The start of commercial operations on the new 1.4-GW NordLink cable linking Norway and Germany on Dec. 9 boosted hourly power prices in Norway’s NO2 zone to almost Eur100/MWh ($121/MWh), grid operator and exchange data show. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The first hour where capacities were released to the market was hour 10 on Dec. 9 with capacity limited to 700 MW for system security reasons for a maximum duration of up to four weeks, the operators said in a market update. “Today, we have directly connected the electricity markets of Norway and Germany for the first time,” Tennet’s managing director for Germany Tim Meyerjuergens said. “Norwegian hydropower and German wind energy […]