Project · Grid & HVDC · United Kingdom
NeuConnect — UK-Germany electricity interconnector
One of the largest point-to-point interconnectors under construction in Europe — HVDC cable and converter-station work running in parallel with the North Sea's own HVDC build-out (e.g. TenneT's programme).
Checked by hand against the sources below (2026-10-20).
- Engineering (done)
- Fabrication (done)
- Transport & installation (now)
- Hook-up
- Commissioning (next)
- Operation
Now Transport & installation (reported: construction — converter-station fit-out (mechanical and electrical systems) under way in the UK and Germany since September 2026; over…)
Next Commissioning · not announced
Roles Commissioning & start-up · QA/QC & HSE · Project management & controls · Role groups per phase: our planning assumption from the Crew Forecast model.
Later Operation 2028 (start-up target 2028, as reported)
Their rate stays; our fee goes on top: 20% → 15% → 12%. Open book →
Who works on it as the sources name them
- NeuConnectOperator / ownerdeveloper/owner
- Siemens EnergyEquipment & supplysupplied all 14 converter-station transformers, delivered by May 2026
- PrysmianTransport & installationsubsea/land cable supply and installation (named by NeuConnect as its cabling contractor)
- Kind
- Grid & HVDC
- Country
- United Kingdom, Germany
- Size
- 1.4 GW; around 725 km of land and subsea cables.
- Operator
- NeuConnect
- Position
- 51.45°N 0.71°E, approximate
Sources
- NeuConnect's huge 700km cabling programme reaches halfway pointNeuConnect Interconnector (company newsroom) · published 2026-07-23 · read 2026-09-19
- NeuConnect reaches construction milestone with all 14 transformers now delivered to UK and German sitesNeuConnect Interconnector (company newsroom) · published 2026-05-11 · read 2026-09-19
- NeuConnect moves into next stage of construction with Converter Station fit out works now underwayNeuConnect Interconnector (company newsroom) · published 2026-09-25 · read 2026-10-20
- Fit-out of NeuConnect's converter stations in progressOffshore Energy · published 2026-09-25 · read 2026-10-08
- NeuConnect project and indicative delivery timelineNeuConnect · read 2026-10-20
- Project Wide UpdatesNeuConnect · read 2026-10-20