New power link goes live between Jersey and Normandy

During the ceremony, Jersey Electricity engineers turned off the diesel generators at La Collette that have helped keep the Island supplied with electricity since 2012 when the first sub-sea power link, EDF1, installed in 1984, permanently failed and the Island became temporarily reliant on the power station and a single cable, Normandie 2.

Full report in Wednesday’s JEP.

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