Norway's government met in Oslo to decide who would work with UK system operator National Grid.
The Norway-UK project, called North Sea Network, will interconnect the two countries with an energy supply.
The huge cable running under the sea will be able to carry 1,400 megawatts of electricity and is scheduled to be operational by 2020.
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy said it will be the world’s longest sub-sea cable of its kind.
Statnett was also granted a licence on Monday for an interconnector from Norway to Germany. This cable will be ready by 2018.
With links to the UK and Germany, Norway’s interconnection capacity is estimated to get a boost of nearly 50 percent.
Norwegian Petroleum and Energy Minister Tord Lien said the two cables are “important for successfully increasing our share of renewable energy”.
Norway currently has cables to the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
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