Wind Energy – LanWin3
The consortium made up of Dragados Offshore – a subsidiary of Cobra IS – and Siemens Energy has been awarded by the German transmission system operator 50Hertz a contract to design, build, and install two electrical conversion stations.
This project includes an offshore converter platform which will convert the alternative current produced by the wind farm LanWin 3 in the North Sea – located 120 km off the German coast – into high-voltage direct current (HVDC) to reduce electrical losses during transmission to land.
In addition, an onshore platform, located in Schwerin in the North-East of Germany, will convert the direct current into alternating current. It will then be injected into the electricity grid for transmission and distribution in the south of the country.
The offshore platform will be built at Dragados Offshore yard in Cádiz, southern Spain while the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) components for the converter will be manufactured at European production sites by Siemens Energy.
This latest success confirms Cobra IS’s recognised expertise in this fast-growing sector. It has already delivered DolWin 6 in 2023 and, with today’s contract, it will be responsible for building nine offshore power conversion platforms. The total capacity is around 16 GW.
