Vinci, the French construction and concessions giant, is increasingly developing in renewable energies.
And mainly offshore wind turbines. In association with Siemens Energy, Vinci has just won a gigantic contract worth more than 4 billion euros!
The two partners are going to build two offshore wind power conversion platforms in the North Sea.
They are intended for Amprion Offshore, one of the four electricity transmission system operators in Germany.
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These stations must make it possible
“to convert the alternating current produced by several wind farms into high voltage direct current”
, which is easier to transport.
Direct current which will then be
"converted to alternating current on land stations, located approximately 400 km away"
, specifies the French group.
The electricity transformed and transported by these platforms, with an overall power of 4 GW, will be able to supply the equivalent of a city...
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