Baltic Cable
Owner and operator of the 600 MW Baltic Cable HVDC subsea link between Sweden and Germany, wholly owned by Statkraft and in service since 1994.
Industry: Electricity transmission (HVDC interconnector) | Founded: 1994
About Baltic Cable
Baltic Cable AB owns and operates Baltic Cable, a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea power link between Sweden and Germany. Statkraft, the Norwegian energy group, states that it owns 100% of Baltic Cable AB. The interconnector runs about 250 kilometres under the Baltic Sea and has a net interconnection capacity of 600 MW. Statkraft describes it as the only interconnector connecting the SE4 price zone in southern Sweden with the DE-LU zone covering Germany and Luxembourg.\n\nThe link began operating in 1994, with Wikipedia giving December 1994. Hitachi Energy describes it as an asymmetric monopole HVDC link operating at 450 kV DC. Hitachi Energy says it delivered the Herrenwyk converter station near Germany's Baltic coast, the Kruseberg converter station in southern Sweden and the subsea cable; Wikipedia attributes the original supply to ABB. Wikipedia puts the construction cost at about 2 billion Swedish kronor.\n\nStatkraft states that in 2019 the German regulator BNetzA certified Baltic Cable AB as an independent transmission system operator. Statkraft says the link supports European market integration by providing capacity and enabling the exchange of renewable energy.\n\nTechScoop mentioned Baltic Cable in June 2026 in its coverage of Mubadala's stake in the Greenlink interconnector between Ireland and Great Britain.