BICC

BICC manufactured part of the submarine AC power cable system used for the Isle of Man to England Interconnector linking Bispham (Blackpool), England, to Douglas Head on the Isle of Man across the Irish Sea. The source states that the interconnector cable was manufactured in two parts, with one section produced at the former BICC works in Erith. This manufacturing scope related to the high-voltage submarine interconnector cable (reported as 90 kV AC) that formed the 104 km undersea link laid in 1999 and later commissioned for commercial operation in November 2000. As a cable manufacturer for the project, BICC’s contribution covered the supply of a portion of the overall subsea cable system required to connect the Isle of Man transmission system to Great Britain’s network. The source does not specify the exact length of cable attributable to BICC’s manufacturing share, nor does it provide a contract value or award date; it only indicates that the cable was split between BICC’s Erith facility and a second manufacturer’s Southampton facility for the remaining section.