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Energinet and National Grid announce €1.1 billion Viking Link contracts

By: James Bernthal-Hooker 23/07/2019 Energinet

Converters General Grid Interconnectors

Britain’s National Grid and Denmark's Energinet have selected three suppliers for the highly anticipated Viking Link project, which will connect England and Denmark. Between them, the three contracts are worth in the region of €1.1 billion.

Prysmian and NKT have been selected as cable suppliers for the 1.4 GW DC connection, while Siemens has been inked in to supply two converters or converter stations. The cables to be supplied include land cables in England and submarine cables from Prysmian, and land cables in Denmark from NKT. Construction of the converter stations is scheduled to begin next year (so, 2020), with cable-laying set to take place between 2020 and 2023. Viking Link should be fully operational by the end of 2023.

“When Viking Link connects the two countries, it will generate significant gains for Denmark. The connection provides a billion-large socio-economic surplus in Denmark and will also play an important role in the green transition - with Viking Link it will be possible to sell Danish electricity to a much larger market, and that will benefit the expansion of renewable energy,” said Torben Glar Nielsen, Energinet’s Technical Director.

Separately, Prysmian announced that its contract was worth €700 million, and NKT declared a €90 million value to its, suggesting that the third contract - the one belonging to Siemens - is likely in the region of €300 million.

Viking Link is expected to help boost the energy security of both countries during periods of high demand. The total value of the electrical connection amounts to approximately €2 billion and it will include a 770km long, between Bicker Fen substation in Lincolnshire, Great Britain and a substation Revsing in southern Jutland, Denmark. It includes around 625km of subsea cable.

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