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On 23 January 2017, ElecLink awarded a contract worth approximately €219 million to a consortium of Balfour Beatty and Prysmian Group to design, manufacture and install the HVDC cable system for the 1 GW ElecLink interconnector between France and Great Britain. The scope covers a ±320 kV extruded HVDC underground cable system including two 50 km DC cables installed in the Channel Tunnel’s North tunnel and associated underground AC cables on the UK side, with Prysmian responsible for 320 kV cable design and manufacture and Balfour Beatty leading installation and associated works.