BAYREUTH, GERMANY -- The cost of the entire modernisation project of the Würgau substation has been calculated to about €70 million ($81.8 million).

TenneT has recently delivered the first of four new transformers to the substation in Würgau, near the city of Scheßlitz. The company is one of Germany's largest utility providers and has been investing in a renewal and upgrade of the existing North-South transmission grid in order to make it more stable and reliable in preparation of Germany's shift towards renewable energy.

Part of this extensive overhaul project are the four 940-tonnes-heavy phase angle regulating transformers, which are scheduled to be transported in eight elaborate phases to TenneT's substation in Würgau, in the Bamberg region. Upon its completion this project should allow TenneT to optimise the running of the two existing transmission lines connection the Würgau substation to the one in Redwitz and the one in Raitersaich.

The overhaul of Würgau's substation has been going on for the last two years, with the installation of the new phase angle regulating transformers forming the final phase of the project, which should turn the substation into one of the linchpins for Germany's green energy transition.

Source: TenneT