Prysmian Group has been awarded a major grid connection project worth EUR140 million (US$157 million) by the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT which will enable the connection of multiple offshore wind farms to the German grid.
The project involves the supply, installation and commissioning of a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) 320 kV XLPE-insulated submarine and land power cable connection, with a transmission capacity of 900 MW, as well as the associated fibre optic cable system, comprising a land route of 30 km and a subsea route of 100 km. The turnkey connections will link the offshore converter platform DolWin epsilon, located approximately 100 km offshore in the German North Sea, to the mainland Emden/Ost converter station, with the purpose of transmitting the generated renewable energy into the German grid.
The submarine and land cables will be manufactured at Prysmian Group’s centers of technological and manufacturing facilities respectively located in Pikkala (Finland) and Gron (France). Offshore installation activities will be performed by two of the Group’s laying vessels — Cable Enterprise, for deepwater installation, and Ulisse, for shallow water activities. Completion of the project is scheduled for the middle of 2024.
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