UK's second interconnector with France starts flowing at full capacity in 'latest feat of world class engineering'
Reporter, Current± The second electricity interconnector between the UK and France is now able to flow low carbon electricity between the two countries at full capacity. IFA2 – which is a joint venture between National Grid and French Transmission System Operator RTE – is being heralded for increasing the amount of clean energy that can be shared, with a capacity of 1,000MW. Wholesale power traders started buying capacity to transport power across the 149-mile subsea power cable yesterday ...
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Source: current-news.co.uk