16 March 2023 at 08:58 The controversial overseas cable NorthConnect is dead The government rejects NorthConnect’s application to build a new power cable between Norway and Scotland. The 655 kilometer power cable has been planned between Sima in Eidfjord to Peterhead in Scotland. According to the plan, the cable was to have a capacity of 1,400 megawatts. – We finally got the NorthConnect cable buried. We need to use Norwegian energy to build industry at competitive prices in Nordland and Norway. Companies are queuing up to connect to the network. We must use our strength here, says Storting representative Siv Mossleth (Sp), a member of the Energy and Environment Committee. The Center Party has been clear that they do not want the cable. SV says the same. The Labor Party’s energy committee concluded as recently as Tuesday that it is not desirable to have new foreign cables in the short and medium term. – The final death of the cable and cheaper plane tickets and better flight offers are good news to take in your luggage when we now travel to the Center Party’s national meeting, says Mossleth. Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland (Ap) says to VG that the cable would have resulted in higher electricity prices in Norway. – There is no basis for granting a license as the project stands now, and there is also no basis for the application to remain in abeyance. Therefore, the license application is rejected, says Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland (Ap) to VG.
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The controversial foreign cable NorthConnect has been laid to rest – news Nordland
