Three companies announce agreement for 2 GW projects
Dutch-German TSO TenneT and Petrofac have announced early works agreements in support of TenneT’s 2 GW Program.
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Germany: Dutch-German TSO TenneT and Petrofac have announced early works agreements in support of TenneT’s 2 GW Program.
Under the terms of the agreements, the companies will begin preparatory work and detailed engineering to ensure timely delivery of the first two Dutch offshore converter stations for TenneT’s HVDC offshore wind grid expansion.
Hitachi Energy and Petrofac entered a collaboration in June 2022 to provide joint grid integration and associated infrastructure to foster acceleration of the energy transition. They will deploy their complementary HVDC and HVAC solutions, and EPCI expertise, in support of the preparatory works. This will also support the decarbonisation of power systems and delivery of clean energy.
“We are delighted to deepen our long-standing relationship with TenneT and to help integrate 2 GW systems of much-needed emission-free wind power into the European grid, making it more sustainable, flexible and secure.” said Niklas Persson, Managing Director at Hitachi Energy’s Grid Integration business. “We collaborate with TenneT and Petrofac to co-create innovative and scalable solutions that we can rapidly deploy to accelerate the energy transition.”
TenneT is on course to achieve the 2030 offshore expansion target. Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium have agreed to install at least 65 GW of offshore wind energy together by 2030 announced with the inter-governmental Esbjerg Declaration. At 40 GW, almost two-thirds of this is accounted for by TenneT, with 20 GW each in the German and Dutch North Seas. Above this, in 2022, Energy Ministers from the members of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) and the European Commission have announced a significant increase in their collective ambition in the deployment of offshore renewable energy until 2050. The challenge is immense: this new approach will provide both growth opportunities and maximum planning security for all supply chains involved.
Source: Hitachi Energy
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