NorthConnect
subsea high-voltage direct current electricity cable transmission line between Scotland and Norway
The NorthConnect (also known as Scotland–Norway interconnector) was a proposed 650 km (400-mile) 1,400 MW HVDC interconnector over the floor of the North Sea.
Interconnection
It would have been the first HVDC route to connect Scotland's electricity network directly to that of mainland Europe (though there are existing connections from England to mainland Europe), whereas Norway already has interconnectors to Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany.
Project partners
The £1.75 billion project was promoted by NorthConnect, a Norwegian company specially set up by five electricity companies (Agder Energi, E-CO, Lyse, SSE plc and Vattenfall) to advance the scheme. It was hoped that the connector will assist the growth of the Norwegian and Scottish renewable energy industries.
Route
The Scottish landfall would have been at Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, where the connector will join the National Grid. The Norwegian landfall will be Simadalen at the head of the Hardangerfjord in Norway, at the Sima Kraftwerk hydroelectric plant.
Specification
The HVDC cable was proposed to be approximately 665 km (413 miles) long, and have a capacity of 1,400 MW.
It was expected to cost €1.7 billion.
Project history
On 5 March 2013, it was announced that SSE has left the project. The Norwegian government ruled that only Statnett could own export cables. In 2016, Norway debates rules for export cables.
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