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The 600 MW, 400 kV monopolar HVDC Kontek interconnection between Denmark and Germany was commissioned and entered full commercial operation in 1995, linking the Bjæverskov converter station on Zealand with the Bentwisch station near Rostock via approximately 170 km of underground and submarine cable. In December 1995, Hitachi Energy handed over the completed Kontek Interconnection to its owners, SEAS (now Energinet.dk) on the Danish side and VEAG (now 50Hertz) on the German side, marking the start of regular cross‑border operation.