{"id":2091,"date":"2024-02-15T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.uk\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:54:35","slug":"worlds-longest-subsea-power-cable-connects-britain-to-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/?p=2091","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s longest subsea power cable connects Britain to Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>On December the 29<sup>th<\/sup> the Viking Link went online, enabling Britain to begin trading electricity with Denmark.&nbsp; <\/strong>The Viking Link is the <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2023\/09\/04\/worlds-longest-subsea-power-cable\/\">world\u2019s longest undersea power cable, spanning 760 km<\/a> across the North Sea to connect Lincolnshire to southern Jutland in Denmark.&nbsp; It will transmit up to 0.8 GW of power until upgrades to Denmark\u2019s transmission grid unlock its full capacity of 1.4 GW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denmark is comparable to Scotland in terms of population, with 5.9 million versus 5.5 million people.&nbsp; Wind is by far its largest source of generation, supplying almost two-thirds of electricity.&nbsp; This is enabled by a well-connected grid, with large interconnections to neighbouring Norway, Sweden and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>In its first days, the Viking Link sent an average of 660 MW to Britain, with us importing every hour since it went live.&nbsp; Britain already has the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> largest trade deficit for electricity across Europe.&nbsp; It imported 33 TWh and exported 10 TWh during 2023, giving a 23 TWh net shortfall of generation \u2013 second only to Italy.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new interconnector stands to further increase our reliance on foreign imports.&nbsp; However, it is expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrid.com\/national-grid-announces-commercial-operations-viking-link-worlds-longest-land-and-subsea\">save UK consumers around \u00a350 million per year<\/a> by increasing access to cheaper power sources abroad.&nbsp; Last year, Danish electricity prices averaged \u00a320\/MWh lower than in Britain.&nbsp; The link should also benefit Britain\u2019s renewables&nbsp; by giving more options to export when output is high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Net trade of electricity between European countries in 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.1-WEB-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.1-WEB-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.1-WEB-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.1-WEB-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.1-WEB-1536x938.png 1536w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.1-WEB.png 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Electricity trade between Britain and neighbouring markets during 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.2-WEB-1024x915.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.2-WEB-1024x915.png 1024w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.2-WEB-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.2-WEB-768x686.png 768w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.2-WEB-1536x1373.png 1536w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23Q4_5.2-WEB.png 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December the 29th the Viking Link went online, enabling Britain to begin trading electricity with Denmark.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-2091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-q4-2023","tag-q4-2023"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2091"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2148,"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions\/2148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}