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ABB Press Trip to Norway 2008

NorNed inauguration

ABB has delivered the world's longest underwater power transmission link. On September 11, journalists from across Europe gathered in Norway for the official opening of a landmark feat of engineering - the 580-km NorNed cable connection that joins the power grids of Norway and the Netherlands.

Stories from the NorNed project

  • ABB delivers longest underwater power link ABB delivers longest underwater power link

    Sept 12: Press release: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, helped TenneT and Stattnet, the Dutch and Norwegian transmission system operators, officially open a 580-kilometer power link between the two countries.

  • Cutting-edge power cable from ABB Cutting-edge power cable from ABB

    Sept. 5: ABB’s high-voltage power cable factory in Sweden is one of the most modern cable factories in the world, and has supplied dozens of power projects around the world, including the 580-km long link that now connects the power grids of Norway and the Netherlands. NorNed, the world’s longest submarine power link, passed operational tests at the end of June.

  • ABB cables connect the world’s power systems ABB cables connect the world’s power systems

    Sept. 4: ABB is delivering an unprecedented number of orders for high-voltage cables that can be used to interconnect power grids and link offshore wind farms and oil and gas platforms to mainland power systems.

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