在新加坡北部的一座船厂里，一个黄色平台高耸于脚手架和起重机构成的迷宫之上。这块酷似一座15层楼高建筑的构件，将被运往地球另一端的欧洲，安装在一座海上风电场中。
At a shipyard in northern Singapore, a yellow platform towers over a maze of scaffolding and cranes. Resembling a 15-story building, the piece will be shipped halfway around the world to Europe to be installed into an offshore wind farm.
这座重达3万吨、被称为高压直流换流器的平台，计划于2028年离开胜科工业有限公司的船厂，前往北海，届时它将位于离岸60公里处，协助将风力涡轮机发出的电力输送回陆地。这是新加坡借力欧洲绿色转型推进的最新举措。
The 30,000-ton platform, known as a high-voltage direct current converter, is scheduled to leave Seatrium Ltd.’s yard for the North Sea in 2028, where it will sit 60 kilometers offshore and help transmit electricity generated by wind turbines back to land. It’s the latest effort by Singapore to tap into Europe’s green push.
新加坡正将几十年来服务全球最大海上油气公司积累的专业技术，转用于能源转型。最大的机遇之一，便是将这些巨大的换流平台——即HVDC平台——出口到欧洲，因为该技术在欧洲被广泛用于远距离输送海上风电。
Singapore is repurposing expertise built over decades serving the largest offshore oil and gas companies for the energy transition. One of the biggest opportunities is exporting these enormous converters — known as HVDC platforms — to Europe, where the technology is widely used to transmit offshore wind power over long distances.
这种专业技术是原本遭受重创的海上风电行业中为数不多的亮点之一。据彭博新能源财经数据，2026年上半年全球海上风电投资同比暴跌72%，降至约120亿美元。然而，极少数船厂具备建造此类平台的专业技术和产能，这在欧盟推进扩容计划之际，恐将形成供应瓶颈。
The specialized technology is one bright spot in an otherwise battered offshore wind industry. Investment plummeted 72% year-on-year globally to about $12 billion in the first half of 2026, according to BloombergNEF. Yet few yards have the expertise and capacity to build the platforms, threatening a supply bottleneck as the European Union pushes ahead with plans to expand capacity.
胜科工业的平台单台设计输送能力约为20亿瓦，是全球同类产品中体量最大的。建造一座平台需耗时五年，运营周期达40年。通用电气维诺瓦公司为平台提供HVDC技术。
Seatrium’s platforms, each designed to handle about 2 gigawatts of electricity, are the largest of their kind in the world. It takes five years to construct one platform, which will operate for 40 years. GE Vernova Inc. supplies the HVDC technology in the platforms.
据Ember分析师林范（Lam Pham，音译）统计，新加坡及周边岛屿目前占据全球（除中国外）此类平台产能的20%左右，而几年前这一份额还微乎其微。随着欧洲向更远海域建设风电场，需求有望上升，令该地区船厂有机会承揽更多业务。
The city-state and nearby islands now account for up to 20% of global capacity outside of China for the platforms, according to Ember analyst Lam Pham, up from a negligible share just a few years ago. Demand is poised to rise as Europe builds wind farms further out to sea, giving the region’s shipyards an opportunity to capture more of the business.
“国家投资了，企业投资了——这是展示可能性的窗口，”Seatrium首席执行官Chris Ong表示。
“The country has invested, the company has invested — and this is a showcase of what is possible,” said Chris Ong, chief executive officer of Seatrium.
Seatrium由新加坡国家投资公司淡马锡控股私人有限公司部分持股，受欧洲电网运营商TenneT Holding BV委托，为北海风电集群建造四座平台。约7000名工人将在新加坡和巴淡岛的船厂建造这些结构，巴淡岛是一个印尼岛屿，乘渡轮50分钟即可到达。据TenneT称，每座平台连同配套基础设施的成本高达50亿欧元（约合56亿美元）。
Seatrium, which is partly owned by Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte, was tapped by European grid operator TenneT Holding BV to build four platforms for North Sea clusters. About 7,000 workers will build the structures at yards in Singapore and Batam, an Indonesian island that’s 50 minutes away by ferry. Each platform, along with connecting infrastructure, costs as much as €5 billion ($5.6 billion) each, according to TenneT.
