National Grid Hails New Interconnector Bringing Coal Power From France!

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

h/t Joe Public

After almost three years of construction – and despite coronavirus pandemic restrictions – low-carbon electricity has now started flowing at full capacity through IFA2. Our second electricity interconnector linking the UK and France takes us a step further on the journey to net zero.

Interconnexion France-Angleterre 2 (IFA2) – which stretches along the sea floor between Fareham, Hampshire in the UK and near Caen, Normandy in France – has now gone into operation, with low-carbon electricity flowing through the 149-mile subsea power cable at full capacity. Interconnectors are high-voltage electricity cables that allow us to share surplus clean energy.

https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/engineering-innovation-stories/ifa2-low-carbon-electricity-now-flowing-through-second-uk#top

It must of course be a remarkable feat of engineering, if it can filter out all of the fossil fuel power and only let “clean” energy through!

In reality, the opposite is true. What we are getting is “dirty” electricity.

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