The NeuConnect mission has accomplished the preliminary section of building within the UK, sustaining its schedule and progress towards establishing an vitality connection between the UK and Germany.
Led by a consortium of world traders together with Meridiam, Allianz Capital Companions, Kansai Electrical Energy and TEPCO, NeuConnect is poised to turn into one of many world’s largest interconnectors.
Comprising 725 kilometres of land and subsea cables, this mission goals to create an ‘invisible vitality freeway’ that may join two of Europe’s most vital vitality markets for the primary time.
As soon as operational, NeuConnect will facilitate the stream of as much as 1.4GW of electrical energy in each instructions.
To realize this bold purpose, converter stations positioned on the Isle of Grain in Kent and in Germany’s Wilhelmshaven area can be interconnected by subsea cables, traversing British, Dutch, and German waters.
The mission commenced building within the UK in the course of the summer time, with Prysmian, the mission’s contractor, main the best way in Horizontal Directional Drilling operations to convey the subsea cables onshore.
This week, Prysmian achieved the set up of the ultimate underground duct, marking the profitable conclusion of this important first section of building.
The subsequent step will contain Prysmian commencing onshore and offshore cabling actions in 2024.
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