SwePol

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SwePol is the designation of a 245 kilometre long monopolar HVDC submarine cable between Stärnö peninsula just outside Karlshamn, Sweden, and Słupsk in Poland. The SwePol link was inaugurated in 2000 and can transmit a power up to 600 megawatts at a voltage of 450 kV. It is owned and maintained by SwePol Link AB, a company jointly owned by the state-owned Swedish power grid company Svenska Kraftnät (51%), Vattenfall AB (16%), and the Polish Power Grid Company (33%).

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