TenneT awarded the cabling works to Italy’s Prysmian.

Total investment for the grid link to be commissioned in 2019 amounts to more than €1bn ($1.38bn).

The order is a huge win for Siemens, which now has received its fifth German offshore grid link order from TenneT.

The TSO had fuelled some competition when awarding the also 900MW DolWin3 offshore grid link to Siemens' rival Alstom last year, raising hopes at the French company of winning more of the lucrative offshore orders.

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