Planning Consent Awarded

regulatory

NordLink

Date TBD

View SourcePublished: 8 May 2019

Event Details

Event Type:Planning Consent Awarded

Category:regulatory

Date:Date TBD

Date Precision:day

Event Signals

Positive

Project advancing - milestone achieved

High Impact

Major milestone or critical setback

Regulatory Details

Permit Type:Overall cross-border HVDC transmission project approval for the NordLink interconnector between Norway and Germany

Description

Authorities in Norway and Germany had granted overall development approval for the NordLink project as a cross‑border ±500 kV HVDC transmission link between Tonstad in southern Norway and Wilster in Schleswig‑Holstein, Germany, enabling a 623 km, 1,400 MW connection for exchanging Norwegian hydropower and German wind power.