Construction of an offshore converter platform and a high-voltage cable in the North Sea can begin. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) launched the offshore grid connection projects BorWin5 and BorWin epsilon, as the office announced.
The necessary planning approval decision was issued on. A planning approval decision is a type of building permit.
Transmission system operator Tennet will start laying the submarine cable in June 2024
However, a lawsuit against the decision can still be filed before the Federal Administrative Court for a month, said a spokeswoman for the BSH. However, this rarely happens with offshore converter platforms. This means that the transmission system operator Tennet can begin laying the submarine cable in June 2024, with which the offshore wind farm “He Dreiht” with an output of 960 megawatts will be connected to the power grid, it was said it further.
Offshore wind farm “He Dreiht” with an output of 960 megawatts goes to the power grid
The corresponding converter platform BorWin epsilon will be located in the middle of the wind farm about 100 kilometers northwest of the island of Norderney and is scheduled to be installed in 2025. In the platform, the electricity is converted into direct current and fed into the BorWin5 high-voltage cable, it said. The grid connection system will then be put into operation at the end of 2025.
“The BSH is thus making a significant contribution to achieving the federal government’s expansion goals for offshore wind energy,” said the office’s president, Helge Heegewaldt.
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According to the federal government’s expansion target, at least 70 gigawatts of offshore wind energy should be achieved by 2045 – the necessary area development plan is currently being updated, according to the Federal Office. The planning approval decision has already been handed over to the transmission system operator Tennet in Rostock.
