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Submarine HVDC interconnector under construction between the UK and Ireland
Greenlink Interconnector
County Wexford, Ireland and Pembrokeshire, Wales
Location
CountryIreland, United Kingdom
General directioneast-west
FromIreland
Passes throughSt George's Channel
ToWales
Construction information
Expected26 January 2025
Technical information
TypeSubmarine cable
Type of currentHVDC
Total length190 km (120 mi)
Power rating500 MW
AC voltage400 kV (UK); 220 kV (Ireland)
DC voltage320 kV

Greenlink is a 190 km long 500 MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine power cable under construction between County Wexford in Ireland and Pembrokeshire in Wales.

Project status

Offshore construction commenced in May 2022. Construction and trial operation was completed in August 2024. Testing of the link is expected to commence in December 2024 and it expected to become operational on 26 January 2025.

Route

The cable will run between EirGrid's Great Island substation in County Wexford, and National Grid's Pembroke substation in Pembrokeshire, with the cable making landfall at Baginbun Beach near Fethard-on-Sea in Ireland and at Freshwater West beach near Castlemartin in Wales. The total length will be 200 km (120 miles), of which 160 km (100 miles) will be under the sea.

Specification

The HVDC link is to be configured as a symmetrical monopole, with DC voltages of ±320 kV, and nominal power rating of 500 MW. The project is expected to cost €400 million.

Project history

Subsea surveys were undertaken in 2018, and public consultations in 2019.

In April 2020, the company submitted three planning applications for onshore construction in Wales. The project still required planning permission and marine licences in both the United Kingdom and in Ireland, but the process of procuring construction contracts had started.

In March 2021, the project was granted a licence to install the sea cable in UK waters, with a similar licence for Irish waters still pending. As of March 2021, commissioning of the interconnector was planned for the end of 2023.

In January 2022, construction work on converter stations started.

In March 2022, the company announced that it had reached financial close.

As of September 2022, work had started on the cable route from Great Island to Baginbun with completion of the project now expected in 2025.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Greenlink Interconnector". 4Coffshore. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "REMIT Message Details". Elexon. 11 November 2024.
  3. "Greenlink Interconnector reaches financial close". greenlink.ie (Press release). 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  4. ^ "Construction begins on converter station for €400m Greenlink Interconnector". 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. "Sumitomo completes Greenlink cable system". 2024-08-23. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  6. ^ "The Project: Overview". Greenlink Interconnector. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. "TEN-E Regulation Information Brochure Issue 3" (PDF). Greenlink. June 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  8. "Greenlink interconnector submits planning applications for onshore works in Wales". Greenlink. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. Connolly, Philip (17 March 2019). "Element Power's Greenlink interconnector energises Partners Group". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  10. Russell, Tom (2021-03-03). "Greenlink gets the greenlight from Natural Resources Wales". coffshore.com. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  11. "Greenlink Interconnector reaches financial close". Greenlink Interconnector – Press releases. Greenlink. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  12. Looby, David (2022-09-12). "Greenlink Interconnector works 'vital' to sustainable energy supply in Wexford". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-13.

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