The 288MW connection will deploy two tri-core 155kV AC submarine cables, each 36 km long. The wind farm, being developed by Sweden's Vattenfall, will use 72 Siemens SWT-4-0-130machines.
ABB will have turnkey responsibility for the design, engineering, supply and installation of the subsea cable system including two shunt reactors on the AC platform.
The project is scheduled for completion in 2015.
“Germany’s focus on renewable energy, the so-called ‘Energiewende’, together with the growing interest in using wind as an energy source in Europe provides significant opportunities for us,” states ABB chief executive Ulrich Spiesshofer.
“Integrating
