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.
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
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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.
==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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