Project 9: New 150 kV connection in Westerschelde estuaryA new additional underground high-voltage cable was installed in the Westerschelde estuary. In May 2008, Delta Infra laid a new 150 kV cable between Terneuzen in Zeeland Flanders (the southernmost region of the Dutch province of Zeeland, bordering Belgium) and Ellewoutsdijk in South Beveland (the peninsula immediately to the north). The cable connection will transmit the expected increase in electricity production in Zeeland Flanders to the national grid. There are already two connections installed along the seabed of the Westerschelde estuary: a 150 kV cable and a 50 kV cable. The new cable was laid in a separate trench more than 7 kilometres in length. Work started in May, and the connection was linked to the existing 150 kV grid in South Beveland at the beginning of October.
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