The Channel Islands Electricity Grid (CIEG) is the joint company set up in 1998 between
Guernsey Electricity
Guernsey Electricity Limited (GE) is the sole commercial electricity supplier on the island of Guernsey. GE has been operating for over 100 years, moving from local generation of power from coal, and later oil, to investing in cables to connect in ...
and
Jersey Electricity to operate and manage the submarine cables between mainland Europe and the Channel Islands.
The grid physically comprises a network of high voltage (90 kV, 3-phase, 50 Hz) submarine and underground cables linking the French electricity grid to the electricity systems on the islands of Jersey and Guernsey. The grid enables electricity generated from renewable sources in France to be transmitted to Jersey and Guernsey.
Development
The CIEG is continuing to develop the undersea cable network with additional subsea cables between the islands and France being devised to give both Guernsey and Jersey greater security and better affordability, as they will give the islands the opportunity to increase the amount of imported energy.
Long term agreements with
Électricité de France (EdF) ensure the imported electricity is low carbon. Ninety percent of Guernsey’s electricity is imported from the grid.
Co-operating through the CIEG means the islands can work together towards improving the reliability of the grid system.
Cable connections
Future
* ''Possible - France to Guernsey''
* ''Unlikely - Guernsey to
Sark
Sark (french: link=no, Sercq, ; Sercquiais: or ) is a part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of ...
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See also
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Jersey Electricity Company
The Jersey Electricity Company or Jersey Electricity (informally JEC or JE) is a public limited company, and the sole provider for electricity in Jersey. The JEC has two sites around the island: Queen's Road, St Helier, the site of two Rolls-Ro ...
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Guernsey Electricity
Guernsey Electricity Limited (GE) is the sole commercial electricity supplier on the island of Guernsey. GE has been operating for over 100 years, moving from local generation of power from coal, and later oil, to investing in cables to connect in ...
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List of power stations in the British Crown Dependencies
This is a list of current and former electricity-generating power stations in the British Crown Dependencies. The Crown Dependencies are the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man. They are British Islands but are not ...
External links
Guernsey Electricity's websiteJersey Electricity's website
References
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Electric power companies of the Channel Islands
Infrastructure in the Channel Islands
Submarine power cables
Electric power infrastructure in the United Kingdom
1998 establishments in the United Kingdom