interconnector

Transmission Investment executives at the reveal of the project.

January 9, 2025

LirIC Interconnector granted transmission licence

Northern Ireland’s utility regulator has awarded Transmission Investment (TI) a transmission licence for the proposed LirIC Interconnector project.

November 15, 2024

Ofgem greenlights £2 billion funding for Eastern Green Link 1

Energy regulator Ofgem has awarded a £2 billion funding package for the Eastern Greenlink 1 (EGL1) interconnector project.

November 12, 2024

Ofgem approves three interconnectors and Great Britain’s first Offshore Hybrid Assets

Ofgem has today (12 November) approved five new undersea energy connectors, including two projects that will create Great Britain’s “first ever” Offshore Hybrid Assets (OHAs).

August 5, 2024

Major spike in British power imports in first half of 2024

Britain has seen the net value of its power imports skyrocket in the first half of this year, rising by more than 80%.

July 15, 2024

Ofgem extends consultation into interconnector cap and floor mechanism

Energy regulator Ofgem has revealed it is extending its consultation on implementing a cap and floor mechanism for interconnectors in the UK.

It has previously been reported that the South of England could see increased strain due to interconnector issues. Image: Pxhere NC.

July 3, 2024

IFA2 Interconnector witnesses 49.7Hz frequency event

In the early hours of Tuesday (2 June), the GB-FR interconnector tripped, causing frequency to nosedive to 49.7Hz.

May 2, 2024

Cable installation begins for Celtic Interconnector

This phase of work marks a step forward in the realisation of the Celtic Interconnector. Plans were first unveiled late in 2022.

Image of the IFA2 National Grid Interconnector

April 25, 2024

North Sea: the Nemo Link interconnector, five years on

In this contributed blog, Lisa Kettle, operations director of the Nemo Link interconnector, National Grid, looks into the project 5 years on.

April 11, 2024

UK will be ‘net importer from continental Europe’ this summer, says NGESO

National Grid ESO has published its Summer Outlook 2024, detailing a season of interconnector reliability and lower balancing costs than the previous year.

March 28, 2024

Viking Interconnector: Analysing power flows and profits

Phil Hewitt, director of Montel EnAppSys, explains how trading processes work across the Viking Link interconnector, who has benefited the most from it coming into operation and its impacts on European power market volumes.