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  • VIDEO: DolWin3 Offshore Wind Farm Connection

    21 April 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Last year, TenneT chose Alstom for the DolWin 3 offshore project. This project, connecting the North Sea wind farms to the continental electricity network, has an investment volume of over one billion euros.  Recently, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), and TenneT have agreed to make a joint investment in the DolWin 3 offshore grid connection. CIP […]

  • Amprion Cleared to Start DolWin4 and BorWin4 Public Planning Preps

    18 March 2020
    Grid Connection

    Germany’s Amprion has secured a waiver from relevant authorities allowing the transmission system operator to skip the regional planning procedure for the sections of DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems between the North Sea coast (Hagermarsch) and the Emden area. Amprion can now start preparing for the public planning procedure, the TSO said. The […]

  • VIDEO: Load Out of DolWin Alpha Converter Platform

    20 May 2013
    Grid Connection

    The load out of DolWin alpha marks the start of a journey that the platform will make to its final offshore destination, the DolWin area in German North Sea. This operation was performed at the Heerema’s Zwijndrecht fabrication yard at the Drechthaven. The following is a video of the load out of DolWin alpha: [mappress] […]

  • DolWin6 Contracts Land on Siemens, Dragados Offshore, Nexans Desks

    17 July 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Siemens has received an order from TenneT to supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for DolWin6, a grid connection for offshore wind farms in the German waters of the North Sea. The order is valued at high three-digit millions euros range.

  • Top News of the Week May 20 – 26, 2013

    26 May 2013

    VIDEO: Load Out of DolWin Alpha Converter Platform The load out of DolWin alpha marks the start of a journey that the platform will make to its final offshore destination, the DolWin area in German North Sea. This operation was performed at the Heerema’s Zwijndrecht fabrication yard at the Drechthaven. The following is a video […]

  • Transformers for DolWin3 Onshore Substation on Their Way

    11 December 2015
    Grid Connection

    On Sunday, 13 December, two 475-ton electric transformers for the onshore substation of the DolWin3 project will embark on the last stage of their journey to the Dörpen West converter station in Heede, Germany. The transport of the transformers started in late November from GE’s transformer factory in Mönchengladbach. In 2013, TenneT awarded a contract for the […]

  • UAE: Drydocks Starts Construction of DolWin Beta

    21 June 2012
    Grid Connection

    The first steel to be used in the construction of DolWin beta was cut at the yard in Dubai yesterday. “DolWin beta is our first wind platform and an important project for Aibel. A lot of people have done a tremendous job in planning and designing the platform. This reflects a good relationship between Drydocks […]

  • ABB Fixes DolWin2 Cable Ahead of Schedule

    12 January 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The 916MW DolWin2 offshore grid connection has been re-energized much sooner than expected following cable repairs undertaken by ABB, TenneT TSO’s spokesperson confirmed to Offshore WIND. DolWin2 has been back in operation since Saturday, 7 January, the spokesperson said. ABB was initially expected to complete remediation works on cable components by 27 March. DolWin2 had been out of action […]

  • Bluestream Inspects TenneT’s HVDC Platforms in Germany

    2 November 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Dutch offshore inspection services provider, Bluestream Offshore, has carried out extensive inspection work on three TenneT’s HVDC platforms in the German sector of the North Sea: BorWin Alpha, DolWin Alpha and DolWin Beta.

  • DolWin6 Coating Ordered from Spain

    31 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Gaditana de Chorro y Limpieza has won a contract to carry out coating works on the DolWin6 grid connection in the German North Sea. The Spanish company is in charge of the surface preparation and coating application of the offshore substation, jacket foundation, bridge connection, and offshore hook-ups and touch-ups after transport and installation. The […]

  • VIDEO: DolWin Beta Jacking Operation

    10 December 2013

    DolWin Beta’s topside was placed onto the substructure yesterday. The jacking up of DolWin Beta’s topsides started on December 5. Drydocks World lifted the 10,000-tonne topside of the platform structure to a height of 52.8 metres from the dock bottom. On Saturday, the substructure was moved in position under the topside. Aibel is designing and […]

  • DolWin Beta to Arrive in Haugesund Tonight

    21 August 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    DolWin beta high‐voltage direct current (HVDC) platform will arrive at the yard in Haugesund tonight, subject to weather conditions, Aibel announced at its social network page today.  The massive DolWin beta structure is being transported to Haugesund in Norway, where the platform will be commissioned prior to deployment in the German North Sea. With a […]

  • Photo of the Day: Work Underway on DolWin Beta

    17 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Aibel employees doing their job on the DolWin beta converter station.  “Small people, great effort,” says Aibel AS in a description of the photo that shows work on the DolWin beta offshore converter station outside the company’s yard in Haugesund, Norway. With a capacity of more than 900 MW, the converter station will host […]

