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NordLink achieved first power on 9 December 2020, when trial operation began and the 623 km HVDC cable between Tonstad in Norway and Wilster in Germany was made available to the electricity market for the first time. The consortium partners Statnett, TenneT and KfW, together with suppliers Hitachi ABB Power Grids, Nexans and NKT, used this trial phase to test that facilities and systems in both countries operated correctly while starting commercial power exchanges of Norwegian hydropower and German wind energy.