A consortium of Vinci subsidiary Dragados Offshore and Siemens Energy has won a contract worth €7 billion to design, build and install three wind energy conversion platforms in the North Sea for TenneT, the German-Dutch transmission system operator.
Three platforms to power millions of homes
Each of the platforms will convert the alternating current generated by several wind farms into high-voltage direct current (HVDC), which will then be converted into alternating current at onshore stations located about 200 km away in the German cities of Wilhelmshaven and Heide. With a total capacity of 6 GW, these converter platforms will provide electricity to millions of homes.
A contract that meets the expectations of the German government
Each platform will weigh approximately 34,000 tons and their construction will create more than 2,000 jobs per platform, providing a workload until 2031. This project is part of Germany’s Energy Transition Plan, which calls for the construction of a major offshore wind power generation network. Dragados Offshore has recently won six more HVDC projects of the same type, strengthening its position in the offshore energy sector.
