Factory The Moyle return cables project is making good progress.  In the factory, manufacture of both marine cables has been completed along with 3km of spare cable. Manufacture of the 19km of spare metallic return cables MRC (land) cable is … Continue reading →

ONSHORE WORKS Portmuck (Northern Ireland) Block walls with sandbags have been installed under IRC cable, separation unit and North MRC cable for the entire straight section in the jointing tent and geotextile linen wrapped around cable for eventual backfill. Works … Continue reading →

The Moyle project management team are continuing to work hard towards delivery of 450MW power capacity with forthcoming testing and commissioning of the North cable. Trenching works for the burial of cable completed, with rock placement of offshore areas completed by the ‘Rockpiper’ … Continue reading →

North Cable Rock protection work, to be carried out at points along the northern cable route where cable burial has not been possible is taking place over the period 28th October – 3rd November (weather and conditions permitting). Rock protection … Continue reading →

1. Manufacture No update- Manufacturing process complete. 2. Testing Existing cable with no power on was successfully tested in order to be safely cut 3. Deep Water Installation North Cable (Pole 2):- No update, complete. South cable (Pole 1): Cable … Continue reading →

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1. Manufacture The manufacturing process for the cables is now complete. 2. Testing New current meter and sonar have been fitted to ROV. Testing of these was successful. 3. Deep water installation North cable (pole 2): No update, complete. South … Continue reading →

1. Cable manufacture Manufacture of the north cable has been completed and installation is underway (see below for further details). Manufacture of the south cable has been completed and testing is underway – load out is scheduled to take place … Continue reading →

Survey work by the vessel Smit Neyland started near the Scottish landfall on 9th September 2015 and continued near to the Northern Irish landfall over the following weekend. Nearshore shallow-water rock placement works are being carried out by a split … Continue reading →

The first of the two Moyle cables (referred to as the north cable) was laid between Northern Ireland and Scotland from 4th to 13th August 2015. Burial of the laid cable has commenced both near shore and offshore. Burial is … Continue reading →

Cable installation work started on 4th August 2015 at Portmuck South (near Larne, Islandmagee, Northern Ireland). The vessel Nexans Skagerrak has surface laid the cable along its route across the North Channel (illustrated here) and it was pulled ashore at … Continue reading →

Cable installation work is due to start in early August (weather permitting). The installation of the first cable will start at Portmuck South (near Larne, Islandmagee) and then proceeding to Currarie Port (near Ballantrae, Girvan, Scotland). The cable route is … Continue reading →

The Moyle Replacement Cables project is continuing to make progress with manufacture of the north cable having been completed at Nexans’ plant in Norway – the cable was loaded on to the cable laying vessel Skagerrak in early July and … Continue reading →

A Cable Burial Assessment Plan (CBAP) has been produced for the cable route, in order to meet licensing conditions set by the Scottish and Northern Ireland Governments. This document was issued for consultation by the Department of Agriculture and Rural … Continue reading →

A Fisheries Liaison Mitigation Plan (FLMPA) has been prepared for the project. The document can be downloaded here and is summarised as follows. The FLMAP sets out how the cable repair work will be carried out in a way that … Continue reading →

Mutual Energy, under the leadership of EPC Director Gurpal Ghotra has been working hard to assemble a dedicated project office. Regan Smyth has been contracted to join the team as Project Administrator and a number of framework contracts with specialist … Continue reading →

Mutual Energy Limited, the owners and operators of the Moyle electricity interconnector between Northern Ireland and Scotland, today announced that it had successfully placed the contract for the cable replacement work that will restore the damaged interconnector to its full … Continue reading →

Consultants Intertek have prepared the Environmental Impact Assessment in relation to the marine aspects of the project.  The EIA can be downloaded below. Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4

Members of the Moyle project team participated in a public information events in Islandmagee on Wednesday 3rd September and Ballantrae, Scotland on Thursday 4th September in relation to the marine aspects of the project.  Display boards with further information on … Continue reading →