The platform will convert alternating current (AC) power coming from the Dan Tysk, Butendiek and Sandbank offshore wind farms into direct current (DC) power that will be transported to land via a 205km-long subsea cable.

"We have now erected four high-tech platforms for TenneT in the North Sea. We succeeded in completing the first installation last year and erected the other three platforms in quick succession this year," says Jan Mrosik, chief executive of the Power Transmission and Smart Grid Divisions of Siemens.

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