50Hertz has awarded Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTT) the contract for submarine and land cables for the eastern substation for the 927MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in Germany.
The cables are intended to connect the Gennaker offshore wind farm to the German extra-high voltage grid.
This cable award is another important step on the way to completing this major project, 50 Hertz said.
Along with the contract awarded to Hellenic Cables for export cables for the western substation, the project involves three 220 kV systems with a connection capacity of 927 MW, which will be routed onshore from two offshore substation platforms (OSS).
In addition, a cross-connection between the offshore platforms (OSS) Zingst and Darß is planned.
The two systems between the OSS-Darss and the onshore substation are to be supplied by Hellenic Cables, while the 88-kilometre cable between the OSS-Zingst and the onshore substation as well as the connecting cable between the two platforms is to be supplied and installed by ZTT.
Gennaker is located around 15 kilometres north of the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula in the coastal sea of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
50Hertz is responsible for the entire grid connection project under the name Grid Connection OST-6-1.
The planning approval procedure is currently being prepared at the Ministry of Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The public participation process for the route of the landline and for the location of a substation has already begun.