Construction on a high-voltage subsea cable between France and Ireland, able to carry enough power for 450,000 homes, with the aim of boosting energy security and helping to reduce bills, began on Monday.
The ‘Celtic Interconnector’ is due to be completed in 2026 and should be connected to the grid by 2027.
Once completed, the 700-megawatt cable will run between Ireland’s south coast and France’s north coast.
My pleasure, Monsieur. Vive La France ! #CelticInterconnector brings us closer to our nearest neighbours now in #EU . @EirGrid rolling it along ! 👏
RT @vincentguerend: C O R K. Very glad to meet again @SeanKellyMEP. Munster and Europe are a fantastic success story, as illustrated also by the #CelticInterconnector 🇨🇵🇪🇺🇮🇪
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New milestone reached for the #CelticInterconnector!
Ireland 🇮🇪 and France 🇫🇷 have signed the contract to keep working on this underwater #electricity connection linking the 2 countries.
More 👉 http://europa.eu/!c3VrCf
#CEFEnergy #PCIs #REPowerEU #ConnectingEurope
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France and Ireland have confirmed that the Celtic Interconnector will be up-and-running in 2027.
Construction of the 575 kilometre-long connection linking Brittany to Cork will start in 2023. The €1.623 billion cable will have a transmission capacity of 700 megawatts.
Creating better links across the European continent the Celtic Interconnector will enable Ireland to export electricity from its offshore wind farms.
Enormously proud to have contributed to the #CelticInterconnector #infrastructure project via our work for EirGrid and Mott MacDonald, which saw us complete the #archaeology and #Cultural #Heritage Chapter of the #Environmental Impact Assessment Report! Read all about it via our project page, kindly hosted by Geoscience Ireland: https://www.geoscience.ie/celtic-interconnector-onshore-investigation/
The archaeology images show Lisglasheen Ring Fort, County Cork, now best seen by remote sensing technologies!
France🇫🇷 and Ireland🇮🇪 have taken a further important step in constructing the #CelticInterconnector, an underwater electricity connection linking the 2 EU countries. https://europa.eu/!c3VrCf
#CEFEnergy #PCIs #energyinfrastructure
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EirGrid: "We welcome today the signing of key financial and technical agreements for the #CelticInterconnector project. This is a significant milestone and an 'anchor' in the future of the Ireland-France energy relationship.
The Celtic Interconnector is a key part of EirGrid’s strategic goal to transform Ireland’s power system and increase the use of renewable electricity. Interconnection with France makes the power system more resilient." 🇮🇪🤝🇫🇷 #energy #EnergySecurity
RT @Energy4Europe: France🇫🇷 and Ireland🇮🇪 have taken a further important step in constructing the #CelticInterconnector, an underwater electricity connection linking the 2 EU countries. https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/celtic-interconnector-between-ireland-and-france-next-milestone-reached-2022-nov-25_en
#CEFEnergy #PCIs #energyinfrastructure
The #CelticInterconnector is a 700 megawatt subsea connection linking the Irish transmission system with the French. It's an investment of over €1bn. We've secured 🇪🇺 grant funding of over €500mn as it's been designated a project of common interest by EU: Shane Cooney @EirGrid
The #CelticInterconnector is a 700 megawatt subsea connection linking the Irish transmission system with the French. It's an investment of over €1bn. We've secured 🇪🇺 grant funding of over €500mn as it's been designated a project of common interest by EU: Shane Cooney @EirGrid
Ciarán Cuffe
The European Network
Seán Kelly MEP
CINEA🇪🇺
Red River Archaeology
Energy4Europe 🇪🇺
Andy Scollick
EU Commission in Ireland