Aibel and Hitachi Energy have signed separate framework agreements with the German company RWE for multiple high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems to accelerate the integration of offshore wind power into grid. The agreement follows the signing of a Capacity Reservation Agreement (CRA) last November that reserves the engineering and production capacity to develop three major HVDC projects. The projects will allow electricity transmission from offshore wind farms to onshore connection points.
Under the global framework agreements, RWE has contracted Aibel and Hitachi Energy in a split contract model. The framework agreement stipulates how the three projects, and potentially additional projects in the future, will be handled. It allows Aibel and Hitachi Energy to manage resources such as securing supply chain, hiring workforce, allocating engineering and manufacturing capacity, and ordering materials ahead of time.
"The success story in Aibel continues at a high and steady pace. It is very pleasing that this contract now is in place. It gives both the opportunity to invest even more in the future and to do so in a sustainable way. The importance of Aibel and its partners in the transition towards a more energy efficient and sustainable future is significant - in this project part of the scale and speed needed to be even more successful are secured," says
"The agreement with RWE confirms that we have a competitive concept developed in collaboration with Hitachi Energy, and a reliable common delivery model with a balanced risk-reward profile. The capacity reservation provides predictability and further strengthens our position as a leading supplier to the offshore wind market," says
Securing the capacity early and the signing of CRA demonstrates RWE's intent to accelerate the pace at which offshore energy can be integrated to the grids. The new framework agreement has the potential to deliver other possible projects worldwide.
The three projects are the latest of several jointly undertaken by Aibel and Hitachi Energy since the two companies announced their strategic partnership in 2016. Key offshore wind projects won by the two companies include converter stations for Dogger Bank A, B, and C and Hornsea 3 Link 1 and Link 2 in the
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