Research Article

Case Study of Integrating an Offshore Wind Farm with Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and with an Onshore Electrical Grid

Table 5

Maximum wind power for integration to each platform individually.

Platform numberMain electrical power generationMain busMaximum wind power
(1 GT connected)
Maximum wind power
(2 GT connected)

Platform 13 * 23 MW + 19.4 MW13.8 kV, 60 Hz10 MW19 MW
Platform 22 * 22 MW11 kV, 50 Hz. 9 MW17.6 MW
Platform 32 * 22 MW11 kV, 50 Hz. 10 MW17 MW
Platform 42 * 24.8 MW11 kV, 50 Hz. 11 MW20 MW
Platform 524 MW11 kV, 50 Hz. 9 MW9 MW*

Total49 MW82.6 MW

*There is only one gas turbine on platform 5.