  • UAE: Dolwin Beta Jacket Up

    5 December 2013

    On Thursday 5 December, the jacking up of Dolwin Beta’s topsides started. The topsides weighs 10,000 tons. It will be jacked up more than 50 meters to be fitter on the substructure by six gigantic jacking towers Drydocks commenced the construction of the June last year. The platform will be ready for sailaway from Dubai […]

  • Germany: ABB to Connect Sandbank to SylWin Alpha

    21 October 2013
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Sandbank, an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, to the HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station SylWin alpha. The link will have the […]

  • Permitting Process Starts for BorWin4 Offshore Wind Grid Connection in Germany

    7 March 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    After filing the documents for the public planning procedure for the section of the BorWin4 offshore grid connection that lies in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 2021, German transmission system operator Amprion has now announced that the approval process at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has started. In the spring of 2021, Amprion […]

  • ABB to Connect German Wind Farm to Mainland Grid

    23 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Nordergründe, an offshore North Sea wind farm, to the mainland grid in Germany. The order was booked in the first quarter. The link has a […]

  • Smit Lamnalco Aid in DolWin Beta Transport

    22 July 2014

    Five vessels of Smit Lamnalco, the global marine service provider, played the key role in the unberthing and float‐over of the world’s largest high‐voltage direct current (HVDC) platform, DolWin beta, at Drydocks World ‐ Dubai. The five state of the art escort tugs, with more than a combined 450 tonnes bollard pull power provided marine […]

  • Siemens Energy Secures Its Largest Grid Connection Order

    22 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Amprion Offshore GmbH has now commissioned Siemens Energy to supply the converter platforms for the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems. DolWin4 and BorWin4 will transport up to 1.8 GW of power from several wind farms in the German North Sea to land with low losses. The order value is in the high three-digit […]

  • Amprion Breaks Ground on DolWin4 and BorWin4 Offshore Grid Connections

    19 July 2022
    Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator Amprion has started construction work on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems with a groundbreaking ceremony on Norderney Island’s North Beach. The drilling to cross below the island of Norderney marks the start of construction work for Amprion’s first offshore projects, which are scheduled to go into operation in […]

  • VIDEO: Connecting Offshore Wind Energy to Grid ‒ DolWin3

    26 February 2013
    Grid Connection, Technology

    DolWin3 is the eighth grid connection project to be implemented by TenneT using direct current technology. Together with three projects based on AC current technology, TenneT TSO, which is responsible for the North Sea, will then deliver a total of around 6.2 GW of offshore wind energy to the mainland. Alstom has just been awarded […]

  • PFISTERER Powers DolWin Alpha-DolWin Gamma Bridge Connection

    18 May 2016
    Grid Connection

    PFISTERER, an energy transmission and distribution specialist, has started the onshore work for equipping the DolWin gamma converter station.  The 900MW DolWin gamma converter platform is currently being constructed as the third link within the DolWin wind farm cluster. PFISTERER is in charge of laying all high-voltage and medium-voltage cables, both within the platform and over the […]

  • Germany: Windreich Welcomes DolWin3 Contract

    27 February 2013

    Transmission System Operator TenneT has awarded the DolWin3 offshore project in North Sea to Alstom. Windreich AG marks this contract for DolWin3, with a total investment of more than one billion euros, as another important component for the success of the energy transition. TenneT, together with the Windreich AG, is the most active investor in […]

  • DolWin Gamma Substructure on Its Way to the North Sea

    16 May 2016
    Grid Connection

    Two almost identical jacket structures for DolWin gamma offshore converter platform are on their way to be installed in the North Sea. The structures will be positioned at sea with a spacer frame, accurately fitting them into the right place. Nine piles per jacket will anchor the support structure to the seabed, which had to be prepared prior to the […]

  • The Netherlands: TenneT Converter Platform Connected at Dockyard Zwijndrecht

    10 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    At Easter Sunday two separate decks of TenneT’s 80 metres high offshore converter platform were successfully mounted on each other in the yard of Heerema Factory Group in Zwijndrecht. The platform of Dolwin1 is currently being built by Heerema Factory Group, subcontractor of TenneT’s main contractor ABB. The HVDC Light converter platform will be installed […]

  • SeaRenergy Lands DolWin6 Logistics Support Contract

    26 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    SeaRenergy has been awarded a contract by Siemens Energy to provide integrated onshore and offshore logistics services during the commissioning of DolWin6 converter platform in the German Bight. The contract consists of various packages. Besides marine coordination and management of all personnel transfers, SeaRenergy is responsible for the onshore logistics and warehousing in Emden using […]