FRANKFURT, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Hitachi Energy, a

Swiss-based supplier of power technology and electrification,

said on Friday it has signed contracts worth more than $2

billion with German grid operator Amprion for four

converter stations.

The stations for the high-voltage grid operator's Korridor B

project contribute to Germany's energy transition, which

requires the upgrading and building of power lines to prepare

them for linking thousands of wind turbines and solar panels.

Korridor B, a direct current link, will comprise of one 2

gigawatt (GW) power line to run between Heide and Polsum, and

another 2 GW one from Wilhelmshaven to Hamm-Uentrop.

It will bring wind power from the North to the populous

industrial state of North Rhine-Westphalia by the early 2030s.

In 2023, over 10% of wind power generated in northern

Germany was curtailed due to grid limitations, a flaw in the

transition that new point-to-point lines will help remedy.

Hitachi Energy's high-voltage direct current (HVDC)

converters are needed to link the new infrastructure to legacy,

alternating, power distribution systems.

Amprion, 25.1% owned by utility RWE, operates an 11,000

kilometre grid stretching from the North Sea to the Alps.

Hitachi Energy said it project will create 2,100 direct and

indirect jobs, with 80% located in Germany.