Great Britain launched a giant energy cable from Norway to combat the electric power crisis, reports BBC .
The world’s longest underwater electrical cable (about 724 kilometers) North Sea Link (NSL) will transmit environmentally friendly energy. He connected the city of Brittle in the county of Northumberland with the Norwegian village of Quilldal, where the local hydroelectric station is located. According to the application of National Grid, at full capacity in 1400 megawatts, it will import enough hydropower to provide food for 1.4 million British houses, helping to solve the energy crisis.
Hydropower in Norway and wind energy in the UK depends on weather conditions and changes in energy demand. It is assumed that the use of NSL will allow the Great Britain to import electricity from Norway, when demand is high, and the energy obtained from wind generators will not be enough. The same principle will work for Norway. British Minister of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Hands stated that NSL allows both countries to benefit from flexibility and energy security, which is provided by a giant cable.
A joint venture with the Norwegian energy operator Statnett should help the UK also reduce carbon emissions by 23 million tons by 2030. “To make it happened, we had to go through the mountains, fjords and the North Sea,” the National Grid Ventures president of Cordies O’Hara said. According to her, this is an outstanding engineering feat. She noted that North Sea Link (NSL) is an excellent example of the collaboration of two countries over the use of renewable energy sources for mutual benefit.
The weak winds in 2021 undermined the stability of the Great Britain’s energy system, a significant part of the energy balance of which falls on the windmills, moreover, the situation complicated a sharp gas deficit in Europe and the incessant increase in energy prices that hit the kingdom economy.