Germany opens direct power link with Norway - a podcast by BBC World Service

Germany's first direct power link with Norway, called NordLink, has officially opened. The cable under the North Sea will provide enough renewable hydroelectric power for 3.6m households. Sven Egenter is editor in chief of the news service Clean Energy Wire in Berlin, and tells us how the Nordlink cable will work. Also in the programme, following the deaths of more than 315,000 people from coronavirus, India could fast track the clearance of some foreign vaccines in a bid to speed up vaccination in the country. The BBC's Rahul Tandon has an extended report on how the country's rollout is going so far. The BBC's Theo Leggett visits plane engine maker Rolls Royce, which is inaugurating the world's biggest engine testbed in its home town of Derby in the English Midlands. Plus, as the cast of TV sitcom Friends reunite for a one-off special to look back at the making of the show, we discuss why it remains so popular, with Pete Allison, host of the Friends with Friends podcast, and Kelsey Miller, author of I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends.

(Picture: Norway and Germany's leaders Erna Solberg and Angela Merkel at the NordLink launch. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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