Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke deliver and install Power Cables for the first German Off-shore-Wind Farm „alpha ventus“

12/19/2007

Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), Nordenham, have been exclusively awarded for the infield wiring for the offhore-wind farm „alpha ventus“. The 16 km long power cable will not only be produced and delivered but also
installed by the specialists of NSW. “alpha ventus” is located approximately 45 km north of the isle Borkum. The wind farm is realized by the project company DOTI, a joint venture of E.ON Energie, EWE and Vattenfall Europe. The wind farm comprises 12 5-MW-wind turbines as well as a transformer station south-east of the wind farm. NSW is starting with the installation of the cable already between July and September 2008. Consequently the first turbines will start operating already in October 2008. In addition to the installation of the cable in a water depth of more than 30 m NSW provides not only its know-how gained out of a huge variety of offshore-projects, but also special cable accessories for the wind turbines.

Due to the increasing demand from the renewable-energies sector NSW has decided at an early stage to invest € 40 Mio. in the production and development of power cables until the beginning of 2009. Thus NSW will also be in future the qualified partner for successful offshore-projects.

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NSW is a leading manufacturer of communications, submarine, overhead, power and offshore cables, as well as engineering plastics and environmental products. For over 100 years, NSW has been committed to the expansion and improvement of communications. Since May 2007, NSW has been a member of the General Cable Corporation group of companies and embodies the same rigorous and uncompromising service and quality standards. As a general contractor for turnkey installations of submarine cable systems, NSW's products and services include network planning, marine surveys, fiber-optic submarine cables, cable joints, subsea housings and branching units, cable laying and burial, system documentation and repair & maintenance services. NSW is an expert in the integration of offshore oil & energy systems with telecommunication solutions. With its headquarters in Nordenham (Germany) and an agency in Aberdeen (U.K.), NSW’s mission is to be the world’s most innovative, competitive and customer-oriented supplier of the products and services it provides to its clients. Learn more at www.nsw.com.

„alpha ventus“ is a project of the DOTI-Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld- und Infrastruktur-GmbH & Co. KG as joint-venture of the companies E.ON Energie, EWE and Vattenfall Eu-rope

E.ON Energie with its headquarter in Munich is the leading private energy provider in Europe. As part of the the E.ON AG about 44.000 employees of the E.ON Energie are responsible for the power and gas business in Central Europe. 17 million clients are receiving power, gas and further services concerning energy from E.ON Energie. With an efficient park of power plants based on a balanced energy mix – especially fossil energy sources, nuclear energy and hydropower – the company produces around 270 billion kilowatt hours power annually; for gas it amounts to 130 billion kilowatt hours.

Headquartered in Oldenburg, EWE is one of the major energy providers in Germany. The range of services comprises power, gas and water supply, energy and environmental technologies, gas transportation and trade as well as telecommunications and information technology. Thus EWE offers classis and innovative services at the same time. The net-infrastructure of EWE is characterized by high technical quality, uninterrupted service and economically efficient operations. At early stages EWE has extended its core competency of the operation of complex nets and its large know-how of telematics and control technologies to a future-oriented multi-service offer. This offer is available not only in its tradition region in the north of Germany but also in the newly-formed German states, Poland and Turkey. The EWE-group has employed about 5.800 employees and achieved sales about 9 billion Euro by the end of 2006.

Vattenfall Europe New Energy GmbH is a subsidiary of Vattenfall Europe which is pushing the development and utilization of renewable energies. The company which has been founded in March 2007 is taking advantage of the huge experienced gained over years in the field of construction and operation of wind farms by the Swedish parent company, Vattenfall AB. Throughout Europe, Vattenfall is one of the major operator of wind farms.