Electricity Interconnectors
(asked on 4th July 2017) - 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 operational interconnectors there are in the UK; and what the MW capacity is of each of those interconnectors.
This question was answered on 12th July 2017
The UK currently has 4GW (4000MW) of operational interconnection capacity:
- IFA (Interconnexion France-Angleterre); 2GW (2000MW) from Folkestone, Kent to Calais, France, operating since 1986;
- Moyle; 500MW between South Ayrshire, Scotland and County Antrim, Northern Ireland, operating since 2002;
- Britned; 1GW (1000MW) from the Isle of Grain, Kent, to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, operating since 2011;
- East-West (EWIC); 500MW connecting Barkby Beach, North Wales to Dublin, Ireland, operating since 2012.