BorWin5

Offshore GridOperationalDE900 MW320 kV230 km

Basic Information

Also known as:BorWin epsilon

Status:Operational

Capacity:900 MW

Transmission Model:TSO Build & Own

Owners:

TenneT(100%)

Project Company:

TenneT Offshore GmbH

Type:offshore grid

Website:dragadosoffshore.com

Description:

BorWin5 is a 900 MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore grid connection developed and operated by TenneT to evacuate power from the EnBW He Dreiht offshore wind farm to the German onshore grid. The system uses ±320 kV HVDC transmission technology and comprises an offshore converter platform (BorWin epsilon) located...

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Route

	German North Sea	Lower Saxony
Landfall	N/A	Hilgenriedersiel, Lower Saxony, Germany
Grid Connection	—	Garrel/Ost converter station

German North Sea

Landfall:N/A

Grid:—

Lower Saxony

Landfall:Hilgenriedersiel, Lower Saxony, Germany

Grid:Garrel/Ost converter station

Cable Specifications

BorWin epsilon – Hilgenriedersiel submarine cable

Hilgenriedersiel, Lower Saxony, Germany

2 × 320 kV HVDC · XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) · 900 MVA · 230 km

System:2 × 320 kV HVDC

Insulation:XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene)

Power rating:900 MVA

Route length:230 km(120 subsea · 110 land)

Burial depth:

The BorWin5 export route from the BorWin epsilon platform to the Garrel/Ost onshore converter is laid subsea to a landfall at Hilgenriedersiel (via Norderney) and then routed onshore to Garrel/Ost....

Converter Stations

BorWin epsilon

BorWin epsilon (German North Sea, near He Dreiht offshore wind farm, ~100 km NW of Norderney), Germany

900 MW 320 kV · offshore

Rating:900 MW · 320 kV

Location:offshore

Garrel/Ost converter station

Garrel/Ost (Garrel‑Ost converter station, near Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany), Germany

900 MW 320 kV · onshore

Rating:900 MW · 320 kV

Location:onshore