China’s done it again, delivering another world-record breaking construction effort. This time around, it floats, and is at present on its way from Jiangsu to the North Sea where it will help in delivering renewable energy to millions of British homes.
中国再次做到了这一点，创造了又一项破世界纪录的建筑工程。这一次，它漂浮在水面上，目前正在从江苏前往北海的途中，它将帮助为数百万英国家庭提供可再生能源。
On 20 December, the Voltaire, a wind turbine installation vessel, set sail from Qidong in Nantong City of Jiangsu Province, destination Dogger Bank in the North Sea, where the world’s largest offshore wind farm is under construction.
12月20日，风机安装船“伏尔泰”号从江苏省南通市启东起航，目的地是正在建设中的全球最大海上风电场——北海道格滩。
As The Paper reports, the Voltaire was built by Jiangsu Qidong COSCO Marine Engineering. With its client the Belgium-based Jan De Nul Group, the Voltaire’s four 130-metre-high legs can extend beneath the ship to the sea bed, providing stability for its crane operations. That stability is crucial, since the Voltaire’s main crane is capable of lifting weights of over 3,200 tons.
据澎湃新闻报道，“伏尔泰”号由江苏启东中远海工建造。 Voltaire 的客户是总部位于比利时的 Jan De Nul 集团，其四个 130 米高的支腿可以在船下延伸至海床，为其起重机作业提供稳定性。这种稳定性至关重要，因为 Voltaire 的主起重机能够起吊超过 3,200 吨的重量。
This makes it the biggest and tallest jack-up ship of its kind in the world. Or as the Dogger Bank Wind Farm website puts it, “At its highest extended point, the Voltaire turbine installation vessel stands taller than the Eiffel Tower”. At 325 metres, that’s one metre taller to be exact.
这使其成为世界上同类中最大、最高的自升式船。或者正如 Dogger Bank 风电场网站所说，“在其最高延伸点，伏尔泰涡轮机安装船比埃菲尔铁塔还高”。准确地说，高度为 325 米，高出一米。
Named after the pioneering European Enlightenment philosopher, the Voltaire is also the first ship of its kind to meet Euro 5 emission standards. That’s thanks to a sophisticated exhaust filtering system which employs a Selective Catalytic Reduction system and a Diesel Particulate Filter.
伏尔泰号以欧洲启蒙运动先驱哲学家的名字命名，也是同类船舶中第一艘满足欧 5 排放标准的船舶。这要归功于先进的排气过滤系统，该系统采用了选择性催化还原系统和柴油颗粒过滤器。
Phase 1 Dogger Bank is set to begin supplying electricity after the Voltaire has been put through its paces sometime next year. And it has quite a job ahead of it, with the primary task to install all 277 of the Wind Farm’s turbines across its three phases.
Dogger Bank 第一阶段将于明年某个时候完成伏尔泰项目后开始供电。摆在面前的工作相当艰巨，首要任务是安装风电场三个阶段的全部 277 台涡轮机。
Located 130 kilometres off the coast of northeast England, the scale of Dogger Bank is breathtaking, with the Wind Farm’s turbines occupying an area extending another 60 kilometres out into the North Sea.
多格浅滩距离英格兰东北部海岸 130 公里，其规模令人惊叹，风电场的涡轮机占据的区域又向北海延伸 60 公里。
When complete, Dogger Bank Wind Farm will boast an installed capacity of 3.6 gigawatts, meaning it could provide electricity for up to six million UK homes. With blades 107-metres long, just one rotation of one turbine shall be able to power a British home for 2 days. Unsurprisingly, all this will make Dogger Bank Britain’s largest single source of renewable energy, satisfying 5 percent of the country’s demand for electricity.
竣工后，Dogger Bank 风电场的装机容量将达到 3.6 吉瓦，这意味着它可为多达 600 万英国家庭提供电力。叶片长 107 米，一台涡轮机只需旋转一圈即可为英国家庭供电 2 天。不出所料，这一切将使 Dogger Bank 成为英国最大的单一可再生能源来源，满足该国 5% 的电力需求。
The Wind Farm takes its name from it being located on an isolated sandbank in the North Sea once known as Doggerland. Prior to it becoming an island as sea levels rose after the last ice age, the area was in fact a land bridge connecting present-day Europe with Britain.
风电场因其位于北海一个孤立的沙洲（曾被称为 Doggerland）而得名。在最后一个冰河时代后海平面上升而成为岛屿之前，该地区实际上是连接当今欧洲与英国的陆桥。
When the Voltaire arrives in the waters over what was once Doggerland, the moment shall be about a lot more than a ship starting work. Its arrival will also help cement friendly UK-China relations and signify to the world concrete steps in the commitments being taken on both sides to a future powered by sustainable energy.
当伏尔泰号抵达曾经是多格兰的水域时，这一刻将不仅仅是一艘船开始工作。它的到来也将有助于巩固英中友好关系，并向世界表明双方为可持续能源驱动的未来所做出的承诺所采取的具体步骤。
