Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
Medium Impact
Significant progress or notable issue
DELAYED +8yr (Apr 2026): The 2020 NTS and later website timeline implied commissioning around 2030, but 2024 regulatory approvals and 2026 FID/start of construction have slipped by roughly two years and are now delayed in this assessment. A 1.4 GW HVDC interconnector needs several years to build plus 6–12 months for testing, so with COD moved to late 2032, system testing is more realistically in mid‑2032 than 2024. --- In the 2020 non-technical summary, GridLink Interconnector Ltd set out an indicative implementation timetable showing project commissioning, corresponding to system testing and commissioning of the interconnector, scheduled for June 2024, following a planned Final Investment Decision and start of construction in December 2021 and preceding a Commercial Operations Date in December 2024.