German TenneT grants offshore wind energy project to French Alstom

Feb 26, 2013 - German transmission system operator TenneT has awarded the offshore grid connection project DolWin3 to French heavy engineering group Alstom (EPA:ALO), the French company said in a press release today.
The project involves connecting North Sea wind farms to Germany's mainland supergrid and has an investment volume of more than EUR 1 billion (USD 1.3bn).
TenneT noted that with DolWin3 included, the company will supply a total of 6,000 MW of clean energy from the North Sea and the group will invest more than EUR 7 billion in energy turnaround.
DolWin3 is the eighth grid connection project implemented by TenneT. This is the third grid connection in the DolWin wind farm cluster in the south-western region of the North Sea and will offer a capacity of 900 MW. The project will be finalised in 2017.
As part of the current contract, Alstom will supply and construct the onshore and offshore converter stations and the connecting cable systems for DolWin3. The project will use direct current technology.
The grid connection will be supplied as a turnkey solution by Alstom.
(EUR 1.0 = USD 1.307)

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