combine renewable energy with electrolysis, hydrogen
storage, and hydrogen applications. It’s also easy to integrate other digital
applications like those used for direct power marketing and predictive
maintenance and solutions for optimizing operation.
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