German shipbuilding firm, Meyer Werft, has been awarded its first contract for metal building work for 4 Amprion offshore converter platforms.
Amprion Offshore has commissioned Dragados Offshore and Siemens Vitality to construct the offshore converter platforms.
The consortium has now awarded elements of the manufacturing to Meyer Werft.
Amprion mentioned that the shipyard is to provide round 43,500 tonnes of metal parts for the 4 grid connection techniques DolWin4 and BorWin4 in addition to BalWin1 and BalWin2 within the North Sea.
Of this, round 32,000 tonnes are used to provide sections for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 initiatives, whereas for the DolWin4 and BorWin4, it’s round 11,500 tonnes.
The parts are deliberate to be delivered from autumn 2024 to spring 2027.
The contract marks Meyer Werft’s entry into the offshore wind market.
“This order is a milestone for us in our entry into the development of converter platforms, which we may even construct at NEPTUN WERFT in Rostock sooner or later. This profitable enlargement of our product portfolio secures data and employment at our German shipyards and on the identical time makes a decisive contribution to the power transition,” mentioned Jan Meyer, Managing Director of Meyer Werft.
The 4 offshore grid connection techniques DolWin4 and BorWin4 in addition to BalWin1 and BalWin2 join wind farms within the North Sea with the transmission grid on land. They’re put in largely parallel to one another on each the land and sea sides, mentioned Amprion.
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The DolWin4 and BorWin4 initiatives will transmit collectively an influence of 1.8 GW and are scheduled to enter operation in 2028.
BalWin1 and BalWin2, every able to transmitting 2 GW, are scheduled to enter operation in 2029 and 2030, respectively.
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