TenneT has entered into early works agreements with Hitachi Energy and Petrofac to support the group’s 2GW programme.
Under the terms of the agreements, the three companies will begin preparatory work and engineering to deliver the first two Dutch offshore converter stations for TenneT’s high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore wind grid expansion.
Hitachi Energy and Petrofac will deploy their complementary HVDC and high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) solutions, and engineering, procurement, construction and installation expertise to support the preparatory works.
Marco Kuijpers, Director Offshore at TenneT, said: “The early works agreement with Hitachi Energy and Petrofac is a very important milestone in the execution of our 2GW strategy.
“With this first agreement we reserve production capacity for platforms and HVDC equipment and initiate the detailed engineering process to secure the time schedule for the 2GW projects IJmuiden Ver Alpha (2029) and Nederwiek 1 (2030).
“We expect to award the full framework contracts for the HVDC Platform scope of all the 2030 Road Map projects in the first quarter of 2023, also with the other envisaged partners.”
Niklas Persson, Managing Director at Hitachi Energy’s Grid Integration business, noted: “We are delighted to deepen our long-standing relationship with TenneT and to help integrate 2GW systems of much-needed emission-free wind power into the European grid, making it more sustainable, flexible and secure.
“We collaborate with TenneT and Petrofac to co-create innovative and scalable solutions that we can rapidly deploy to accelerate the energy transition.”
Sami Iskander, Petrofac’s Group Chief Executive, added: “TenneT’s 2GW programme represents a key step in Europe’s transition to a lower carbon future. Petrofac is very pleased to be deploying its industry-leading offshore wind EPCI expertise, in collaboration with TenneT and Hitachi Energy, as we kick start the first two projects.”