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Energy Transition - Offshore Wind
TenneT Land Station
380 kV/220 kV

transmission grid

43 million end consumers

will benefit from a stable electricity supply

Scope
EPFC
Location
Germany
Highlights
  • HVDC land station 
  • Engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the onshore land station 
  • Groundbreaking ceremony held in Büttel in August 2024

Electricity generated at sea is directly fed into the onshore converter platform where the conversion of AC into direct current (DC) takes place. The electricity is transported by submarine cable to shore and then by underground cable to the onshore converter station, where it is converted back into three-phase current and fed into the extra-high voltage grid. Economically speaking, this innovative technology leads to enormous cost savings.