Offshore substations are critical to the success of offshore wind farms, ensuring stable voltage transmission and efficiently delivering electricity to the onshore grid.  However, designing these structures comes with unique challenges - from accommodating the weight of AC and DC topsides to navigating harsh weather conditions, logistical hurdles, and environmental demands.

Unlike traditional O&G (oil and gas) platforms, offshore substations require specialized design considerations, including stress skin design, T&I (transportation and installation), and M&I (maintenance and operations), particularly as substations are unmanned and located far from shore.

In this webinar recording we are discussing the market need for substations, their challenges seen from a structural integrity point of view, and how the structural design can be done using DNV’s Sesam software.