The 764-kilometre-long Viking Link HVDC submarine cable linking the electricity grids of Great Britain and Denmark has been laid, creating a world record-breaking continuous link between the two countries. The final section of the state-of-the-art high-voltage subsea cable was completed on Tuesday, connecting Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire with Jutland in Denmark. Laying the cable was completed in the North Sea by Prysmian’s Cable Laying Vessel “Leonardo da Vinci” and its team.
Viking Link is UK grid operator National Grid’s sixth interconnector, with the previous operational cables already linking the UK with France (IFA and IFA2), The Netherlands (BritNed), Belgium (Nemo Link) and Norway (North Sea Link). Once completed, the £1.7 billion (€2 billion) Viking Link project will allow electricity to be transferred between National Grid and Danish system operator Energinet. It will be the world’s longest land and subsea interconnector and will […]
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