Intertek has been appointed by FAB Link to provide marine environmental and planning support for the proposed France-Alderney-Britain electrical interconnector.
Intertek will coordinate pre-application consultation, consent applications and consent compliance activities for FAB Link’s offshore infrastructure between UK landfall and southern extent of Alderney waters.
This will include delivery of a marine licence application to the Marine Management Organisation in England and a Food and Environment Protection Act licence application to the States of Guernsey for protection of the seabed required during the cable installation process.
FAB Link is working with Réseau de Transport d’Electricité in the joint development of the 1.4GW HVDC electricity interconnector project that will connect the French and UK electricity grids.
The project will consist of two pairs of electrical cables, a converter station at each end and connections into the countries’ grids.
The 220km interconnector will link substations at Menuel, on the Cotentin peninsula in France, and Exeter in England. It is scheduled to commence construction in 2018.
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Intertek scores FAB deal
UK outfit to provide environmental and planning support for UK-France link
By EBS