Construction has started at the NordLink high-voltage direct current (HVDC) “green link” to exchange renewable energy between Germany and Norway, project partners have said.

The first few kilometres of the high-voltage cable have already been laid on the seabed in Vollesfjord, in the Vest-Agder region of southern Norway, said the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT.

NordLink is jointly implemented by project partners TenneT, the German development bank KfW and the Norwegian transmission system operator Statnett.