snip
"There was or is a DC power cable across the north of the North Sea
beween Scotland and Norway????" Purpose of which to share power
between those two countries which have hydro generating capabilities.
Seem to remember reading about it in the mid 1950s.


ISTR the cross-channel link to France was the announced as the first
UK-Europe power sharing. And that seems to be confirmed by a quick
Google which brings up the history here with no mention of Scotland
until 2001 to NI
http://www2.theiet.org/oncomms/secto...53EE3D46B2112D


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Robin