Hareid - Sula
CrossingOperationalNO132 kV
Also known as:Sulafjordforbindelsen
Status:Operational
Type:crossing
Route
| Norway | Norway | |
|---|---|---|
| Landfall | Overå, Hareid | Sulebust, Sula |
| Grid Connection | Hareidsberget transformatorstasjon | — |
Norway
Landfall:Overå, Hareid
Grid:Hareidsberget transformatorstasjon
Norway
Landfall:Sulebust, Sula
Grid:—
LandfallCable Route
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Project Timeline (7)
22 Jun 2022Early Development Other
By June 2022, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, together with a consultancy team including Dissing+Weitling, Aas-Jakobsen, COWI and Multiconsult with Johs Holt, was developing a preliminary project for four suspension bridge solutions for the E39 crossing of the Sula Fjord, which extends between Hareid and Sula, aiming to identify the best long-span bridge concepts for this exposed deep fjord section.
2014Survey Other Start
From 2014, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration initiated an extensive atmospheric and oceanographic measurement campaign in mid-Norway fjords, including Sulafjorden, for planned E39 fjord crossings, erecting 50–100 m tall meteorological masts and deploying wave buoys to characterise wind, turbulence, waves and currents at several potential crossing sites.
2012Planning Consent Awarded
Tafjord reports that, although the Sulafjord connection project was not completed in 2011, by the beginning of 2012 all necessary permits for the project were in place, enabling it to move toward completion expected in 2012.
22 Jun 2005Early Development Other
In a June 2005 presentation on Nordic subsea tunnel projects, Norwegian tunnel experts highlighted a proposed Hareid–Sula subsea road tunnel, describing it as a future development with an approximate length of 17 km and a maximum depth of about 630 m below sea level, and cited a feasibility study by A. Beitnes titled "Proposed tunnel Hareid-Sula: is a sub sea tunnel down to 630 m bsl. feasible?"
Date TBDOnshore Construction Start
Tussa has begun onshore construction for the second phase of the Sulafjord project linking Hareid and Sula by building a roughly 600‑metre access road from Overå in the direction of Hareidsberget. The road, in challenging and uneven terrain, is required to expose ground conditions and facilitate later installation of a 2.6 km land cable between Hareidsberget transformer station and Overå and a 5.5 km sea cable from Overå to Sulebust, as well as additional cable works on the Sula side, with overall project completion targeted for September 2010.
Date TBDCable Installation Start
Cable installation between Hareid and Sula began when vessels started laying the 132 kV submarine cables across Sulafjorden, with work reported as having been underway since 2 September as part of Tussa’s contribution to the new interconnection. This marks the final phase of Tussa’s scope in the Hareid–Sula link, involving laying three cable sections on the seabed and associated landfall preparations.
Date TBDCable Installation Complete
Tussa, in cooperation with Tafjord, has completed laying three sections of a 16.6 km, 132 kV subsea power cable on the seabed between Hareid and Sula, creating a new electrical connection intended to strengthen reserve power supply to Søre Sunnmøre and the Ålesund area. The article notes that the cables are now in place on the fjord bottom, with only securing works such as concrete mattresses and strain relief at the landfalls remaining to be finalised.