The Western Advisory Board invites you to an excursion to an Amprion converter station
For interested members of our cooperative, the Western Advisory Board for North Rhine-Westphalia has organised an excursion on 20 September 2025 to the newly constructed converter station in the Meerbusch district of Osterath, in coordination with the transmission system operator Amprion. The event's guiding theme is: "Experiencing Community – Understanding the Energy Transition."
Our member magazine has already reported that several major "electricity motorways" are currently under construction, with some scheduled to go into operation in 2027. Since electrical energy can be transmitted over long distances with lower losses using direct current compared to alternating current, converters are required at transition points to convert alternating current to direct current and vice versa.
The converter station in Meerbusch-Osterath is part of one of several planned new high-voltage transmission corridors, designated "A-Nord & Ultranet". The northern section between Emden and Osterath will be constructed as a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) underground cable. The southern section between Osterath and Philippsburg in Baden-Württemberg will be implemented as an overhead power line.
