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Project advancing - milestone achieved
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Significant progress or notable issue
On 30 March 2023, TenneT signed the landmark ~EUR 13 billion Framework Agreement with the Hitachi Energy / Petrofac consortium covering six 2 GW offshore grid connection projects (IJmuiden Ver Alpha, Nederwiek 1, Doordewind 1, Doordewind 2, Nederwiek 3, and LanWin5). Per Hitachi Energy's 30 March 2023 press release, "the first contract under the framework, for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha project, was awarded with immediate effect", firmly selecting the consortium for that project. Hitachi Energy supplies HVDC Light converter technology (2 GW, 525 kV) for the offshore converter platform and onshore converter station at Borssele. Petrofac was originally the EPCI partner for platform delivery; its scope was subsequently terminated by TenneT on 22 October 2025 and transferred to Larsen & Toubro (see separate role/event records).