ENERGY
Giant Danish wind turbines to power 1.6m British homes
The world’s longest land and subsea electricity cable will connect the two countries’ electricity grids for the first time
A converter station in Revsing that turns high voltage direct current (DC) into the alternating current (AC) that Denmark and the UK use
SIEMENS ENERGY
Tackle the 85 metres (279ft) of the world’s tallest climbing wall at an incinerator in Copenhagen, and you can see why Denmark is seen as a green energy leader. Wind turbines stud the waters and land around the city.
Remarkably, those wind farms and much larger ones in the west and north of Denmark will soon be keeping the lights on in millions of UK homes. In late December the world’s longest land and subsea electricity cable, an interconnector in energy jargon, will link the two countries’ electricity grids for the first time.
Running for 765 kilometres from a substation in Lincolnshire to one in southern Jutland, Viking Link will bring Danish wind power to the UK in much the same way as Norwegian dams
