Prysmian Group has successfully completed the interconnection between the Veja Mate offshore wind farm and the offshore grid connection system Borwin2 in the German North Sea. TenneT, the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), awarded the project to Prysmian.
The interconnection consists of two 155 kV HVAC (High Voltage Alternating Current) submarine cables along a route of 11.4 km and links the Veja Mate to the “BorWin beta” offshore platform, where conversion from alternating current generated by the wind farms into direct current takes place in order to enable power transmission to the mainland by way of the HVDC BorWin2 submarine cable link. The Global Tech I offshore wind farm is already connected to the “Borwin beta” platform.
The Borwin2 HVDC submarine cable connection has a transmission capacity up to 800 MW and consists of HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) cables produced by Prysmian.
Prysmian has supplied and installed cable system solutions for six TenneT HVDC offshore grid connection projects, four of which (BorWin2, HelWin1, HelWin2 and SylWin1) are already complete. Another two HVDC connections (DolWin3 and BorWin3) are currently underway.
Original announcement: Prysmian
Image: Courtesy of Prysmian
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