Germany: Worker Injured on HelWin1 Offshore Grid Connection Project

Tuesday evening, an employee of a contractor working for transmission grid operator TenneT suffered a severe injury during work at sea on the HelWin1 offshore grid connection project.

The employee’s life is not in danger. The responsible authorities have been informed about the accident. TenneT is in close contact with the authorities and project stakeholders to discover the cause of the accident and the exact course of events as quickly as possible.

About TenneT

TenneT is Europe’s first cross-border grid operator for electricity. With approximately 20,000 kilometres of high-voltage lines and 36 million end-users in the Netherlands and Germany, we rank among the top five grid operators in Europe. Our focus is to develop a north-west European energy market and to integrate renewable energy.

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Press release, April 18, 2013; Image: tennet