WSP taken on for Greenlink interconnector
Element Power subsidiary Greenlink Interconnector Limited has appointed engineering professional services firm WSP to provide technical, design and procurement support for its project to provide a 500MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) link across the Irish Sea. Two electricity cables and a fibre optic cable will connect the Great Island substation in County Wexford to Freshwater West beach in Wales. Construction is due to start in 2020 and the project has received funding from the European Commission through the Connecting Europe Facility.