Greenlink Interconnector has appointed Paul O'Rourke to the position of Construction Director.

Paul will lead the delivery of the project's construction activities. He joins Greenlink at a critical time as the project progresses towards the finalisation of permits enabling it to be "shovel ready" in the second half of 2021.

Paul joins the company from Saudi Aramco where he led asset management activities for more than 2000km of critical submarine cables interconnecting offshore production facilities. He spent five years with EirGrid - initially as the Marine Project Manager during development of the East West Interconnector (EWIC) and subsequently as the Project Director, taking EWIC through to completion.

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Paul previously held the role of Electrical Project Engineer with Siemens having completed the Siemens' UK Graduate Development Program. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from University College Dublin and a Master's Degree in Engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology (now TU Dublin).

Greenlink is a proposed subsea and underground electricity interconnector cable of approximately 190km which will connect the grids in Ireland and the UK. The Greenlink interconnector has a nominal capacity of 500 megawatts, equivalent to powering 380,000 homes.

Costing approximately €450million to develop, it will provide a new grid connection between the existing Great Island substation in County Wexford and the UK National Grid’s Pembroke substation in south Wales allowing power to flow in either direction depending on supply and demand in each country.