HVDC HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Büttel Static Inverter Plant
HVDC HelWin1 is a high voltage direct current link built to transmit Offshore wind power to the power grid of the German mainland. The project differs from most HVDC systems in that one of the two converter stations is built on a platform in the sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Power station
- Description: offshore HVDC connection in Germany
- Also known as: “HelWin1”, “HGÜ HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Stromrichterstation Büttel”, “HGUE HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Stromrichterstation Buettel”, and “HVDC HelWin1”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Büttel substation and converter station and Hochbrücke Brunsbüttel.
Büttel substation and converter station
Electrical substation
Photo: Zonk43, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Büttel substation and converter station is an electrical substation, which is situated 250 metres southeast of HVDC HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Büttel Static Inverter Plant.
Hochbrücke Brunsbüttel
Bridge
Photo: Nightflyer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hochbrücke Brunsbüttel is a bridge, which is situated 2 km west of HVDC HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Büttel Static Inverter Plant.
Kirche St. Margarethen
Church
Photo: flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirche St. Margarethen is a church, which is situated 3½ km southeast of HVDC HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Büttel Static Inverter Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brunsbüttel and Buchholz.
Brunsbüttel
Brunsbüttel is a small town of some 12,500 people in Schleswig Holstein. Its main claims to fame are being the start of the Kiel Canal and it being the site of the former nuclear power plant Brunsbüttel that was shut down in 2011 and whose demolition started in 2019 and is expected to take 15 years.
Buchholz
Village
Buchholz is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Buchholz is situated 8 km north of HVDC HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Büttel Static Inverter Plant.
Burg
Town
Photo: El Grafo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burg is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It lies at the rim of the Heide-Itzehoe Geest with parts of the village in the marshland below. Burg is situated 9 km north of HVDC HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Büttel Static Inverter Plant.
HVDC HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Büttel Static Inverter Plant
- Categories: high-voltage direct current power line, submarine power cable, and industry
- Location: Büttel, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“HVDC HelWin1 / SylWin1 - Büttel Static Inverter Plant” goes by many names.
- French: “HelWin1”
- German: “HelWin 1”
- German: “HelWin1”
- German: “HGÜ HelWin1”
- German: “NOR-4-1”
- Ukrainian: “HelWin1”
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