The testing and installation of 1,400 km of underwater and land interconnecting power cables connecting the UK to Denmark has been completed.
What you need to know:
- Viking Link is a joint venture, ie a multi-company investment between the United Kingdom’s National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet;
- The cable also runs through the Netherlands and Germany;
- The project will cost £1.7 billion, about R$10.6 billion at current prices;
- In total, there are 1,250 kilometers of submarine cables and 135 kilometers of terrestrial cables. Ocean energy.
- The cables were manufactured by Italy-based global gas and power solutions company Prysmian, which this week announced the installation was complete;
The Viking merger is expected to be operational by the end of this year. Once operational, 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy could be sent between the countries, powering around 1.4 million UK homes.
This important milestone confirms Brysmian’s reliability in executing complex, turnkey projects.
We are committed to supporting countries in achieving their sustainability targets and are proud of our long-standing relationship with National Grid and Energinet, which will help the UK and Denmark significantly reduce their carbon emissions.
Håkan Özmen, Executive Vice President of Brysmian Group Projects BU.
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