Energinet has put the new West Coast connection into operation. The 172 km long electricity grid connection extends from Holstebro in the north to the Danish-German border in the south and is a central part of the expansion of the Danish electricity grid. The project has been underway for several years and has been delayed by, among other things, permits, complaints, difficult terrain and weather conditions, as well as environmental requirements and expropriations. The construction phase has thus only lasted approximately 2.5 years, Energinet said in a press release.
The commissioning means, among other things, that the maximum trading capacity across the Danish-German border will be increased from 2500 to 3500 MW. At the same time, the utilization of the Viking Link connection to England will be improved, where the capacity will be increased to 1400 MW.
The connection also makes it possible to integrate more power from wind turbines and solar cells into the electricity grid and transport the energy further to consumers. At the same time, it supports increasing electricity consumption as fossil fuels are phased out and electrification spreads to transport, heating and data centres, among other things.
- The West Coast Link represents one of the newest facilities we have built and put into operation. There will be more of them in the future, because we really need to transport the large amounts of energy around the country from where they are produced to where they are to be consumed. That is why it is important that we get these large facilities built and established, says Bent Myllerup Jensen, Senior Director at Energinet's Control Centre for Electricity and Gas.
Energinet states that the work is not yet completely completed. Among other things, there remains the clean-up of fields, the collection of vehicle registration plates and the payment of crop compensation to landowners.
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