**Italian firm Prysmian Group has begun manufacturing some 725km of undersea cabling for the €2.8bn “NeuConnect” interconnector that will create the first direct link between the UK and German energy markets.**
NeuConnect will allow the countries to export excess energy from wind and other renewable sources.
It is billed as an ‘invisible energy highway’ allowing up to 1.4GW of excess electricity to flow in either direction between the two countries, enough to power up to 1.5 million homes.
It will link the Isle of Grain in Kent, England with the Wilhelmshaven region in Germany with high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) subsea cables laid in British, Dutch and German waters.
I just wonder how well the “let’s get rid of those darn Germans” brexiters will take the news!
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**Italian firm Prysmian Group has begun manufacturing some 725km of undersea cabling for the €2.8bn “NeuConnect” interconnector that will create the first direct link between the UK and German energy markets.**
NeuConnect will allow the countries to export excess energy from wind and other renewable sources.
It is billed as an ‘invisible energy highway’ allowing up to 1.4GW of excess electricity to flow in either direction between the two countries, enough to power up to 1.5 million homes.
It will link the Isle of Grain in Kent, England with the Wilhelmshaven region in Germany with high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) subsea cables laid in British, Dutch and German waters.
I just wonder how well the “let’s get rid of those darn Germans” brexiters will take the news!