Project to build 1.4 GW high-voltage cable linking Germany with the UK moves forward – pv magazine International

A consortium of 20 lenders led by the European Funding Financial institution (EIB) has agreed to supply €400 million ($406.5 million) for the NeuConnect interconnector venture – a €2.8 billion high-voltage direct present hyperlink that may join Germany with the UK.

“The investor consortium is led by French investor Meridiam, Allianz Capital Companions, and Japanese firm Kansai Electrical Energy,” the EIB stated in a press release launched. “Alongside the EIB, different promotional banks embrace the UK Infrastructure Financial institution and the Japan Financial institution for Worldwide Cooperation (JBIC).”

The financial institution stated building on the venture ought to start by the tip of this yr, with completion being scheduled for 2028.

The predominantly submarine cable could have a size of 725 km, a capability of 1.4 GW, and a DC voltage of 525 kV. It’s going to join a converter station operated by Tennet close to Fedderwarden, in Germany, to the UK community operated by Nationwide Grid by way of a converter station on the Isle of Grain.

German conglomerate Siemens will construct the converter stations and cable producer Prysmian will deploy the cable.

In September 2020, Tennet and Nationwide Grid introduced a cooperation settlement to discover the feasibility of connecting Dutch and British wind farms to the vitality techniques of each nations by way of subsea electrical energy cables known as interconnectors. Beneath the phrases of the cooperation settlement, the 2 grid operators will discover the event of a multi-purpose interconnector (MPI) to concurrently join as much as 4 gigawatts of British and Dutch offshore wind between the British and Dutch electrical energy techniques, offering a further 2 GW of interconnection capability between the nations.