Siemens Wins Viking Link Gig
operation at the end of 2023.The two converter stations, one in Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire, in the UK, and the other in Revising in southern Jutland, in Denmark, will be linked by a 767km DC power cable passing through the North Sea.Viking Link will be one of the world’s longest DC electricity interconnectors.Siemens will design, supply, install and commission the converter stations, one in Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire and the other in Revising in southern Jutland. The delivery consists of a converter system for direct current (DC) voltage of ± 525KV that uses HVDC Plus technology.The
Fugro Surveys Viking Link
Fugro said it completed a seabed survey for the Viking Link, one of the longest DC electricity interconnectors that will link the U.K. and Danish electricity supplies. The Viking Link, a joint venture between the U.K.’s National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet, is a proposed 1,400-megawatt high voltage direct current electricity link, which passes under the North Sea, from Revsing in Denmark, to Bicker Fenn in the U.K. The interconnector will enable more effective use of renewable energy, access to sustainable electricity generation and improved security of electricity supplies.