Fenno-Skan

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Fenno-Skan is the designation of the high voltage direct current transmission between Dannebo in Sweden and Rauma in Finland, inaugurated in 1989. The 233 kilometres (145 mi) long Fenno Skan crosses in form of a 200 kilometres (124 mi)long submarine cable on the Finnish sea bottom. At the Swedish end the cable directly enters the static inverter plant, There is a 33 kilometres (21 mi)long overhead line section from the coast in Finland to the static inverter station in Rauma. The Fenno Skan is a monopolar system with a maximum transmission rate of 500 megawatts (MW) at a voltage of 400 kV. The cable was manufactured by ABB.

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There is a plan to add the second cable to the existing HVDC connection. A new 800 MW, 500 kV subsea transmission connection will be layd in 2011 by the cable laying ship SC Skagerrak, and it is costs €150 million. The cable will be manufactured by Nexans Norwegian plant in Halden.^[1]