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Eurotunnel HVDC interconnect

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Not heard of that project at all. Not exactly core business for Eurotunnel. I imagine the heat generated would be another extraction problem making it a doubly expensive project.
But in the last couple of years the BritNed HVDC interconnector was commissioned. Isle of Grain to Holland. Next one; Hunterston to Connah's Quay, coming down the Irish Sea. http://www.westernhvdclink.co.uk/ Followed by another one off the east coast. Both projects intended to bypass the capacity loaded 400kV overhead lines coming south from Bonnie Scotland. No giant towers y'see. :D
 
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hmm Eurotunnel talked about it a few years ago, I think a GW or so running along the service tunnel. Yes would require even more watercooling pipes. Maybe they got cold feet.
 
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IKBrunel said:
Hi all,
anyone know what happened to Eurotunnels plan to install an additional UK-France HVDC interconnect, not commissioned as yet, see:
www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk
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17 Jul 2013 14:43:50 | edem

A 1GW electricity interconnector linking Britain and France through the Channel Tunnel has secured grid connection contracts with transmission system operators in both markets, the project's main developer told ICIS late on Tuesday.

ElecLink, first launched in 2011, has a planned commissioning date of late 2016, chief executive Angus Norman said. The project has moved on from the feasibility stage into the planning stage, he added.

The intention is to operate a merchant interconnector. "The project continues to have strong support from the shareholders and respective governments," Norman said.

The merchant option, which would be similar to the 1GW BritNed link between the UK and the Netherlands, leaves investors open to increased risk. The other standard option would be a regulated model, which tightly caps the profits and losses investors are exposed to, allowing for a more stable but potentially less lucrative revenue stream.
 
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