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Siemens receives major order for Borwin3 North Sea grid connection from Tennet

Bayreuth / Erlangen - Siemens has received an order from TenneT for an offshore wind farm grid connection in the North Sea. Therewith Siemens receives its fifth order for an offshore grid connection although some of these orders are already behind schedule.

In a consortium with Petrofac Siemens will supply the complete technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the BorWin3 grid connection as the consortium leader. With a total capacity of 900 megawatt (MW) BorWin3 grid connection will be able to supply nearly one million German households with electricity from clean offshore wind power.

Siemens takes its time for completion Despite the delay on some current grid connection orders, Siemens has received the order for the BorWin3grid connection with a transmission capacity of 900 megawatts (MW). This is the fifth order that Siemens has received from the German-Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT for connection of offshore wind farms in the North Sea.



Source: IWR Online, 15 Apr 2014

 


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