The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has signed multiyear agreements with three consortia for the delivery of eleven 2 GW grid connections in the North Sea that will connect German and Dutch offshore wind farms to their respective grids on land.

Under the eleven contracts – worth EUR 23 billion in total – Hitachi and Petrofac, GE and Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms (SMOP), and GE and McDermott will deliver offshore platforms and onshore substations, as well as their HVDC systems, to connect eight offshore wind farms in the Netherlands and three offshore wind farms in Germany until 2031.