Construction work on the world’s longest subsea electric cable has now been completed, the
The final segment of the 450 mile-long North Sea Link (NSL), which connects Blyth in Northumberland to the Norwegian village of Kvilldal, has now been laid.
When it begins operating on 1 October, the interconnector will provide enough power to supply 1.4m homes.
The link, Britain’s fifth such connection with the continent, will allow the
“Between the start of operation and the end of the decade, we estimate that NSL will save 23m tonnes of carbon – making it a key tool in the UK’s journey to net zero.”
The cable has full capacity of 1,450 megawatts. When testing begins this month, the grid operators will begin by sending 700 megawatts along the cable both ways, before ramping up to full voltage by September.
It is currently building a sixth such cable, the Viking Link, which will connect the UK’s power grid to
When that cable becomes operational in 2024, it will also provide enough power for 1.4m homes.
By 2030 90 per cent of all power coming into the
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