Britain began to build the world's largest underwater power supply network

In the middle of July, 2020 construction, allegedly, of the world's largest underwater power supply network began. It will connect Great Britain and Denmark. The project under the name Viking Link will allow to use more effectively and rationally renewable energy sources, to provide access to its steady production and to increase safety of power supply.

Viking Link is developed by National Grid company and the Danish operator of power supply systems Energinet. The Siemens Energy company signed the construction contract of converter stations in Great Britain and Denmark on both ends of network. The first substations are already set in the southern part of Jutland (Denmark) and in Lincolnshire (Great Britain). The network will include the longest in the world the 1.4 GW submarine power cable 760 km long supporting a high-voltage direct current.

Viking Link will play the vital role in fight for the environmentally friendly world against zero emission of carbon, - the project director of Viking Link Mike Elmer claims. - This network will provide access to renewable energy sources thanks to what our consumers will receive a safe and available power supply system.

Great Britain began to build the world's largest underwater power supply network

Great Britain also hopes that the project will help Lincolnshire to get on feet in the economic plan. A new system not only will create jobs on all district, but also will strengthen energy security of the country, will lower a payment for the electric power and will allow to develop to the power producers using renewable sources.

It is expected that all project will be complete by December, 2023. The underwater power supply network will feed one and a half million houses in Great Britain. National Grid expects that by 2030 90% of the electric power imported through its networks will arrive from sources with zero emission of carbon.^[1]

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