NORD.LINK
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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.
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Vinony's link graph records 18 inbound references to NORD.LINK, and connects out to high-voltage direct current power line, Statnett and TenneT.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 58 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Electrical interconnectors in the North Sea, Electrical interconnectors to and from the Nordic grid and Electrical interconnectors to and from the Synchronous Grid of Continental Europe.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- overhead power line
- Country
- Norway
- Owned by
- KfW
- Operator
- Statnett
- Manufacturer
- Nexans
- Official website
- www.statnett.no/her-bygger-vi/mellomlandsforbindelser/nordlink
- Length
- 623
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- Commons category
- NordLink (HVDC transmission line)
- different from
- NorGer
- service entry
- 2020-12-09
- voltage
- 525
- date of official opening
- 2021-05-27
- officially opened by
- Daniel Günther
- capital cost
- 2000000000
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Construction
- Operation
- Ownership
- Sites
- Waypoints
- See also
- External links
- References
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.
==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.
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