Greenlink Interconnector announced it has secured planning consent from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority for a portion of the onshore works for the 500 MW electricity interconnector project between Wales and Ireland.
This approval marks the first step in a series of planning consents for a proposed 124-mile subsea and underground electricity interconnector connecting the power markets in Ireland and Great Britain.
The interconnector project includes a subsea and underground cable and associated converter stations to connect EirGrid's Great Island transmission substation in County Wexford, Ireland and National Grid's Pembroke transmission substation in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
The applications for the installation of cables to the substation at Pembroke Power Station and for development of a converter station have been submitted.
Slated to be fully operational in 2023, the $457 million project is expected to have a three-year construction program.
