Agreement on a new cross-channel energy connector has stalled as France & the UK cannot agree on costs; the UK wants equal budget sharing for the construction; France thinks the UK should take on the bulk of the cost.
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Agreement on a new cross-channel energy connector has stalled as France & the UK cannot agree on costs; the UK wants equal budget sharing for the construction; France thinks the UK should take on the bulk of the cost.
The French position is as for most (but not all) the time the UK is importing electricity generated in France, the benefits are gained by the UK & so the UK should cover the majority of the costs.
I'll leave it for you to decide if that's unreasonable!
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Agreement on a new cross-channel energy connector has stalled as France & the UK cannot agree on costs; the UK wants equal budget sharing for the construction; France thinks the UK should take on the bulk of the cost.
The French position is as for most (but not all) the time the UK is importing electricity generated in France, the benefits are gained by the UK & so the UK should cover the majority of the costs.
I'll leave it for you to decide if that's unreasonable!
@ChrisMayLA6 the french donate that energy?
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Agreement on a new cross-channel energy connector has stalled as France & the UK cannot agree on costs; the UK wants equal budget sharing for the construction; France thinks the UK should take on the bulk of the cost.
The French position is as for most (but not all) the time the UK is importing electricity generated in France, the benefits are gained by the UK & so the UK should cover the majority of the costs.
I'll leave it for you to decide if that's unreasonable!
@ChrisMayLA6 Oooh, but they really want that energy back when their nukes are having a bad time. Historically GB coal has propped up the FR grid significantly at least twice while I've been watching flows!
(Which proposed interconnector is this, please, I'm clearly missing a trick?)
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Agreement on a new cross-channel energy connector has stalled as France & the UK cannot agree on costs; the UK wants equal budget sharing for the construction; France thinks the UK should take on the bulk of the cost.
The French position is as for most (but not all) the time the UK is importing electricity generated in France, the benefits are gained by the UK & so the UK should cover the majority of the costs.
I'll leave it for you to decide if that's unreasonable!
I distinctly seem to remember a long period where French nuclear was almost all down for repairs and maintenance and they almost overloaded the European land grid to keep the lights on. Maybe they should start paying a little more for those land connectors.
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Agreement on a new cross-channel energy connector has stalled as France & the UK cannot agree on costs; the UK wants equal budget sharing for the construction; France thinks the UK should take on the bulk of the cost.
The French position is as for most (but not all) the time the UK is importing electricity generated in France, the benefits are gained by the UK & so the UK should cover the majority of the costs.
I'll leave it for you to decide if that's unreasonable!
It might be reasonable for now, but the UK surely has far greater potential capacity for wind generation than France?
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@ChrisMayLA6 Oooh, but they really want that energy back when their nukes are having a bad time. Historically GB coal has propped up the FR grid significantly at least twice while I've been watching flows!
(Which proposed interconnector is this, please, I'm clearly missing a trick?)
a new one (the disagreement is on construction costs) from the FT article:
Potential new interconnector projects between Britain and France include the 1.4GW GridLink project owned by iCON Infrastructure Partners and the 1GW Eleclink 2 proposal through the Channel Tunnel.
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It might be reasonable for now, but the UK surely has far greater potential capacity for wind generation than France?
from the thread; much would depend on how we assess the reliability of the French nuclear generation capacity
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a new one (the disagreement is on construction costs) from the FT article:
Potential new interconnector projects between Britain and France include the 1.4GW GridLink project owned by iCON Infrastructure Partners and the 1GW Eleclink 2 proposal through the Channel Tunnel.
@ChrisMayLA6 OK, I don't think I know about either of those unless Eleclink 2 is through the Channel Tunnel. Thanks!
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