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High-voltage link connects UK and Netherlands

Together with the operating company BritNed Development Ltd., Siemens Energy has placed the BritNed HVDC (high-voltage direct current) transmission link between Britain and the Netherlands into operation.

BritNed is a joint venture of National Grid, the international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned utilities in the world, and TenneT, the Dutch grid operator based in Arnhem.

The 260-kilometre-long subsea cable connection with a transmission capacity of 1000 megawatts (MW) links the 400-kV (kilovolts) grids in southern England and in the south of the Netherlands. The HVDC transmission system’s converter station in the UK is located on the Isle of Grain in Kent in southeastern England, while the Dutch station is situated in Maasvlakte near Rotterdam.

Besides ensuring greater stability in the European integrated network, BritNed will also serve as an energy trading hub and help to bring more competition into the grid.

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Published by:

Dan Ilett

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