It is,

Jersey plugs into France, and Gurnsey is plugged into Jersey ?. It's a big ol' extension lead.

But for some time neither island has had enough local generation and fuel storage to run at full power long term, the intention is more to be able to ride out an occasional  short power cut and/or  keep essentials operational for a longer outage.

Since 2011 around 5% of the supply is from  Government of Jersey-owned Energy from Waste Plant.


There are three undersea supply cables from France to Jersey , know as Normandie 1, 2 and 3, total  ~ 245MW . As this is mostly  nuclear and hydro-power it is declared as low carbon imported energy for the purposes of carbon quota.

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JEC publish some stats for units imported, generated etc.


Generation at La Collette, from diesel engines and gas turbines, and gas turbines at Queen's Road are fired up for back-up and maintainence, and remain in place primarily for strategic security of supply.  

N3 100MW installed 2014

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N1 is 100MW installed 2016


N2 is an older 100MW rated cable installed around 2000 - mentioned  in passing on the CIEG website


This power is  shared with Guernsey as partners in the Channel Islands Electricity Grid. (CIEG) Jersey has access to up to 202MW. The link Guernsey to Jersey cable rated for 60MW , is known as GJ1 and supplies 80-90% of their electricity in a typical year, the St Sampson power station is maintained as a back up

some consumption and finance data from Guernsey Electricity



There are various solar programs on both islands but they are far from enough to do more than skim the peaks.


based mostly on data that is available at the JEC website



 Mike


PS edited in phases

It is,

Jersey plugs into France, and Gurnsey is plugged into Jersey ?. It's a big ol' extension lead.

But for some time neither island has had enough local generation and fuel storage to run at full power long term, the intention is more to be able to ride out an occasional  short power cut and/or  keep essentials operational for a longer outage.

Since 2011 around 5% of the supply is from  Government of Jersey-owned Energy from Waste Plant.


There are three undersea supply cables from France to Jersey , know as Normandie 1, 2 and 3, total  ~ 245MW . As this is mostly  nuclear and hydro-power it is declared as low carbon imported energy for the purposes of carbon quota.

.
JEC publish some stats for units imported, generated etc.


Generation at La Collette, from diesel engines and gas turbines, and gas turbines at Queen's Road are fired up for back-up and maintainence, and remain in place primarily for strategic security of supply.  

N3 100MW installed 2014

.


N1 is 100MW installed 2016


N2 is an older 100MW rated cable installed around 2000 - mentioned  in passing on the CIEG website


This power is  shared with Guernsey as partners in the Channel Islands Electricity Grid. (CIEG) Jersey has access to up to 202MW. The link Guernsey to Jersey cable rated for 60MW , is known as GJ1 and supplies 80-90% of their electricity in a typical year, the St Sampson power station is maintained as a back up

some consumption and finance data from Guernsey Electricity



There are various solar programs on both islands but they are far from enough to do more than skim the peaks.


based mostly on data that is available at the JEC website



 Mike


PS edited in phases