The offshore platform DolWin Kappa, part of TenneT’s 900MW DolWin6 offshore grid transmission asset, is in final preparation for sailing out to the German North Sea.
DolWin Kappa has been constructed at the Dragados shipyard in Cadiz, Spain.
The first tests in preparation for commissioning, which is scheduled to be completed after the platform installation in the German North Sea, are already underway.
DolWin6 will be connected to the grid in 2023.
Siemens Energy has been commissioned by TenneT as general contractor to build the system.
To mark progress TenneT chief operating officer Tim Meyerjurgens and Tim Holt, member of the managing board of Siemens Energy, took a tour of the offshore platform to see for themselves the progress at the Dragados shipyard.
At a press briefing Meyerjurgens emphasised the importance of the DolWin6 connection system.
He also said that the purely announcement of new German expansion targets for renewable energies by politicians and the acceleration measures for the expansion of renewable energies in the so-called “Easter Package” are not enough.
“Together with the other transmission system operators, we have submitted concrete proposals to the politicians and the supervisory authority on how the increased construction targets would be technically feasible within the timeframe specified.
“However, interventions in planning processes or changes to legal requirements for projects that have already been put out to tender, are under construction or are about to be built are counterproductive and lead to the opposite effect, namely delays.”