ABB has successfully commissioned and handed over the DolWin2 offshore
wind transmission link to the Dutch-German transmission system operator
TenneT.
DolWin2 is the third offshore wind connection project
that ABB has executed for TenneT in Germany’s North Sea, following
BorWin1 and DolWin1. The high voltage direct current (HVDC) link
connects offshore wind farms to the mainland grid, and has the capacity
to supply more than a million households with renewable energy. DolWin2
supports Germany’s “Energiewende” roadmap, which aims to generate more
than 6.5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power by 2020, and 15 GW by
2030.
“We are very pleased to have successfully commissioned and
handed over the DolWin2 project and would like to thank TenneT for their
continuing trust and cooperation,” said Claudio Facchin, President of
ABB’s Power Grids division.
“HVDC is the technology of choice for
reliably and efficiently transmitting large amounts of power over long
distances with minimal losses. It is ideal for integrating remote
renewable energy into the power grid and plays a key role in making ABB
partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid, in
line with our Next Level strategy.”
The 916 megawatt (MW) link
deploys ABB’s HVDC Light®, Voltage Source Converter (VSC) based
technology and includes a 320 kilovolt (kV) converter station positioned
on a platform about 45 km offshore. The station connects up to three
offshore wind farms to the mainland power grid in Germany. For ABB, the
project scope included the design, supply, installation and
commissioning of the compact offshore and onshore converter stations as
well as the subsea and underground cable systems.
ABB pioneered
VSC-based HVDC Light technology 20 years ago and is today the market
leader, having delivered 19 of the 25 VSC HVDC projects commissioned
around the world. In the upper range, the technology now reaches ±640 kV
and can deliver 3,000 MW – enough electricity to power several million
households, enabling power transmission over 2,000 kilometers. The
system design enables compact converter stations – a big benefit in
applications like offshore wind and interconnections.
ABB (ABBN:
SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in electrification
products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids,
serving customers in utilities, industry and transport &
infrastructure globally. Continuing more than a 125-year history of
innovation, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization
and driving the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB operates
in more than 100 countries with about 132,000 employees.
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