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The long-length, high-capacity, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission cables<\/strong> which will connect the wind farms to the UK grid<\/strong> are to be manufactured in the United Kingdom<\/strong> at a GBP<\/strong> 200 million<\/strong> bespoke power cable plant<\/strong> to be built at a port in the northeast of England, HIP said<\/p>\n HIP has lodged four connection applications with National Grid Company<\/strong> for an initial 4,000 MW<\/strong> of grid connections to the United Kingdom<\/strong>\u2019s 400 kV electricity transmission system<\/strong> across four connection sites.<\/p>\n Each wind farm \u2013 or pod \u2013 will be in a different North Atlantic<\/strong> location, and each pod consisting of 1,000 MW<\/strong> of wind turbines<\/strong> will have its own dedicated cable linked<\/strong> to the UK.<\/strong> Full dispatch of the HIP offshore wind pods<\/strong> will be under the exclusive control of the UK electricity system operator<\/strong> making HIP Atlantic Britain\u2019s first captive wind farm<\/strong> in overseas territorial waters, HIP said.<\/p>\nThe total project cost is estimated at GBP 21 billion (USD 30 billion)<\/h2>\n