ABB and Siemens nail $1.7bn in German offshore-link deals

European engineering giants ABB and Siemens have won separate contracts to build high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission lines for offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.

2 August 2011 12:37 GMT Updated 26 September 2016 14:23 GMT

By Karl-Erik Stromsta, London

ABB secured a $1bn order from Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT to design and install the 900MW Dolwin2 link, which will harness power from PNE Wind’s 400MW Gode Wind 2 and other as-yet undecided projects.

Separately, Siemens and Italian cable maker Prysmian won an order in the region of €600m ($710m) to build the 690MW Helwin2 link, which will accommodate the Amrumbank West project, part-owned by E.ON

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