A map showing the route of the cable
It is the first privately funded interconnector in Europe and will connect EirGrid s Great Island 220kV substation and the UK National Grid s Pembroke transmission substation, with separate applications required on both sides of the Irish sea.
Planning permission has been sought from An Bord Pleanála for a new converter station, tail station and MV substation at Great Island, 23km of high voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity cables, 420m of high voltage alternating current (HVAC) cables, 23.42km of fibre optic cable, 54 car parking spaces on the access road to Baginbun Beach and the provision of footpaths and street lighting in Ramsgrange village as community benefit projects along with various temporary construction, cable and drilling compounds, on an overall proposed development site of more than 200 acres.