GE Vernova Inc and Seatrium Ltd have announced that they have been awarded a third contract by TenneT TSO BV for the construction of a 2-GW HVDC electric offshore transmission system in the Netherlands.
This contract, work on which is scheduled to begin in June 2024 and commissioning expected by 2031, is part of the five-year Framework Cooperation Agreement with TenneT announced by the GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium in March 2023.
The agreement was signed to cover three projects, each valued at approximately 2 billion euros: IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma, and Nederwiek 2.
The current contract is for Nederwiek 2, TenneT’s third project with this consortium. The contracts for IJmuiden Ver Beta and IJmuiden Ver Gamma were awarded to the consortium in March 2023.
The HVDC system will support TenneT’s sustainability goal of connecting 40 GW of offshore wind energy in the German and Dutch North Sea and will serve the Nederwiek 2 offshore wind farm, located approximately 95 km off the coast of the Netherlands.
Scope of works
GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions, the consortium leader, will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCI) of the HVDC converter stations. Seatrium’s scope of work will include the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, installation, and commissioning of the 2-GW HVDC offshore converter platform.
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Featured photograph shows an artist’s impression of the proposed 2-GW HVDC converter platform to be built jointly by GE Vernova and Seatrium, for TenneT. (Photo: GE Vernova)
