Kontek

The Kontek is a 170 kilometer long, monopolar 400kV DC-cable for the interconnection of the German power grid with the electricity grid of the Danish island Sealand. The name comes from "continent" and the name of the former Danish power transmission company "Elkraft", which operated the power grid on the Danish islands Lolland, Falster and Zealand and had the abbreviation "ek". The cable is operated by Energinet.dk in Denmark and Vattenfall Europe Transmission in Germany.