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<p>UK electricity imports from 2019 to 2023 via each interconnector are presented
in the following table, in gigawatt hours (GWh):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Interconnector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>IFA
1</p></td><td><p>11,875</p></td><td><p>10,412</p></td><td><p>10,138</p></td><td><p>1,116</p></td><td><p>7,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>IFA 2</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>5,014</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td><td><p>3,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>ElectraLink</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>4,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Netherlands</strong></p></td><td><p>BritNed</p></td><td><p>6,049</p></td><td><p>4,674</p></td><td><p>4,341</p></td><td><p>3,610</p></td><td><p>4,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>East
West</p></td><td><p>1,238</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>990</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>NI to Ireland</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belgium</strong></p></td><td><p>Nemo</p></td><td><p>5,091</p></td><td><p>5,384</p></td><td><p>6,995</p></td><td><p>3,230</p></td><td><p>3,986</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Norway</strong></p></td><td><p>North
Sea Link</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>1,393</p></td><td><p>4,547</p></td><td><p>8,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Denmark</strong></p></td><td><p>Viking</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>24,556 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 22,391 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
28,743 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 15,451 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
33,212 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The share of the UK’s gross
electricity supply (generation plus imports, excluding exports) supplied via interconnectors
each year was: (i) 2020 6.6%, (ii) 2021 8.5%, (iii) 2022 4.6%, (iv) 2023 10.4%. 2023
data is provisional. Final figures will be published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics
at the end of July 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2024, the UK imported 3,696 GWh
of electricity.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023, 9,499 GWh of electricity was exported from
the UK via interconnectors. This compares to 20,793 GWh in 2022 when the UK was a
net exporter of electricity for the first time in 40 years.</p><p> </p><p>Source:
National Grid and EirGrid data.</p>
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