NordLink is a subsea 1,400
megawatt
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(MW)
HVDC
A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system uses direct current (DC) for electric power transmission, in contrast with the more common alternating current (AC) transmission systems. Most HVDC links use voltages betwe ...
power cable between Norway and Germany, opened in May 2021.
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It consists of 54 kilometres long land cable in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, a 516 kilometres long submarine cable between Germany and Norway and a 53 kilometres long overhead line with 140 towers in Norway.
Construction
It is estimated to cost €1.5–2 billion,[ when Statnett decided to realize the project. The interconnector was installed between a new substation at Ertsmyra (near ]Tonstad
Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the villa ...
) in Norway and Wilster substation
Operation
In November 2021, amid high demand for electricity in Europe, the increased exports from Norway to continental Europe caused conflict with the grid operator of Sweden, which cut export capacity in half, causing the Norwegian operator to do the same for exports to Sweden (on which Denmark and Finland also rely). Grid constraints inside Norway and Germany sometimes restrict NordLink capacity to less than maximum.
Ownership
The Norwegian state-owned company and transmission system operator
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, Statnett SF
Statnett is a Norwegian state-owned enterprise responsible for owning, operating and constructing the stem power grid in Norway. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway.
Statnett also owns 30% of the Nord Pool Spot along with other No ...
, owns 50% of the project, whilst the Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO and the German state-owned bank KfW
The KfW, which together with its subsidiaries DEG, KfW IPEX-Bank and FuB forms the KfW Bankengruppe ("banking group"), is a German state-owned investment and development bank, based in Frankfurt. As of 2014, it is the world's largest national ...
own the other half. A cable between Norway and Germany is listed in the EU's projects of common interest (PCI).[Nordic Grid Development Plan 2014]
" page 59, Document no. 13/81818 - 5. ''Nordic TSOs'', August 2014. Retrieved : January 2015.
Sites
Waypoints
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See also
* List of high-voltage transmission links in Norway
*NorGer
NorGer was one of two planned electricity cables between Germany and Norway. The other proposed project was NordLink, which Statnett decided to proceed with in 2015, and NorGer was cancelled.
Description
NorGer interconnector will start in Tonst ...
*Scotland-Norway interconnector
The NorthConnect (also known as Scotland–Norway interconnector) was a proposed 1,400MW HVDC interconnector over the floor of the North Sea.
Interconnection
It would have been the first HVDC route to connect Scotland's electricity network di ...
External links
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* – ABB to link Norwegian and German power grids
4c page
Weekly exchange
(Nord Pool
Nord Pool AS is a pan-European Electric power, power List of commodities exchanges, exchange. Nord Pool has its main office in Oslo and further offices in Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn and London. The company is owned by the European exchange o ...
data)
References
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Electrical interconnectors to and from the Nordic grid
Electrical interconnectors to and from the Synchronous Grid of Continental Europe
HVDC transmission lines
Electric power infrastructure in Norway
Electric power transmission systems in Germany
Electrical interconnectors in the North Sea
Germany–Norway relations