Stock Photo - Minister of Energy Revolution, Agriculture, Environemnt and Rural Space, Robert Habeck (Green Party, l-r), member of the executive board of TenneT TSO GmbH , Lex Hartmann, Norwegian ambassador Elisabeth Walaas, Gisela von Krosigk (department manager responsible for the project at KfW IPEX-Bank), the executive Vice President of Statnett, Hakon Borgen, Ragnhild Katteland (Vice President Technical and Project Operations at Nexans), Oivind Rue (Executive Vice President at Statnett), as well as Patrick Fragman, Group Senior Vice President at ABB, symbolically carry the first cable for the building of the electrical power line 'NordLink'. The power line that costs around two billion Euros is supposed to enable the exchange of renewable energies between Germany and Norway. The more than 620 kilometres long 'green cable' is the first direct energy link between the two countries, acccording to the environment ministry in Kiel. PHOTO: WOLFGANG RUNGE/dpa | usage worldwide. - Nortorf/Schleswig-Holstein/Germany