Mallorca–Menorca 2 is referenced in Menorca’s 2030 decarbonisation strategy as part of a planned reinforcement of the island’s electricity system. The strategy explicitly envisages a dual electrical power link with Mallorca (described in the document as the Mallorca–Menorca interconnection cable)...
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On 3 March 2026, the Área de Industria y Energía de la Delegación del Gobierno en las Islas Baleares, under the Ministerio de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática, published a notice submitting to public information the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and the applications for prior administrative authorisation, specific declaration of public utility and construction authorisation for the 132 kV underground-submarine interconnection between the San Martín substation in Alcudia (Mallorca) and the Líthica substation in Ciutadella de Menorca, advancing the permitting for the new Mallorca–Menorca 2 link promoted by Red Eléctrica.
Red Eléctrica de España completed the necessary protocols and testing for the new 132 kV submarine electricity interconnection between Menorca and Majorca, with the link passing the required tests and trials prior to being brought into operation in June 2020.
Red Eléctrica de España began offshore construction for the new 132 kV electricity interconnection between Menorca and Majorca when the cable-laying vessel Skagerrak arrived off Punta Sa Guarda (Ciutadella) and started subsea works on the three-core submarine cable route from Cala en Bosc (Menorca) towards Cala Mesquida (Majorca), an 84 million euro project designed to strengthen Menorca’s supply security and enable its full integration into the Balearic and peninsular systems.
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Submarine cable installation for the new Mallorca–Menorca interconnector started when Nexans’ vessel Skagerrak commenced laying the three-core 132 kV submarine cable from Cala en Bosc in Ciutadella, Menorca, towards Cala Mesquida in Majorca along a 41 km seabed route with water depths up to about 81 m, as part of Red Eléctrica’s 84 million euro project to link the islands’ Ciudadela and Cala Mesquida substations.
On 2 November 2018, the Spanish Council of Ministers granted administrative authorisation and declared the new 132 kV submarine electricity interconnection between Majorca and Menorca to be a project of public utility, thereby providing overall planning consent for the Mallorca–Menorca 2 link and enabling Red Eléctrica de España to proceed with tendering, contracting and construction.
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