US$580 Million Undersea Power Cable Rerouted to Spare Dobby the House-Elf’s Beachside ‘Grave’
Hundreds of fans complained after the planned route threatened the unofficial Dobby memorial, and engineers moved the 430 million-pound cable away.
- Engineers rerouted the £430 million Greenlink interconnector after Harry Potter fans complained its planned path at Freshwater West would desecrate an unofficial memorial to Dobby, the fictional house-elf from the film series.
- Project manager Simon Ludlam of Etchea Energy initially faced confusion after a BBC interview revealed the cable's landfall; hundreds of fans then contacted the company to protect the site.
- Since the release of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' Freshwater West has become a destination for fans leaving painted stones and tributes, though the National Trust warned such items pose environmental risks to the ecologically sensitive coastal site.
- Archaeological work along the revised route uncovered a Bronze Age collared urn dating from about 1700 BC, according to planning documents submitted to Pembrokeshire County Council, with Ludlam noting the route came 'quite close' to the remains.
- The completed 200 km interconnector now links Ireland's electricity network with Britain's National Grid, successfully increasing electricity transfer capacity between the two countries without disturbing the site fans call 'Grave.
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The project provided for the electrical connection between the UK and Ireland. It was modified after some fans of the saga made notar that it would pass over the memorial dedicated to the nice elf
The route of an electric cable in Wales was reoriented after a lift of Harry Potter fans shields, worried that it would cross the Dobby Elfe Memorial.
A submarine cable project between Great Britain and Ireland has had to undergo changes after Harry Potter fans spoke out. The cable was supposed to lead to the symbolic grave of one of the characters from the globally popular saga.
Harry Potter fans have forced authorities to reroute a new multi-million pound power cable between the UK and Ireland after they complained it would desecrate the 'grave' of fictional elf Dobby.
The route of a planned £430 million (approximately $580 million) underwater electricity cable project between the United Kingdom and Ireland has been altered following protests from Harry Potter fans. Responding to the outcry, project management rerouted the cable to avoid damaging the memorial tomb of the house elf 'Dobby' from the film.
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