Amprion Offshore is the transmission system operator (TSO) responsible for these systems.
The consortium between Siemens Energy and Dragados Offshore was awarded a contract to build converter stations for BalWin1 and BalWin2 grid connections. Under the agreement, Dragados Offshore is responsible for the construction and offshore installation of the associated platforms.
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The grid interconnection points for the 2 GW BalWin1 and the 2 GW BalWin2 will be located in Wehrendorf (southern Osnabrück region) and Westerkappeln (northern North Rhine-Westphalia), respectively.
The BalWin1 connection is around 360 kilometres long, about 155 kilometres of which will be under the sea. BalWin2 has a total route length of approximately 380 kilometres, of which around 165 kilometres are offshore.
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Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Dragados Offshore to deliver the steel substructure for the 2 GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station for the BalWin2 offshore wind grid connection in Germany. The contract is worth between NOK 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 130 million) and
