Keen interest in world's largest HVDC Offshore Wind Platform at Drydocks World

Dubai, June 25, 2013 (WAM) - Drydocks World and Maritime World, hosted a delegation from the international press along with senior officials from TenneT, ABB and Aibel, the three companies involved in the world's largest HVDC Offshore Wind Platform - Dolwin Beta - that is under construction at the Drydocks World - Dubai shipyard. The delegation from the press, which visited Drydocks World - Dubai comprised of correspondents from De Telegraaf (The Telegraph), which is the largest and well-respected daily published from the Netherlands with a circulation of 529,000; Trouw, a Dutch daily newspaper having a circulation of 91,000; leading technology magazine De Ingenieur, which has a circulation of 30,000; financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad with a circulation of 65,000. Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World briefed the correspondents on the shipyard's strategy, business focus and goals. The team toured Drydocks World facility and obtained first-hand information on the construction status of the world-leading Dolwin Beta project being built for a large wind farm cluster in the German sector of the North Sea. The dimension of the platform is 100.1 by 74.1 m. It will be 83 m tall with accommodation and weighs 20,000 metric tonnes approximately. The platform can generate 900 MW power and can receive electricity from three wind farms comprising of a total of 240 turbines. – Emirates News Agency, WAM