Belgium-headquartered GeoXYZ has been appointed to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) investigation and geotechnical surveys for a proposed HVDC subsea electricity interconnector that will link Northern Ireland and Scotland, with the work set to begin this month.

The LirIC interconnector project will have a total cable route length of around 142 kilometers and will provide up to 700 MW of further capacity between the Irish Integrated Single Energy Market (I-SEM) and Great Britain’s wholesale electricity market.