Energinet.dk has signed contracts with ABB and Prysmian for the supply of 220kV high-voltage cables to transport power from the Horns Rev3 offshore wind farm in the North Sea into the Danish electricity grid .
ABB will supply the33 km long submarine cable for the connection of the wind turbines to the coast at Blåbjerg , while Prysmian will provide onshore cables .
The onshore cable connection , which will bring offshore wind power to Energinet.dk’s substation in Endrup, east of Esbjerg, will be either 50 or 60 km in length , depending on the route Nature Agency suggests in the EIA process .
“Until the end of the year, we expect to grant contracts for other major wind farm components, such as transformers and a large platform to be installed at the offshore wind farm, where it will collect power from the turbines,” said Søren Juul Larsen, Project Manager from Energinet.dk .
The contract for submarine cable is worth DKK 215 million (approx. EUR 28.80 million) and it includes transport and cable-laying. The contract for onshore cable is worth DKK 82 million (approx. EUR 11 million) and it does not include the cable-burial .
(EUR 1=DKK 7.4657400)
Offshore WIND Staff, April 1, 2014; Image: ABB