The Nordlink project, the first power interconnector to link Norway and Germany directly, will consist of two 525 kV cable subsystems, with a total length of more than 700 km. It will be designed, manufactured and installed by Nexans and will be the company's largest of this type to date. The contract value is approximately €0.5 billion; the link is due for completion in 2019.
The 1400 MW VSC (voltage source converter) HVDC link, a collaboration of Statnett, TenneT and the German promotional bank KfW, will connect the Norwegian and German electricity markets primarily to exchange green energy. Surplus wind and solar power produced in Germany can be exported to Norway while hydroelectric power from Norway can be exported to Germany.
The cabel used will be mass impregnated non-draining (MIND) HVDC cables at depths down to 450 metres off the coast of Norway and Denmark. The cables will be laid by Nexans' own cable-laying vessel, C/S Nexans Skagerrak and protected on the seabed by trenching with its Capjet system. Production of the cables will begin at Nexans' Halden plant in Norway in 2016.
Nexans also supplied the power cables for the Skagerrak 1, 2 and 3 interconnectors between Denmark and Norway, and more recently the 140 km Skagerrak 4 project.
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