The first megawatts of electricity will flow between Norway and the U.K. Wednesday along the longest submarine power cable in the world.
Once fully operational Britain is expected to import supplies of low carbon power on a regular basis.
Tests on the 1,400-megawatt, 450-mile long cable will be complete in time to transport power from Norway’s hydro reserves this winter. In return, Britain will be able to send Norway its excess wind-generated power.
“We expect Norway to export fairly consistently through the North Sea Link over the short/medium term,” said Glenn Rickson, head of European power analysis at S&P Global Platts.
“As of now Nordic stocks are at the top end of the recent historic range so, unless there is a prolonged dry spell this summer, that should be good news for flows to the U.K.” by the winter - link
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