The Danes will deliver clean electricity for 2.5 million homes in the United Kingdom.

A 765-kilometer long cable crossing the North Sea floor has been turned on to deliver electricity to the United Kingdom which Denmark has obtained from renewable sources. The project, called Viking Link, will power over time as many as 2.5 million homes in Britain, which will save 500 million pounds within the first 10 years of operation. 

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Viking Link is a 1.4 GW capacity, 1400 MW high voltage direct current electricity cable between the British and Danish transmission systems connecting at Bicker Fen substation in Lincolnshire and Revsing substation in southern Jutland, Denmark.

The interconnector isn’t yet fully functional and will initially work at the capacity of 800 MW. Both countries will continue upgrading the system during this year.

The operator, Denmark-based Energinet, boasts that by 2030 the project will help avoid the emission of around 100 million tons of carbon in the UK alone, or 600,000 tons during the first year. Almost 90% of imported energy will be from renewable sources.

Other notable underwater cables connecting the British with the European continent are NordLink and North Sea Link, which are somewhat shorter.

Curiously, British engineers had to call in archeologists after discovering an ancient site of historical significance during excavations. 

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