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Civil engineering contract for a 43 km section of the SuedLink power line
FRIEDRICH VORWERK, as part of a consortium, wins the civil engineering contract for a 43 km section of the SuedLink power line with a contract volume of several hundred million euros.
The FRIEDRICH VORWERK Group has been awarded the civil engineering contract for a construction lot of the SuedLink high-voltage direct current line by transport network operator TenneT as part of a consortium (ARGE). The contract for the approximately 43-kilometre section from Wischhafen in Lower Saxony to the district border of Stade/Rotenburg (Wümme) has a total volume of several hundred million euros and will be implemented by a consortium consisting of the FRIEDRICH VORWERK Group (FRIEDRICH VORWERK and Bohlen & Doyen Bau GmbH) and the construction companies Matthäi and Wilhelm Wähler. The FRIEDRICH VORWERK Group's share in the consortium is 40%.
The first preparatory construction work on the section is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2025. As soon as the final building permit has been granted, which is currently expected in the next few weeks, the contracted civil engineering work can begin immediately to ensure completion in the second half of 2026 as planned. Due to sensitive ecosystems and numerous road and water crossings, significant sections of the route will be constructed using horizontal drilling methods in a closed construction process. Both Bohlen & Doyen, as part of the FRIEDRICH VORWERK Group, and the Wähler Group have extensive capacities and decades of experience in the field of horizontal drilling technology, so that these specialised services can also be covered by their own resources.
The SuedLink project planned by transport network operators Tennet TSO and TransnetBW is one of the largest infrastructure projects of the energy transition, which aims to transport wind energy from northern Germany to consumption centres in the south via underground cable connections. With a total length of around 700 kilometres and a transmission capacity of 4 gigawatts, it uses high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology for low-loss energy transport. SuedLink will make a significant contribution to Germany's CO2-neutral energy supply and thus support the German government's climate targets. Construction is scheduled for completion by 2028 and will be carried out in phases, some of which are still in the tendering process.
(May 2025)
