GE Vernova and Seatrium have been awarded a contract by the German-Dutch power transmission system TenneT to deliver a part of the 2.2 GW BalWin5 offshore HVDC grid connection to connect offshore wind projects in the German North Sea to the German grid (GE Vernova press release, 11/12/2025). The consortium is expected to deliver the onshore and offshore converter stations and the complete HVDC technology. According to GE Vernova, "The system will include an offshore converter station in the North Sea, an onshore converter station at Bremen-Werderland, and a combined 325-kilometer sea and land cable system". Works are scheduled to commence in January 2026 and commissioning is planned for 2032. Once operational, the BalWin5 is expected to deliver enough energy to power approximately 2.75 million households once operational.
Germany targets 70 GW of offshore wind energy by 2045 (8.9 GW as of 2024).