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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
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- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Interconnector
United Kingdom – Ireland interconnection (planned)
5th-largest interconnector in United Kingdom of 7 · top 39% worldwide (#273 of 704)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 1,120 MW
- Commissioned
- 2025
- Length
- 463 km
- Connects to
- Ireland
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · United Kingdom · 7 ranked
- #1United Kingdom – Netherlands interconnection (planned)2.0 GW
- #3United Kingdom – Norway interconnection (planned)1.4 GW
- #4United Kingdom – Ireland interconnection (planned)1.3 GW
- #5United Kingdom – Ireland interconnection (planned)1.1 GW
- #6United Kingdom – Netherlands: BritNed1.0 GW
- #7United Kingdom – Ireland: East-West, Greenlink, Moyle630 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- United Kingdom – Ireland: East-West, Greenlink, Moyle0 m · Interconnector · 630 MW
- France – Ireland interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 700 MW
- United Kingdom – Ireland interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 1.3 GW
- Dublin644 m · Data Centre
- North Wall power station3.3 km · Power Plant · 216 MW · gas
- North Wall power station3.3 km · Power Plant · 210 MW · gas
- Dublin Bay power station3.8 km · Power Plant · 405 MW · gas
- Dublin Cement Plant4.2 km · Cement Plant
- Amazon Web Services DUB10/50/516.2 km · Data Centre
- EXA Infrastructure6.3 km · Data Centre
- Gormanston-Arklow Gas Pipeline8.2 km · Pipeline
- 400 kV line24 km · Transmission Line
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SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)