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Publish Date : 21-May-2018

Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, has been appointed by Greenlink Interconnector Limited, a subsidiary of Element Power, to provide marine environmental and planning support for the Greenlink Interconnector - a proposed 400million electrical underground and sufbmarine interconnector spanning 170 km with a capacity of 500MW, linking the power markets in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

Since 2013, Interteks subject-matter experts have worked on marine environmental quality assurance solutions with Element Power and the Greenlink project providing marine route development, landfall identification and initial environmental permits. With this recent contract award, Intertek will provide an even wider range of services including marine survey procurement, execution and reporting, in addition to client representation, coordination of pre-application consultation, consent applications (survey and installation) and consent compliance activities for Greenlinks offshore infrastructure. This will include delivery of a Foreshore License application to Irelands Foreshore Unit and a Marine License application to Natural Resources Wales.

Greenlink has been recognised as a Project of Common Interest by the European Union following support received from both the Irish and UK governments and has also received funding from the European Commission through the Connecting Europe Facility.

Anna Farley, Greenlink Project Manager at Intertek Energy & Water said: Element Power is a valued long-term client, and we are delighted to have been selected to support them in the next phase of the project. As a Total Quality Assurance solutions provider, Intertek is committed to supporting Greenlinks environmental, regulatory and operational needs while working closely with their project team to develop one of the most important infrastructure projects in Europe.

Simon Ludlam, Greenlinks Project Director, said; Greenlink will connect the power markets of Ireland and the UK bringing energy security, investment and low carbon benefits on both sides. Following the Irish regulators paper in March setting out the roadmap for approval of cap and floor regulation for Greenlink, we are now focused on progressing the environmental permitting. We are delighted to have reached a significant milestone in the projects development in awarding a contract for marine environmental and planning support and look forward to continuing our successful relationship with Intertek.

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