此类平台对于释放全球海上风电行业的增长潜力至关重要，该行业面临成本高企、供应链短缺和监管障碍等挑战。
Such platforms will be critical to unlocking growth in the global offshore wind industry, which faces challenges including high costs, supply chain shortages and regulatory hurdles.
尽管存在这些障碍，欧洲仍在大力推进海上风电的大规模扩张，以实现雄心勃勃的绿色能源目标。英国在最新的补贴拍卖中授予了创纪录的820万千瓦容量，而德国和荷兰正在实施新的收入保护机制。在足够的国家支持下，彭博新能源财经（BNEF）预计，到本十年末，装机容量将翻倍，由中国、英国和德国领跑。
Despite these hurdles, Europe is still pressing ahead with a massive expansion of offshore wind to meet ambitious green energy goals. The UK awarded a record 8.2 gigawatts of capacity in its latest subsidy auction, while Germany and the Netherlands are implementing new revenue-protection mechanisms. With enough state support, BNEF expects installations to double by the end of the decade, led by China, UK and Germany.
新加坡正试图将自己定位为欧洲开发商的首选。中东竞争对手船厂因地区冲突而陷入动荡；中国和韩国主要满足国内需求；欧洲船厂则被用于建造国防相关船舶。
Singapore is now trying to position itself as the top choice for European developers. Rival yards in the Middle East are upended by the regional conflict; China and South Korea are mostly meeting domestic demand; and Europe’s shipyards are being taken up for building defence-related vessels.
“新加坡能降低成本，即使算上更高的运输费用，因为该行业极其依赖劳动力，而欧洲的劳动力成本极高，”Ember的Lam表示。
“Singapore would make it cheaper, even including the higher shipping costs, because the industry is very labor-intensive and labor costs in Europe are super high,” said Ember’s Lam.
虽然风力涡轮机发出的是交流电，但海上风电开发商使用HVDC平台将电力转换为直流电，使其能以更少的能量损耗输送更长距离。随着风电场向远离拥挤海岸的更远海域推进，这将成为一个日益增长的趋势。
While wind turbines generate alternating current electricity, offshore developers use HVDC platforms to convert that power to direct current, allowing it to travel longer distances with less energy loss along the way. This will become a growing trend as wind farms move further from crowded shores.
翁某——他在2023年凯佩尔海洋工程与胜科海洋合并成立Seatrium之前，曾担任凯佩尔海洋工程首席执行官——希望在未来两年抓住海上风电需求的机遇。截至7月，该公司正在欧洲和亚太地区争取价值90亿新元（约合70亿美元）的高压直流输电（HVDC）和高压交流输电（HVAC）项目。清洁能源相关合同目前约占该公司订单簿的40%。
Ong – who was CEO of oil rig-builder Keppel Offshore & Marine before it was merged with Sembcorp Marine to form Seatrium in 2023 – is hoping to capitalize on offshore wind demand over the next two years. The company was chasing S$9 billion ($7 billion) worth of HVDC and HVAC projects across Europe and Asia Pacific as of July. Clean energy-related contracts currently make up about 40% of the company’s order book.
在新加坡的船厂里，海上风电的未来正逐渐成形，焊工们伏在钢板上，一块块模块拼装着巨大的黄色结构。对翁某而言，这种基础设施的需求不仅源于能源转型，更是欧洲确保未来电力供应努力的一部分。
In the yard in Singapore, the future of offshore wind power is slowly taking shape, with welders hunched over steel panels, piecing together the massive yellow structure one module at a time. For Ong, the demand for this infrastructure is not only being driven by the energy transition — it is part of Europe’s effort to secure future power supply.
“海上风电的规模和巨大需求是一项重大的安全驱动力，”他说，“这势在必行。”
“The scale and the massive need for offshore wind is a big security drive,” he said. “It has to happen.”