Amprion Offshore has started planning for an offshore-onshore wind connection project totalling 8GW.
The Windader West project includes the four offshore grid connection systems NOR-15-1, 17-1, 19-1 and 21-1.
The submarine cables start at the wind farms in the North Sea and run bundled as underground cables from the coast to their network connection points in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.
In 2032, the first 2GW of offshore capacity connection should be installed as part of Windader West, to North Rhine-Westphalia.
The remaining three lines are scheduled to be completed in 2033, 2034 and 2036.
“The Windader West combines four projects with a transmission capacity of 2000MW each.
“The systems belong to the new powerful 2GW generation of offshore connections.
“Amprion is thus making an important contribution to the efficient and rapid conversion of the energy system to bring large amounts of wind energy to North Rhine-Westphalia”, said Peter Barth, Managing Director of Amprion Offshore.