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Project advancing - milestone achieved
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Significant progress or notable issue
In 2015, Moyle Interconnector Limited completed the Moyle Returns Cable Project by installing two new low-voltage metallic return conductor cables between the existing HVDC converter stations at Ballycronan More in Island Magee, County Antrim, and Auchencrosh in Ayrshire. Laid close to the original north and south integrated return conductor cables along a route optimised using bathymetric, seismic and ROV seabed surveys, these additional land and submarine cables restored the Moyle Interconnector to its full 500MW operational capacity after previous insulation-related faults had reduced it to half capacity.