NORD.LINK

Also known as NordLink

NordLink is a subsea 1,400 megawatt (MW) HVDC power cable between Norway and Germany, opened in May 2021. The long line operates at a voltage of 500 kV DC. 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.

Key facts

Power transmission line.name: NORD.LINK
Power transmission line.map_caption: Location of NORD.LINK
Power transmission line.country: NorwayGermany
Power transmission line.start: Ertsmyra, Norway
Power transmission line.through: North Sea
Power transmission line.finish: Büsum shore and Wilster substation, Germany
Power transmission line.partners: StatnettTenneT TSO / KfW
Power transmission line.est: May 2021
Power transmission line.type: submarine cable, land cable, overhead line
Power transmission line.current_type: HVDC
Power transmission line.length_km: 625
Power transmission line.capacity: 1,400 MW
Power transmission line.DC_voltage: 500 kV
Power transmission line.poles_no: 2
Power transmission line.circuits_no: 1

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Construction
Operation
Ownership
Sites
Waypoints
See also
External links
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==Construction== It is estimated to cost €1.5–2 billion, which was financed in 2015 when Statnett decided to realize the project. The interconnector was installed between a new substation at Ertsmyra (near Tonstad) in Norway and Wilster substation in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. The connection was expected to be completed in 2020. When testing in September 2020, it accidentally imported the full 1,400 MW into Norway for almost a minute, causing cascading grid effects such as a 0.5 Hz frequency change across the Nordic synchronous area. The opening ceremony took place on 27 May 2021.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NORD.LINK” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.