NSN Link
The NSN Link (also North Sea Network Link ) is a high-voltage direct current connection under construction in the North Sea . It is scheduled to go into operation in 2021 and will connect the UK electricity grid to the Norwegian grid. The project is being carried out by the two power grid operators National Grid and Statnett . The cost of the project should be around 2 billion euros.
 
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Endpoints of the NSN link
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The planned endpoints are Blyth in Northern England and Kvilldal in Norway. Two submarine cables are to be laid , which are operated with a direct voltage of 515 kV . The transmission capacity is 1.4 GW . The length of the cable is approx. 730 km, which means that the system will probably have the longest submarine cable for power transmission in the world when it is commissioned.
One of the purposes of the building is to better integrate renewable energies into the energy system. In times of low wind power feed- in in Great Britain, for example, electricity from Norwegian hydropower is to be imported, while when wind power production is high, energy can be exported to Norway. As a result, the production of renewable energies can be increased in both countries. Independently of this, by linking the two electricity markets, expensive peaks in demand should be mitigated and electricity costs should fall in this way.
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- ↑ UK considering Norwegian interconnector via Dogger Bank . In: Windpower Offshore , February 15, 2016. Accessed February 15, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d UK and Norway to build world's longest undersea energy interconnector . In: The Guardian , March 26, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ↑ Contract worth € 1.5bn awarded for Norway-UK interconnector . In: Power Technology , July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
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