HVDC Interconnectors

[dan_b]

News!

Ofgen has just approved 5 planned new HVDC Interconnectors for development. 2 were not previously on my list.
None will be up and running before 2030 at the earliest, and compared to what I was aware of actually "only" represents an additional 1.4GW of overall planned HVDC connections, but shows the continued direction of travel.

Tarchon Link - 1.4GW connector from Essex to Germany.
Mares Connect - 750MW connector from Wales to Republic of Ireland
LirIC - 700MW connection from Scotland to Northern Ireland

and these two "Offshore Hybrid Asset" links - both will join to an offshore windfarm before supplying countries at both ends as well

LionLink - 1.8GW between Suffolk and the Netherlands
Nautilus Link - 1.4GW between the Isle of Grain and Belgium

This brings the UK to 19GW or so of interconnectors by 2032 or thereabouts.

For additional context, the first "OHA" - Kriegers Flack - was built a few years ago with an offshore wind farm in the Baltic sea which connects to both Denmark and Germany https://powerplants.vattenfall.com/kriegers-flak/