Three companies, TenneT TSO B.V. (of the Netherlands), Energinet (of Denmark), and TenneT TSO GmbH (of Germany), have signed a trilateral agreement for the development of a large, renewable European electricity system in the North Sea. This so-called ‘North Sea Wind Power Hub’ has the potential to supply 70 to 100 million Europeans with renewable energy…
Prysmian successfully commissions HelWin2 HVDC grid connection
Prysmian Group announced recently the successful commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection project HelWin2 realized off the North Sea coast of Germany in a contract with the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT. Prysmian secured this project in July 2011 as one of several contracts awarded to consortia between the Group…
Siemens hands over world’s largest offshore grid connection to TenneT
Siemens has handed over SylWin1, the third North Sea grid connection this year, to its customer TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission grid operator has now put the world’s most powerful grid connection to date into commercial operation. The offshore platform of the SylWin1 grid connection is located around 70 kilometers west of the island of Sylt,…
BorWin2 and HelWin1 offshore projects successfully commissioned
The High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection projects BorWin2 and HelWin1, situated off the North Sea coast of Germany, were both recently successfully commissioned. Prysmian secured these two projects in mid-2010 as part of overall contracts awarded to consortia between the company and Siemens Energy by the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for…