The Rostock-based company SEAR GmbH, which specializes in energy and industrial technology, starts the year 2018 with new major orders. The company has already equipped the Dudgeon and Galloper wind farms off the United Kingdom, Rentel off Belgium and Hohe See and Borkum Riffgrund II in the German North Sea with special electrical equipment The company has now secured the contract for the further expansion of Trianel Borkum II, the first municipal offshore wind farm. On behalf of Smulders Projects Belgium, based in Antwerp, SEAR is installing seaworthy, highly complex technical components in the 32 so-called Transition Pieces (TP = connecting pipes between the offshore foundation and the windmill tower). SEAR received another major order from Stromnetze Hamburg GmbH. Together with GE Grid Solutions from Berlin, the company is modernizing and renewing substations and high-voltage switchgear in the north German metropolis. The total volume of these orders for the SEAR amounts to more than 30 million euros. The work for the Trianel Borkum II wind farm has already begun. The task is to install a large number of electrotechnical components in the transition pieces measuring 20 to 30 meters high and measuring up to seven meters in diameter. These include u. a. the connections for the medium-voltage submarine cable, communication cables, navigation lights, sonar transponders and lighting systems with emergency lighting functions. While prefabrication of the electrotechnical equipment takes place in the company-owned workshops in Rostock, final assembly takes place by SEAR employees in Antwerp, Belgium. The goal is to complete the contract by mid-2018. In Hamburg, SEAR is implementing the project "BaBaHa" together with GE Grid Solution. The project name stands for the districts Bahrenfeld, Barmbek and Harburg. On behalf of Stromnetze Hamburg GmbH, three substations will be completely modernized or rebuilt by the end of 2024. For this purpose, the old high-voltage switchgear must be dismantled and replaced by modern gas-insulated switchgear, which makes them safer and maintenance-free. In addition, the construction of various transformers and the installation of control and protection technology. "With the new orders, we can consolidate our position as one of the leading German suppliers of highly complex electrotechnical assemblies in the onshore and offshore sector as well as in the field of power distribution", emphasized the managing partners of SEAR GmbH, Thomas Lambusch and Mayk Wiese. In addition, SEAR is currently realizing about 30 more substations in Europe.