Electricity Interconnectors: EU Countries

(asked on 2nd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the merits of investing in new electricity interconnectors between the UK and EU member states.


Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 10th May 2018

The Government’s priority is to maintain secure, affordable and clean energy supplies for businesses and households. We share the EU’s ambition to increase the level of interconnection across the region where it delivers these benefits and is in consumer’s interests.

The UK continues to see investment in new interconnection projects. In addition to the 4GW currently operational, 4.4GW of new interconnector capacity is already under construction. Positive investment decisions on two new projects, making up 2GW of this capacity, have taken place since the referendum.

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