Prysmian Group, the major player in energy and telecom cable systems industry, has has announced that it commissioned the 900MW DolWin3 high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore grid link in the German North Sea.
Prysmian had secured this project in February 2013, with a contract awarded by Alstom Grid (now GE Grid GmbH) on behalf of the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT.
DolWin3, the third offshore grid connection in the DolWin cluster, links the offshore converter platform DolWin Gamma, located approximately 85 kilometers offshore in the North Sea, to the German mainland.
As a one-stop-shop service provider, Prysmian was responsible for the supply, installation and commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) ± 320 kV extruded submarine and land power cable connections with a rating of 900 MW and the associated fibre optic cable system, covering a 78 km land route and an 83 km subsea route.
The cables were produced at the Prysmian Group's centres of technological and manufacturing excellence in Arco Felice (Italy), Pikkala (Finland) and Delft (The Netherlands).
“We are very proud of having contributed to the development of such an important renewable energy project proving our ability to provide tailor-made submarine cable solutions to support the growth of clean energy in Northern Europe," stated Hakan Ozmen, EVP Projects, Prysmian Group.
The completion and handover of this important project further confirms the Group’s ongoing successful relationship with TenneT, which in recent years has awarded a total of seven HVDC grid connection projects to Prysmian, including BorWin2 & BorWin3, HelWin1 & HelWin2, SylWin1 and the recently awarded DolWin5.