Sembcorp Marine, GE and McDermott join Tennet’s multi-billion dollar offshore wind converter stations project
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine, GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business and McDermott have emerged as winners in Tennet’s multi-billion-dollar 2 GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore wind programme in the North Sea.
With 40 gigawatts, the Dutch-German transmission system operator will account for almost two-thirds of the 65 GW offshore wind energy target by 2030, as agreed by Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Belgium.
A GE and Sembmarine consortium has struck a €6bn ($6.5bn) deal that will see three HVDC electrical transmission systems delivered for Dutch offshore wind farms IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek 2.
Construction will progressively commence from the third quarter of 2024 at Sembcorp Marine’s Singapore and Batam Indonesia yards. This will be the third HVDC offshore platform project that Sembmarine will be delivering.
Meanwhile, a tie-up between GE and McDermott has been selected to execute the German projects BalWin4 and LanWin1 for a total of around €4bn ($4.3bn).
A consortium of Petrofac and Hitachi Energy has also secured a €13bn ($14.1bn) deal with TenneT to supply six offshore platforms and onshore converter stations.
