Brexit: and an energy interconnector between France and Budleigh Salterton

There have been concerns that energy projects might be shelved due to Brexit:

Vital energy projects including the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant and interconnectors used to import cheap electricity from Europe are under threat due to Brexit, energy experts have warned. They said the projects, which are key to efforts to keep the UK’s lights on, could be at risk if the energy sector is denied entry to Europe’s internal energy market.

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However:

Leadsom, who was in favour of leaving the EU, also said she did not believe anything would change for British energy policy following last week's vote and that nothing should change for interconnectors with the EU, which are run by companies that have commercial agreements.

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And between the UK and the Continent:

Brexit will have no impact on project to link Budleigh Salterton to France

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has just approved a licence allowing the project to build and maintain the proposed subsea interconnector within UK waters

Daniel Clark

19:47, 9 JAN 2018

The team behind a project to link the British and French electricity grids is pushing ahead in spite of Brexit.

The 170-mile subsea and underground 1.4GW interconnector is due to make landfall in the UK at Budleigh Salterton in East Devon. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has just approved a licence allowing the project to build and maintain the proposed subsea interconnector within UK waters.

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The FAB Project interconnector aims to increase energy security, cut consumers’ bills, and enable greater use of greener, low-carbon electricity.

A tidal turbine

Chris Jenner, the FAB Project development manager, said: “The FAB project team has worked closely with the MMO and their statutory advisors to ensure that the Marine Licence provides permission for the necessary construction and maintenance activities, together with appropriate safeguards to ensure that the FAB Project can proceed without any significant impacts on the marine environment.

“This decision is a reflection of the positive dialogue between the FAB Project and the various stakeholders who have an interest in the UK waters, particularly Lyme Bay and the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in East Devon."

The decision comes a few weeks after East Devon District Council gave planning permission for a section of the onshore cable route along the Otter Valley.

An undersea cable will be laid between the French and English coasts

What is the Fab project and why is it so important?

The Fab Project will link the national electricity grids of Britain and France with the aim of increasing energy security, cutting consumers' bills, and enabling greater use of greener, low-carbon electricity.

The subsea interconnector cables will be laid between the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy and Budleigh Salterton in Devon, via Alderney in the Channel Islands to provide a route to market for low-carbon electricity from proposed tidal generators.

From Budleigh Salterton, the 1,400 megawatt cables will be laid underground to the Long Lane converter station, where the High Voltage Direct Current which will be transmitted through the cables will be converted to High Voltage Alternating Current.

Further underground cables will then link the converter station to an existing National Grid substation near Broadclyst.


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