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October 18, 2021

Fire-damaged IFA1 to not return to full capacity until Oct 2023 due to 'extensive work' required

​National Grid has pushed back its expectation of when the IFA1 interconnector with France will be operating at its full 2GW capacity again.
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September 17, 2021

IFA1 fire to see 1GW offline until March 2022

National Grid has confirmed that 1GW of interconnector capacity will be offline until 27 March 2022, turning to the North Sea Link to help plug the gap.
Image of the IFA2 National Grid Interconnector
September 15, 2021

Fire blazing at IFA1 interconnector leaves GB grid facing even tighter market and higher prices

​A fire at National Grid’s IFA1 interconnector site in Sellindge is to see power prices once again spike in the UK as 1GW of capacity drops off the system.

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