The Danish Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate has approved funding for the 750-km long HVDC Viking Link Interconnector project, linking Denmark and the United Kingdom.
Viking Link is a DKR11bn (€1.48bn) joint project, which will be carried out by the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet and the United Kingdom's grid operator National Grid. The final investment decision (FiD) is expected in March 2018. The cable will stretch from Revsing (Jutland, Denmark) to Bicker Fen (Lincolnshire, UK) through the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. It includes a 630 km long submarine cable in the North Sea and 140 km of land cables. It will be able to transfer 1.4 GW of electricity and should be operational by the end of 2022.
This high capacity gives rise to new requirement for additional reserves in the western Danish power grid in order to ensure a balance in the transmission system in case of a defect in Viking Link. They can be reached via the Danish-German border and through a closer operational cooperation with German TenneT.
Source: Energinet