TenneT picks contractors for onshore stations for Dutch offshore links

Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT said today it has selected three construction companies to carry out civil engineering works for the onshore stations for its 2-GW links aimed at bringing ashore power from offshore wind farm off the Netherlands.

Under a framework agreement, Dutch contractors Dura Vermeer, BAM Infra Nederland and Visser & Smit Bouw will deliver the buildings and building-related installations for the stations, which will involve working on at least eight until 2030. The framework agreement can be extended for new 2-GW projects announced within the term of the contract, according to the announcement.

The design phase has started. Work on the stations will begin in 2024, with delivery of the civil engineering work planned to start in 2026.

From 2024, TenneT will start building standardised 2-GW connections for offshore wind farms, which is expected to accelerate deployment and, due to the larger capacity, reduce the number of grid links needed. At the moment, TenneT has connection capacity of around 7.2 GW in the German North Sea and around 2.8 GW in the Dutch North Sea.

In January, it signed early works agreements with Hitachi Energy Ltd and Petrofac Ltd (LON:PFC) for the first two Dutch offshore converter stations for TenneT’s offshore wind grid expansion.

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