Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
High Impact
Major milestone or critical setback
By late 2018, the Celtic Interconnector had already received capital support from the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), with more than €3.5 million granted for the project’s Feasibility Phase and a further €4 million allocated to the then‑current initial design and pre‑consultation phase. These early CEF grants co‑funded prefeasibility and initial design studies undertaken by EirGrid and RTE, helping to mature the project towards permitting, cost allocation and eventual construction.