Dragados Offshore, in consortium with Siemens Energy, has been awarded the LanWin3 project by 50Hertz, one of Germany’s leading electricity transmission companies. This ambitious project includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of a 2 GW offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) platform. The platform will reduce electrical losses during transmission to the onshore substation located in Schwerin, in northeastern Germany, where the direct current will be converted into alternating current.

Dragados Offshore is currently constructing several offshore wind platforms, including BorWin5 and other substations such as DolWin4 and BorWin4 (900 MW each), BalWin1 and BalWin2 (2 GW each), and BalWin3, LanWin2, and LanWin4 (2 GW each). These projects are distributed among the main transmission system operators (TSOs) in Germany and the Netherlands and are primarily located in the North Sea.

The company has a portfolio of ten HVDC platforms – one delivered and nine under construction – which total 16 GW and will supply energy to 16 million households in Germany.