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NSL's first converter station connected to Norwegian Electricity system

By: Rameeza Haq Duggal 29/01/2021 Statnett

Cables General Grid Interconnectors

Statnett has connected North Sea Link’s (NSL) converter station in Suldal to the Norwegian electricity grid, two weeks ahead of schedule. Hitachi ABB performed the system tests. After a few corrections and checks, the electrical system was approved.

‘We have tested the electrical systems in the station to determine whether the station and the connections to the Norwegian central grid are functional. This is an important milestone for the North Sea Link Project, and we are really pleased that the test was successful’, said Thor Anders Nummedal, Project Director for Statnett’s North Sea Link.

Nummedal also commented on the challenges presented by the COVID-19 restrictions: ‘the project team has done a great job to manage the project with COVID-19 restrictions both on land and at sea. It's a huge achievement to deliver the project without any significant delays during the pandemic, and we must credit both our contractors and the project team's proactive and constructive management of the contractors’.

Following the completion of the converter station in Suldal, construction will continue on the corresponding plant in Blyth on the British side. The testing in Blyth is expected to commence in the spring of 2021.

The 720 km NSL is world’s longest HVDC submarine link, connecting the UK and Norway. The 1.4 GW link is a joint venture project between National Grid and Norwegian system operator Statnett. In Norwegian waters, approximately 270 km of subsea cable were laid in 2020. An additional 240 km is expected to be installed on Norwegian side in 2021. On the British side, two thirds of the cable have been laid since 2018.

The 500 kV NSL is expected to go online by end-2021.

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