Interestingly:
“Simultaneously with the return of Crimea to Russia and the commencement of work to ensure its energy independence from Ukraine, work has started in the Baltic Sea to ensure the Baltic region’s energy independence from Russia.
For this purpose, in April 2014 (concurrently with the “Crimean spring”), the installation of an electric power cable from Sweden to Lithuania along the bottom of the Baltic Sea began.
The cable is 450 km (280 miles) long, with 400 km laid along the sea bed. The cable’s capacity is calculated at 700 MWt. The work to lay the 400-kilometer submarine cable began in April 2014,
On June 9, 2015, the cable laying was completed.
It should be noted that through the most challenging deep-water section of the Baltic Sea extending 150 km, the cable was laid in three months from April 6 to June 9, 2015. The “NordBalt” energy bridge is planned to be commissioned in a couple of weeks in December this year.
Parameters of this energy bridge:
Capacity — 700 MWt
Length of the submarine part — 400 km
Installation period — 14 months
Now to the Kerch energy bridge:
Capacity of the first phase — 400 MWt
Length of the submarine part — 16 km
Installation period –???
Unfortunately, our Kerch energy bridge project is not even close to the NordBalt in terms of parameters or construction timeline. It turns out that Russia lacks a cable industry capable of producing high-voltage cables. Such an industry existed in Imperial Russia, and even more so in the Soviet Union. But in the rising Russian Federation, the industry is unable to supply the necessary cable, and therefore it was necessary to turn to China for the cable and services for its installation. Meanwhile, some experts doubt the adequacy of the quality of the Chinese high-voltage cable and therefore it is not excluded that after its submersion accidents may occur.
Information from @VAlksnis (https://www.facebook.com/VAlksnis/posts/1689254774652183)
http://www.rubaltic.ru/article/segodnya-v-pribaltike/14092015-energomost-nordbalt/
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