Meanwhile, subsea cabling of the new Denmark-UK cable was completed July 13 with the 1.4-GW Viking Link on track to start before the end of the year.īritain flipped to net power exports in the week ending July 16 after net imports hit record highs in May boosted by the full 4 GW capacity on interconnectors from France as well as the 1.4 GW NorthSeaLink cable from Norway. The first phase of subsea cable installation will start next year, it said. NeuConnect will construct new converter stations connected by subsea cables travelling through British, Dutch and German waters. Some 725 km of land and subsea cables will link the Isle of Grain in Kent to Wilhelmshaven, Germany, helping to integrate renewable energy sources in both countries. The GBP2.4 billion ($3.1 billion) project, the single-largest Anglo-German infrastructure investment, is led by global investors Meridiam, Allianz Capital Partners, Kansai Electric Power and TEPCO. "NeuConnect will be the first ever power line between the UK and Germany and is central to my mission to bolster national energy security while also strengthening our important ties with a North Sea ally," UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement.
Start of operations was planned for 2028. NeuConnect's main contractors, Prysmian and Siemens Energy, have started works in the UK with construction on the German side to begin early 2024.
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