India, June 17 -- Siemens Energy AG (SMNEY.PK) and Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe) have been awarded a contract by German transmission system operator 50Hertz for the North Sea Connector 2 project, Siemens Energy said on Wednesday.
The North Sea Connector 2 grid connection system will enable up to 2 gigawatts of electricity generated by offshore wind farms in the North Sea to be transmitted to Germany's onshore power grid.
The project marks the first time Siemens Energy will build a 2-GW offshore converter platform in partnership with a German shipyard. The platform will be fabricated primarily at the Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock-Warnemunde by NSORe, a joint venture between Neptun Werft, part of the Meyer Werft Group, and ...