U.K.’s Fire-Damaged Power Cable Won’t Fully Start Until 2023
- Half of the 2,000MW cable will restart on October 20
- U.K. is in the middle of an energy crisis with surging prices
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A key power cable linking Britain and France that was severely damaged by a fire last month won’t be fully operational again until October 2023.
Half of the 2,000 megawatt cable, known as IFA-1, has been left intact and will restart on Oct. 20, the U.K.’s National Grid Plc said in a statement. The other half will return incrementally from October 2022, seven months later than originally predicted.