NeuConnect

NeuConnect is a proposed HVDC submarine power cable between England and Germany. [2] [1] [3]

NeuConnect Interconnector[1]
Location
CountryGermany, United Kingdom
General directioneast-west
FromGermany
Passes throughNorth Sea
ToEngland
Construction information
Expected2023
Technical information
Typesubmarine cable
Type of currentHVDC
Power rating1,400 MW
AC voltage400 kV
DC voltage500 kV

Project Status

As of April 2022, contracts had been awarded for cabling and converter stations. NeuConnect hopes shortly to reach financial close, allowing works to start later in 2022.[4]

Route

The cable will run between a new substation[5] on the Isle of Grain, in Kent in England to the new Fedderwarden substation in Wilhelmshaven in the Lower Saxony region of Germany.[1][3] Landfall will be next to Grain Coastal Park, in Kent, and at Hooksiel, near Wilhemshaven in Germany.[5]

Specification

The HVDC link will consist of two main cables, each approximately 720 km (450 miles) long, together with a much thinner fibre optic cable for temperature and acoustic sensing for about 150 km (93 miles) from each landfall. The DC element will operate at 500 kV,[1] with a maximum capacity of 1,400 MW.[5]

History

In January 2020, the Federal Network Agency in Germany (BNetzA) confirmed the NeuConnect interconnector project in its 2019-2030 grid development plan.[6]

In December 2019, the planning application was submitted to Medway District Council.[6]

In December 2019, Invitations to Tender were launched for the procurement of two converter stations and 720 km of HVDC cabling.[6]

Public consultation events were held in July 2019.[6]

NeuConnect received Interim Project Approval from Ofgem in January 2018.[6]

In April 2020, Neuconnect completed site survey work on the Isle of Grain.[7]

In December 2019, the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage was launched to procure two converter stations and 720 km of HVDC cables.[8]

A €1.2 billion cable contract was awarded in February 2022,[9] and substations contract in April.[10]

See also

References
  1. "NeuConnect Interconnector". 4Coffshore. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. "Project Overview". NeuConnect. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  3. "Project 309 - NeuConnect". TYNDP 2018 Europe's Network Development Plan to 2025, 2030 and 2040. entsoe. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. "NEUCONNECT AWARDS OVER £1.5BN OF MAJOR CONTRACTS AS FIRST EVER UK-GERMAN ENERGY LINK MOVES AN IMPORTANT STEP CLOSER". News. NeuConnect. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022. Contractors selected for cabling and converter station works on new interconnector that will connect two of Europe’s largest energy markets for first time
  5. Proposals for the NeuConnect Interconnector Public Information Leaflet (PDF). NeuConnect. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  6. "Project News". NeuConnect. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  7. "NEUCONNECT COMPLETES SITE SURVEY WORKS AS NEW ENERGY LINK CONTINUES TO MAKE GOOD PROGRESS". NeuConnect. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. "NEUCONNECT'S MAJOR £1BN PROCUREMENT PROGRAMME MOVES TO NEXT STAGE, KEEPING VITAL NEW ENERGY LINK FIRMLY ON TRACK". Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. "Prysmian Wins EUR 1.2 Billion Contract to Deliver UK-Germany Interconnector". Offshore Wind. 2 March 2022.
  10. "Siemens Energy receives order for power connection to Great Britain". www.windtech-international.com.
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