By 2019, the Baltic LINes 'Offshore Wind and Grid in the Baltic Sea – Status and Outlook until 2050' study described Kontek‑3 as a future HVDC interconnector between Denmark and Germany that will form the third HVDC connection between the two countries, to be realised by 50Hertz and Energinet.dk. The report explains that Kontek‑3 is intended to strengthen the link between the Nordic and central European power systems, enabling transfer of Nordic hydropower towards continental Europe and, conversely, wind and thermal generation from the continent to the Nordics during periods of low hydro levels, and notes a target commissioning around 2030.
In 2015, transmission system operators 50Hertz and Energinet.dk, through ENTSO-E’s Baltic Sea Regional Investment Plan, confirmed Kontek‑3 as the third HVDC interconnector between Denmark‑East and Germany and decided its final technical capacity at 600 MW. The project was nominated for the TYNDP‑2016 assessment phase, with a preliminary configuration comprising one 600 MW VSC converter station in Denmark, one 600 MW VSC converter station in Germany, an 85 km 600 MW DC submarine cable, and an 85 km 600 MW DC onshore cable, and an indicative cost of about EUR 550 million. The project is characterised as a future interconnector aimed at market integration and additional renewable energy integration, with an expected commissioning beyond 2030.
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Kontek 3 is a proposed third Denmark–Germany interconnector (often referenced as the third Kontek interconnection) intended to add cross‑border transmission capacity between eastern Denmark and northern Germany. The project was nominated in the TYNDP-2016 assessment phase as the "third interconne...
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Kontek 3, a third 600 MW HVDC interconnector between Denmark-East and Germany, was included as project index 232 in ENTSO-E’s TYNDP 2016 Regional Investment Plan for the Baltic Sea region. The plan describes it as a future project promoted by 50Hertz Transmission and Energinet.dk, intended to enhance market integration and renewable energy integration, with an expected commissioning after 2030 and a preliminary configuration comprising a 600 MW VSC converter station in each country, 85 km of 600 MW DC submarine cable and 85 km of onshore DC cable, at an estimated cost of about €550 million.
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