Implenia is contributing to build the longest electricity subsea cable in the world for approximately CHF 23 million
Dietlikon, 29 June 2015 – The world's longest subsea electricity interconnector, the NSN Link between the UK and Norway, will be completed by 2021. The 720 km-long subsea cable will run between Blyth in England and Kvilldal in Norway. It will link the two countries' electricity markets and will have a capacity of 1,400 megawatts – equivalent to the power needed to light 750,000 homes. The project will allow the UK to increase its share of renewable energy and balance out the fluctuations of its own wind power production. Norway will benefit from reasonable power when there is a surplus in the UK and increased security of power supply in cold and dry periods. In this context, the Norwegian network operator Statnett commissioned Implenia to carry out infrastructure works at Kvilldal. The contract, worth around CHF 23 million (nearly NOK 200 million) includes various complex civil engineering and tunnelling jobs that will allow Implenia to utilise its proven capabilities in infrastructure construction. These will include excavation, blasting and tunnelling (2.4 kilometres), slotted hole drilling, construction of tracks, ditches and converter stations, as well as water, fire, drainage and sewerage systems. Work is scheduled to start in August 2015 and this part of the total project work should be completed by summer 2017.
In Kvilldal, Norway, Implenia is carrying out tunnel and civil engineering work on the new subsea interconnector between the UK and Norway. (Photo: Statnett)
The NSN Link will be the world's longest subsea power interconnector. The 720 km-long subsea cable runs between the English coastal town of Blyth and Kvilldal in Norway.
Implenia press contact:
Natascha Mathyl
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Tel.: +41 58 474 74 77
Implenia, Switzerland's leading construction and construction services company, also has a strong position in the German, Austrian and Scandinavian infrastructure markets. Established in 2006, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of construction tradition. It brings together the expertise of its highly skilled sectoral and regional units under the single roof of a company active throughout Europe. With its integrated business model and specialists operating in all areas of construction, the Group can manage a building project through its entire lifecycle and deliver work that is economical, integrated and customer-centric. The focus is on striking a sustainable balance between financial success and social and environmental responsibility.
Implenia has its headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich and employs approximately 8500 people around Europe. In 2014 it posted pro forma turnover (including the former Bilfinger Construction GmbH) of around CHF 3.6 billion. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). For more information, please visit www.implenia.com.
