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Following a major fire at the Sellindge converter station in September 2021, National Grid restored the link to limited service at approximately half capacity (circa 1 GW) as an intermediate energisation and trial operation while repair and rebuild works continued. This partial return to service provided constrained interconnector capability ahead of full repair and allowed limited cross‑Channel flows during the restoration programme.