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Huge cable in the North Sea to power two million homes: The world’s largest pipeline linking Britain and the Netherlands is expected to be ready by early 2030.
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Nearly two million homes will benefit from a huge electric cable under the North Sea.
LionLink will connect Britain and the Netherlands to each other and offshore wind farms between the two countries.
The “versatile link”, which is set to be the largest in the world, is expected to be commissioned in the early 2000s.
Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps, meeting European leaders at the North Sea summit in Belgium today, said it was a “historic deal” that would increase Britain’s ability to generate its own power after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine last year and the disruption of European energy. supplies.
“We’re sending a strong signal to Putin’s Russia,” he said.
Britain’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Grant Shapps leaves 10 Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting
Nearly two million homes will benefit from a huge electric cable under the North Sea. Pictured is an offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay
Rob Gettin, Minister for Climate and Energy of the Netherlands, said: “With the North Sea becoming the largest supplier of green electricity for the Netherlands and large parts of Europe, we are poised to expand connectivity between the two countries.
LionLink supplies nearly 2 gigawatts of electricity to both countries, enough to power 2 million homes.
This new link further enhances energy security and energy independence in Europe. Close offshore wind cooperation and connectivity between North Sea countries is imperative.
“So if there is surplus wind-generated electricity, it can be shared immediately at power-deficient locations, and vice versa.”