Celtic Interconnector Ireland–France delayed to end of 2028
- Location
- Cork (Ireland) / Brittany (France) · 🇮🇪 Ireland / France
- Project
- Celtic Interconnector (subsea cable Cork–Brittany, EirGrid and RTE)
- Investment
- not specified (EU funding of €530m since 2019)
- Status
- Under construction, commissioning now expected in Q4 2028 according to EirGrid
Announced on 28 Apr 2026: The joint EirGrid and RTE project for Ireland's first power cable to continental Europe was due to go live in 2026; EirGrid's website now gives the fourth quarter of 2028 as the expected date. The cited power-systems professor blames mainly cable manufacturing and installation problems, adds that the date depends on weather and could slip further (Irish Examiner, 28 Apr 2026).
Source: irishexaminer.com ↗ · Archived copy ↗
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