The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Company (BSH) has issued a planning approval choice for the DolWin4 offshore grid connection in Germany’s Unique Financial Zone (EEZ) within the North Sea.
DolWin4, the primary offshore grid connection system being applied by German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion Offshore, will go into operation in 2028 and join three offshore wind farms to the German grid.
Amprion submitted the applying paperwork for 2 offshore grids, DolWin4 and BorWin4, in 2021 and the BSH initiated the planning approval course of for DolWin4 in 2022 and for BorWin4 initially of this 12 months.
Though the planning approval choice is now in place for DolWin4, Amprion has not but acquired the ultimate constructing allow however should first undergo a multi-stage approval course of by the BSH. As well as, Amprion now additionally must keep in mind the extra provisions issued within the planning approval choice in the course of the technical implementation and supply proof of this.
The topic of the applying for DolWin4 with the BSH is the DolWin delta converter platform and the roughly 26-kilometre-long submarine cable system, for which Amprion has already chosen the suppliers.
The German TSO positioned the principle orders final 12 months, with Siemens Power and Dragados Offshore chosen to produce the converter platform and Prysmian to ship the submarine cables. The identical suppliers have been chosen for the BorWin4 grid connection.
In July 2022, Amprion began onshore development work for the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connections at Norderney Island’s North Seaside.
The DolWin4 and BorWin4 initiatives will collectively have a connection capability of 1.8 GW.
Amprion can be creating BalWin1 and BalWin2 offshore grid connections, every able to transmitting 2 GW, that are scheduled to enter operation in 2029 and 2030, respectively.
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