Siemens wins transformer order for Nemo Link

• Siemens’ Nuremberg transformer plant to manufacture the transformers
• The transformers, each weighing 313 tons, are to be transported to site by ship and specialized trucks

Siemens is to supply eight converter transformers for the Nemo Link project, a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system connecting Belgium and Great Britain. The customer is Nemo Link, a joint venture between National Grid Nemo Link Limited, a subsidiary company of the UK’s National Grid Plc, and the Belgian Elia Group. The HVDC link will deliver a transmission capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) – enough to power 500,000 households. The value of the transformer order amounts to over EUR 32 million. Commercial operation of the link is scheduled to commence in 2019. …