Electricity Interconnectors
(asked on 14th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many high voltage direct current interconnectors are in place between the UK and other countries.
This question was answered on 22nd December 2017
The UK currently has 3.5 gigawatts of high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnection to other countries across three interconnectors:
- 2 gigawatts to France (Interconnexion France-Angleterre);
- 1 gigawatt to the Netherlands (BritNed);
- 500 megawatts to Ireland (EWIC).
In addition, there is a 500 megawatt cable to Northern Ireland (Moyle), which connects the GB market to the Irish Single Electricity Market. All interconnections between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are alternating current.