Fid Financial Close

DELAYED +3yr (Apr 2026): The official GridLink timeline targets FID and start of construction in 2026, but as of early 2026 there is no public evidence of FID or financial close. CRE’s 19 Jan 2022 deliberation rejected the investment request and its 5 Mar 2024 consultation still compares Aquind, FAB, GridLink and a new Getlink project, so the cross‑border regime is not settled. I therefore shift FID/financial close about two years later, to late 2028, while keeping a four‑year construction period to COD. --- According to the project’s official timeline, GridLink Interconnector Limited plans to take Final Investment Decision and reach financial close in 2026, enabling the start of construction of the 1.4 GW HVDC interconnector between Kingsnorth in the UK and Dunkerque in France.