Axess Technologies Awarded Cable Installation Contract for Ostwind 3 Grid Connection Project

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

The scope of work for Axess Technologies includes planning and pulling internal platform cables into the offshore high-voltage (HV) substation, encompassing both 66 kV and 220 kV cable systems.

The engineering phase is currently underway, with the execution phase set to commence in the second quarter of 2025 at HSM’s Stormpolder yard in the Netherlands, as stated by Axess Technologies.

Ostwind 3 is being developed by the German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz. The delivery of the HV offshore substation for the Ostwind 3 grid connection project is entrusted to a Dutch-Belgian joint venture comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy.

In October 2022, 50Hertz awarded Hellenic Cables a contract for various cable installations, including a 105-kilometer submarine three-core export cable (220 kV), onshore export cables, and platform cables for the project.

Upon completion in 2026, the Ostwind 3 project will provide 300 MW of renewable energy to the German grid, sufficient to power approximately 260,000 households, according to Axess Technologies.

Located in the Baltic Sea near the island of Rügen, the Windanker offshore wind farm, developed by Iberdrola, will feature Siemens Gamesa 15 MW wind turbines installed on monopiles supplied by the Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables consortium.