Prysmian bags €50m offshore order

BorWin2 will have a total capacity of 8090MW

BorWin2 will have a total capacity of 8090MW

Transmission system operator TenneT has awarded cable supplier Prysmian an order for a connection of the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm.

The order, topping €50m ($64.9m), is for a temporary link of the substation platform of the 273MW wind park in the German North Sea via a 31km alternating-current (AC) cable to the converter platform of the BorWin2 grid connection, from where electricity from several wind projects will flow to the coast.

BorWin2, with a total capacity of 800MW, is under construction by Siemens and slated to come on line in the second half of 2014. It will also serve the 400MW Global Tech 1 and the Veja Mate development.

Deutsche Bucht was originally supposed to be…

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