Work to Start on World's Longest Interconnector

GALWAY, IRELAND--March 31, 2015 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Construction of the world's longest interconnector is set to get underway following the signing of a final agreement between U.K. and Norwegian grid operators.

North Sea Network (NSN) is a joint venture between Statnett (Oslo, Norway) and National Grid plc (NYSE:NGG) (London) that will see the laying of two 730-kilometer (km), high voltage direct current (HVDC) marine cables linking southwest Norway to the Northumberland coast, in northeast England.