Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has today visited the IFA2 site at Daedalus. She was given a tour of the site by the Commercial Manager of the project, Craig Hunter (pictured).
IFA2 will be will be an electricity interconnector, and is projected to go live later this year. This is a connection between the electricity transmission systems of different countries. The Interconnector will be capable of exchanging 1,000MW of power between Britain and France, enough to run around over 1,000,000 homes with zero carbon power.
National Grid estimate that their interconnectors save over 17,000 tonnes of CO2 per month. You can see more here https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/cNcgCWL3DiVZ0rkimn4JGdomain=nationalgridcleanenergy.com/
Craig Hunter, IFA2 Commercial Manager at National Grid, said, “The IFA2 subsea interconnector will play an important role in reducing Britain’s carbon emissions from the power sector. Interconnectors like IFA2 connect the UK to neighbouring countries to enable the lowest cost exchange of excess zero carbon energy. They also give system operators the ability to react quickly to rapid changes in supply and demand resulting from the growth of intermittent renewable generation. By 2030, we estimate that 90% of electricity imported via National Grid’s interconnectors will be from zero carbon sources. To show the huge impact our existing three interconnectors are already having, we’ve built an interactive tool that reveals, in real time, how they’re helping to reduce carbon emissions - Power of Now carbon dashboard.”
Commenting, Caroline said: ‘’It has been so interesting to visit the IFA2 site today and great to have a such an informative tour from Craig. IFA2 is projected to power up to 1 million homes with zero-carbon power and this is a great opportunity for the Gosport constituency to play a huge part in the UK’s net-zero carbon emissions target. It is fantastic too to hear about the jobs that building this project has created for local workers, as well as the investment in the area from the 400-strong team on the site’’.
