June 2, 2021
Clean Energy ⚡ Power Cable Opened by Germany and Norway Germany and Norway opened a power cable that will provide Europe's largest economy with clean energy. Dubbed “NordLink,” the cable will help turn Norway into a regional clean energy hub, able to fill shortfalls in Germany's intermittent wind and solar power with Norwegian hydropower. Norway is already connected to the Netherlands via a subsea power cable, and
exported over 20 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2020, equivalent to 15 percent of the power Germany produced from lignite and hard coal last year. (
Reuters)