Scotland–Norway interconnector

Scotland–Norway interconnector
Not to be confused with HVDC Norway–Great Britain.
Location
Country Norway, Scotland
From ?
Passes through North Sea
To Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (preliminary)
Ownership information
Owner NorthConnect
Partners Agder Energi, Norway
E-CO, Norway
Lyse Energi, Norway
Scottish and Southern Energy, Scotland
Vattenfall, Sweden
Operator NorthConnect
Construction information
Expected 2020
Technical information
Type submarine cable
Type of current HVDC
Total length 570 km (350 mi)
Power rating 1,400 MW

The Scotland-Norway interconnector is a proposed 570 kilometres (350 mi) 1,400 MW HVDC interconnector over the floor of the North Sea. The £1.75 billion civil engineering project is being examined by NorthConnect, a Norwegian company specially set up by 5 electricity companies (Agder Energi, E-CO, Lyse, Scottish & Southern Energy and Vattenfall) to advance the scheme, with 2020 as the target start date. It is hoped that the connector will assist the growth of the Norwegian and Scottish renewable energy industries.[1]

It would be the first HDVC route to connect Scotland's electricity network to that of mainland Europe, whereas Norway already has interconnectors to Denmark and the Netherlands, with an interconnector to Germany at the planning stage (see NORD.LINK and NorGer).[2] The Scottish landfall is provisionally planned to be at Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, where the connector will join the National Grid.

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See also

Other HDVC routes

References

  1. ^ Jones, Peter (29 September 2011). "Norway electricity sharing ‘by 2020’". The Times Scotland (London). http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article3178797.ece. Retrieved 29 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Fyall, Jenny (29 September 2011). "Cable to Norway could be subsea 'supergrid'". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Cable-to-Norway-could-be.6844505.jp. Retrieved 29 September 2011. 

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