France and Spain are doubling down on cross-border power flow, expanding their planned Bay of Biscay interconnection from 2.8 GW to 5 GW with €1.6 billion in new financing from the European Investment Bank. (PV Magazine)
The HVDC link will run nearly 400 km (mostly undersea) between substations near Bordeaux and Bilbao, with converter stations at each end to integrate power into the respective grids.