Hadselfjord Cable
CrossingOperationalNO240 MW170 kV10.5 km2023
Also known as:Hadselfjorden kabelanlegg, Hadselfjorden – Fornyelse av 132 kV kabelanlegg, Hadselfjorden kabelanlegg (Fiskebøl–Melbu)
Status:Operational
Capacity:240 MW
Project Company:Statnett SF
Type:crossing
Expected Life:40 years
Website:www.statnett.no
The Hadselfjord (Fiskebøl–Melbu) cable project is a Norwegian high‑voltage AC subsea fjord crossing developed and operated by Statnett SF to strengthen security of supply for the Lofoten and Vesterålen island archipelagos. The project replaces an ageing 1977 cable link and was procured as an EPCI contract with Nexans to supply...
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Project Timeline (5)
Sept 2023Commercial Operations Full Power
Statnett commissioned and put into operation the renewed Hadselfjorden cable installation between Fiskebøl and Melbu in September 2023, comprising two new three-core copper 170 kV subsea high-voltage cables with a combined transfer capacity of 240 MW. The project, aimed at replacing life-expired 132 kV cables and increasing capacity in the Lofotringen network, had its facilities energised in September and the overall project was formally concluded in November 2023.
2022Cable Installation StartStale
Nexans reported that installation of the two 170 kV XLPE submarine cable systems for Statnett’s Hadselfjord subsea power link, covering an approximately 8.8 km route across Hadselfjord between Fiskebøl and Melbu at a maximum water depth of 200 m, was expected to commence in 2022. The EPCI contract also includes land-based single-core XLPE underground cables and associated accessories to complete the new high‑voltage connection.
9 Feb 2021Cable Supplier Selected
On 9 February 2021, Statnett awarded Nexans a major EPCI contract to supply and install the new Hadselfjord high‑voltage subsea power link between Fiskebøl and Melbu, including two 170 kV submarine cable systems of about 8.8 km each at up to 200 m water depth, land-based XLPE underground cables, and related accessories, to replace the 1977 cable and strengthen security of supply for around 50,000 people in the Lofoten and Vesterålen archipelagos.
2021Onshore Construction StartStale
Statnett stated that construction of the new Hadselfjorden cable system, including approximately 1.2 km of underground cable from Melbu transformer station on Hadseløya and a subsea section of about 9.3 km across Hadselfjorden to a new landfall at Vedvika on Fiskebøl, was scheduled to start in 2021, provided a licence was granted in spring 2020. The project plan also includes demolition of existing cable infrastructure between the old landfall and socket housing and restoration of the area to nature after the new connection is built.
~Apr 2020Planning Consent AwardedStale
Licence: license
Statnett states that construction of the new Hadselfjord cable system from Melbu transformer station on Hadseløya, via 1.2 km of land cable and about 9.3 km of subsea cable across Hadselfjorden to a new landfall at Vedvika on Fiskebøl, is scheduled to start in 2021 provided that a required license is granted in spring 2020, which would authorise the new installation and subsequent removal of existing cable infrastructure and restoration of the area to nature.