Guernsey Press

Faulty undersea cable removed ready for powerful replacement

WORK to install a £40m. undersea power cable is now one step closer following the successful removal of an existing one.

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EDF1, which failed in 2012, was installed between Jersey and France in 1985 and was raised from the seabed in preparation for the installation of Normandie 1 along the same route.

The 27km cable was lifted by the 2,685-tonne Atlantic Carrier, which has now returned to her home port in England to unload the final sections of the old cable for disposal and recycling.

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