Axess Technologies has been awarded a cable installation contract by Greece-based Hellenic Cables for the Ostwind 3 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea.

The contract includes the planning and installation of internal platform cables for the offshore high-voltage (HV) substation. The scope covers both 66 kV and 220 kV cable systems. Axess Technologies stated that the engineering phase is already underway, with execution scheduled for Q2 2025 at HSM's Stormpolder yard in the Netherlands.

Ostwind 3, developed by German transmission system operator 50Hertz, is part of a broader effort to enhance Germany's renewable energy infrastructure. The Dutch-Belgian joint venture of HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy is managing the delivery of the HV offshore substation.

In 2022, 50Hertz contracted Hellenic Cables for the design, supply, and installation of a 105-kilometre submarine three-core export cable (220 kV), along with associated onshore and platform cables.

The Ostwind 3 grid connection project will link a portion of the Windanker offshore wind farm, developed by Iberdrola, to Germany's extra-high voltage grid. Once operational in 2026, the system will deliver 300 MW of renewable energy, enough to power approximately 260,000 households.

The Windanker wind farm, located near the island of Rügen, will feature Siemens Gamesa 15 MW wind turbines atop monopiles supplied by a consortium of Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables.

Source: offshorewind.biz