Power interconnector between Germany and Sweden
Germany and Sweden will build a 300 kilometre-long, 700 megawatt direct current power line connecting storage-rich Scandinavia with wind- and solar-powered continental Europe. 鈥淭he cable improves the integration of renewable energies in the transmission grid and thus supports climate-friendly and cost efficient power generation. The European Single Market helps us design the Energiewende at low costs,鈥� said Rainer Baake, German state secretary in the economy ministry, according to a press release by 50Hertz. German and Swedish transmission grid operators 50Hertz and Svenska kraftn盲t signed a cooperation agreement detailing for the 600-million-euro investment. The interconnector is to be in operation by 2025/26.
Read the 50Hertz press release in German .
For background, read the 威力彩玩法 dossier The energy transition and Germany鈥檚 power grid.