ABB has won a $140m contract from Energinet.dk and 50Hertz Transmission to design, supply and install an HVDC converter station in Germany to help link offshore wind farms to the German and Danish grids.
AAB said the HVDC light ‘back-to-back’ converter station – which will be located in Bentwisch in Northern Germany – is the first of its kind in Europe.
The company will provide transformers, converter valves, cooling systems, control and protection and other related equipment.
The converter will allow the connection of the asynchronous AC power grids of Eastern Denmark and Germany.
It will be part of the Kriegers Flak combined grid solution project, ABB said.
The project will establish an offshore interconnection using the national grid links to the future Danish 600MW Kriegers Flak and operating German 50MW Baltic 1 and 288MW Baltic 2 offshore wind farms, the company added.
The interconnector will have a capacity of 400MW.
ABB was previously awarded a $100m AC subsea cable system order to connect the Danish Kriegers Flak wind farm in 2015.
ABB Power Grids president Claudio Facchin said: “The integration of renewable energy and the development of interconnections are key elements of ABB’s Next Level Strategy, addressing the growing need for electricity with minimum environmental impact.”
Image: ABB HVDC Light valve hall (ABB)
