Prysmian Group has announced the commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection project DolWin3, off the German North Sea coast.
DolWin3, the third offshore grid connection in the ‘DolWin’ cluster, links the offshore converter platform DolWin Gamma, located approximately 85 km offshore in the North Sea, to the German mainland with the purpose of transmitting renewable energy into the national grid. Prysmian was responsible for the supply, installation and commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) ± 320 kV extruded submarine and land power cable connections with a rating of 900 MW and the associated fibre optic cable system, covering a 78 km land route and an 83 km subsea route.