BorWin2

Offshore GridOperationalDE800 MW300 kV222.8 km

Basic Information

Also known as:BorWin 2, BorWin beta

Status:Operational

Capacity:800 MW

Transmission Model:TSO Build & Own

Owners:

TenneT(100%)

Project Company:

TenneT Offshore 1. Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH

Type:offshore grid

Website:www.tennet-offshore-1.eu

Description:

BorWin2 is an 800 MW HVDC offshore grid connection built to collect electricity from North Sea wind farms and transmit it to the German onshore grid. The turnkey system uses voltage-sourced converter (VSC) HVDC technology (Siemens HVDC Plus) operating at ±300 kV and comprises an offshore converter platform (BorWin Beta),...

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Route

	North Sea (German Bight)	Lower Saxony (near Papenburg)
Landfall	N/A	Hilgenriedersiel, Lower Saxony, Germany
Grid Connection	—	Diele onshore converter station (Diele Static Inverter Plant)

North Sea (German Bight)

Landfall:N/A

Grid:—

Lower Saxony (near Papenburg)

Landfall:Hilgenriedersiel, Lower Saxony, Germany

Grid:Diele onshore converter station (Diele Static Inverter Plant)

Financial

€500M€646.6M adj.€3.63k/MW-km

www.prysmian.com (Jul 2010)

CAPEX:€500M

Adjusted to 2025¹:€646.6M

Cost Intensity¹:€3.63k per MW-km

Estimate Date:Jul 2010

Source:www.prysmian.com

Notes:

Represents the turnkey consortium contract value (Siemens + Prysmian) reported as "more than half a billion Euro" at award; Prysmian's own contract portion was described as "well in excess of...

¹ Cost inflated in local currency then converted to euros (where applicable).

Cable Specifications

BorWin2 HVDC export (BorWin Beta – Diele)

Hilgenriedersiel, Lower Saxony, Germany

2 × 300 kV HVDC · symmetric monopole · copper 1000 mm² · XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) · 800 MVA · 200 km

System:2 × 300 kV HVDC · symmetric monopole

Construction:copper · 1000 mm²

Insulation:XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene)

Power rating:800 MVA

Route length:200 km(125 subsea · 75 land)

Burial depth:

Burial depth varies along the BorWin2 route. The link uses a subsea export route (125 km) and a land/underground section (≈75 km) and crosses the island of Norderney where ducts/HDD...

BorWin Beta – Veja Mate HVAC link

2 × 155 kV HVAC · XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) · 11.4 km

System:2 × 155 kV HVAC

Insulation:XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene)

Route length:11.4 km(11.4 subsea · 0 land)

BorWin Beta – Global Tech 1 HVAC link

2 × 155 kV HVAC · XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) · 402 MVA · 11.4 km

System:2 × 155 kV HVAC

Insulation:XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene)

Power rating:402 MVA

Route length:11.4 km(11.4 subsea)

Converter Stations

BorWin Beta

BorWin Beta (offshore converter platform, North Sea northwest of Borkum), Germany

VSC · 800 MW 300 kV · offshore

Converter:vsc

Rating:800 MW · 300 kV

Location:offshore

Diele Static Inverter Plant

Diele (near Papenburg), Germany, Germany

VSC · 800 MW 300 kV · onshore

Converter:vsc

Rating:800 MW · 300 kV

Location:onshore