英国国家电网公司周四表示，将投资最多4亿英镑（约合5.31亿美元），将英法电力互联线（IFA）的使用寿命延长至至少2050年。
Britain’s National Grid will invest up to £400 million ($531 million) to extend the life of the Interconnexion France-Angleterre (IFA) electricity link between Britain and France until at least 2050, the company said on Thursday.
IFA由国家电网和法国电网运营商RTE共同拥有。该互联线已运行40年。投资计划将升级互联线站点的技术设备、建筑和设施。IFA是英国容量最大的海底电力连接，每年可为约300万英国家庭供电。通常情况下，该线路从法国向英国输电，但也可反向输电。英国政府数据显示，英国目前与法国、爱尔兰、北爱尔兰、丹麦、挪威、比利时和荷兰共有10条运行中的电力互联线，去年净进口电力约占英国电力供应的9%。
IFA is jointly owned by National Grid and French grid operator RTE. The interconnector has marked 40 years of operation The investment programme will upgrade technical equipment, buildings and facilities at the interconnector site IFA is Britain's largest subsea connection by capacity and can supply enough power for about 3 million British homes a year Typically the link imports power from France to Britain, but it can also send power in the other direction Britain has 10 operational power links with France, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands, with net imports supplying around 9% of Britain's electricity supply last year, government data shows