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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Interconnector
France – United Kingdom: IFA, IFA2, ElecLink
3rd-largest interconnector in France of 7 · top 14% worldwide (#95 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 3,000 MW
- Length
- 344 km
- Connects to
- United Kingdom
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · France · 7 ranked
- #1France – United Kingdom interconnection (planned)4.9 GW
- #2France – Italy interconnection3.1 GW
- #3France – United Kingdom: IFA, IFA2, ElecLink3.0 GW
- #4France – Italy interconnection (planned)1.2 GW
- #5France – United Kingdom interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Belgium – United Kingdom: Nemo Link0 m · Interconnector · 1.0 GW
- France – United Kingdom interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 1.0 GW
- Belgium – United Kingdom interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 1.4 GW
- Verne Global London Data Centre2.6 km · Data Centre
- Stellanor London North3.1 km · Data Centre
- ICE Brent Crude3.3 km · Oil / Commodity Contract
- City Road Substation3.4 km · Substation / Converter
- Verizon UK53.4 km · Data Centre
- 400 kV line3.7 km · Transmission Line
- St John's Wood substation3.7 km · Substation / Converter
- New Cross Substation5.4 km · Substation / Converter
- Taylor's Lane GT power station10.0 km · Power Plant · 144 MW · oil
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SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)